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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Graham W. Ketley, Farnham, GB;
Michael Hodges, Wonersh, GB;
Janet L. Yedinak, Westmont, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
BP Corporation North America Inc., Warrenville, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a process to improve the cetane number and emissions characteristics of a distillate feedstock by increasing the oxygen content of the feedstock by contacting the feedstock with an oxygen-containing gas in the oxidation zone at oxidation conditions in the presence of an oxidation catalyst comprising a Group VIII metal and a basic support.