Treatment of hydrocarbon waxes

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR REFINING A LIQUID WAXY PRODUCT PRODUCED BY CONDENSING THE PRODUCT OF HYDROGENATION OF OXIDES OF CARBON IN THE PRESENCE OF A HYDROGENATION CATALYST AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 300* F. AND ABOUT 700* F. AND AT A PRESSURE BETWEEN ABOUT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND ABOUT 500 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH, SAID WAXY PRODUCT CONTAINING COLOR-IMPARTING METALLOORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND COLOR-IMPARTING UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS, WHICH COMPRISES: DISSOLVING SAID WAXY PRODUCT IN A SOLVENT; CONTACTING THE RESULTING SOLUTION AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE WITH A SOLID ADSORBENT TO SEPARATE FROM SAID SOLUTION SAID COLOR-IMPARTING METALLO-ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WITHDRAWING THE SOLUTION FROM CONTACT WITH SAID ADSORBENT; AND FURTHER DECOLORIZING THE THUS PARTIALLY DECOLORIZED WAXY PRODUCT BY SUBJECTING SAID PRODUCT TO HYDROGENATION IN THE PRESENCE OF A HYDROGENATION CATALYST AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 150* F. AND ABOUT 400* F. AND AT A PRESSURE BETWEEN ABOUT 75 AND ABOUT 1500 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH GAUGE FOR A RESIDENCE TIME OF AT LEAST 30 MINUTES TO CONVERT UNSATURATED COLOR-IMPARTING HYDROCARBONS TO THEIR CORRESPONDING PARAFFINS.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR REFINING A LIQUID WAXY PRODUCT PRODUCED BY CONDENSING THE PRODUCT OF HYDROGENATION OF OXIDES OF CARBON IN THE PRESENCE OF A HYDROGENATION CATALYST AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 300* F. AND ABOUT 700* F. AND AT A PRESSURE BETWEEN ABOUT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND ABOUT 500 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH, SAID WAXY PRODUCT CONTAINING COLOR-IMPARTING METALLOORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND COLOR-IMPARTING UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS, WHICH COMPRISES: DISSOLVING SAID WAXY PRODUCT IN A SOLVENT; CONTACTING THE RESULTING SOLUTION AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE WITH A SOLID ADSORBENT TO SEPARATE FROM SAID SOLUTION SAID COLOR-IMPARTING METALLO-ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WITHDRAWING THE SOLUTION FROM CONTACT WITH SAID ADSORBENT; AND FURTHER DECOLORIZING THE THUS PARTIALLY DECOLORIZED WAXY PRODUCT BY SUBJECTING SAID PRODUCT TO HYDROGENATION IN THE PRESENCE OF A HYDROGENATION CATALYST AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 150* F. AND ABOUT 400* F. AND AT A PRESSURE BETWEEN ABOUT 75 AND ABOUT 1500 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH GAUGE FOR A RESIDENCE TIME OF AT LEAST 30 MINUTES TO CONVERT UNSATURATED COLOR-IMPARTING HYDROCARBONS TO THEIR CORRESPONDING PARAFFINS.