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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1989
Amos A Avidan, Yardley, PA (US);
Margaret Nemet-Mavrodin, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
Jorge L Soto, Westville, NJ (US);
Mobil Oil Corp., Fairfax, VA (US);
Abstract
A fluid bed catalytic paraffin upgrading process is disclosed. By closely controlling catalyst particle size distribution and density, together with feedstock superficial vapor velocity, the fluid bed is maintained in a turbulent flow regime. Surprisingly, maintaining the fluid bed in a turbulent flow regime shifts the product selectivity away from methane and ethane and toward the more valuable products hydrogen, light olefins and C.sub.5 + gasoline. In the most preferred embodiment, the catalyst contains a dehydrogenation metal component such as gallium, zinc, platinum or rhenium to provide a C.sub.5+ gasoline product rich in aromatics. Catalysts useful in the inventive process include zeolites as well as layered siliceous materials.