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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2013
Jinyi Han, San Ramon, CA (US);
Alexander E. Kuperman, Orinda, CA (US);
Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen, Moraga, CA (US);
Horacio Trevino, Richmond, CA (US);
Jinyi Han, San Ramon, CA (US);
Alexander E. Kuperman, Orinda, CA (US);
Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen, Moraga, CA (US);
Horacio Trevino, Richmond, CA (US);
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a self-supported mixed metal sulfide (MMS) catalyst for hydrotreating hydrocarbon feedstock and to a method for preparing the catalyst. The MMS catalyst is characterized as having a BET surface area of at least 20 m/g and a pore volume of at least 0.05 cm/g. In one embodiment, the MMS catalyst is also characterized as having a multi-phased structure comprising five phases: a molybdenum sulfide phase, a tungsten sulfide phase, a molybdenum tungsten sulfide phase, an active nickel phase, and a nickel sulfide phase.