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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2004
James G. Vassilakis, Naperville, IL (US);
Richard R. Rosin, Glencoe, IL (US);
Steven A. Bradley, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Ralph D. Gillespie, Gurnee, IL (US);
Michelle J. Cohn, Glenview, IL (US);
Feng Xu, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
James G. Vassilakis, Naperville, IL (US);
Richard R. Rosin, Glencoe, IL (US);
Steven A. Bradley, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Ralph D. Gillespie, Gurnee, IL (US);
Michelle J. Cohn, Glenview, IL (US);
Feng Xu, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Moines, IL (US);
Abstract
A catalyst and process is disclosed to selectively upgrade a paraffinic feedstock to obtain an isoparaffin-rich product for blending into gasoline. The catalyst comprises a support of a sulfated oxide or hydroxide of a Group IVB (IUPAC 4) metal, a first component of at least one lanthanide element or yttrium component, which is preferably ytterbium, and at least one platinum-group metal component which is preferably platinum and a refractory-oxide binder having at least one platinum-group metal component dispersed thereon.