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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Rahul Shankar Bhaduri, Moraga, CA (US);
Lawrence Paul Zestar, Lafayette, CA (US);
Rahul Shankar Bhaduri, Moraga, CA (US);
Lawrence Paul Zestar, Lafayette, CA (US);
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for recovering vanadium from a spent slurry catalyst for hydrocarbon oil hydroprocessing is disclosed. In one embodiment after de-oiling, the spent catalyst is treated with ammonia and air, forming a leach slurry. The leach slurry is subsequently treated with a flocculant. After solid-liquid separation to recover the solid residue containing coke and ammonium metavanadate, the solid residue is washed with an ammonium sulfate solution and leached with hot water. After solid-liquid separation to recover a solution containing ammonium metavanadate, the ammonium metavanadate is crystallized and purified from the leach solution.