US3242229A
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Hydrocarbon conversion process
Assignee: Texaco Inc
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Filing: 1965-01-13
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Granted: 1966-03-22
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Expires: 1985-01-13
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 John H Estes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 16:29
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J27/00; B01J27/06; B01J27/128; B01J27/13; C; C07; C07C; C07C5/00; C07C5/22; C07C5/27; C07C5/2767; C07C5/277; C07C5/2791; C10; C10G; C10G2400/00; C10G2400/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A HYDROCARBON CONVERSION PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING HYDROGEN AND A MIXTURE COMPRISING AN ISOMERIZABLE HYDROCARBON CONTAINING AT MOST SIX CARBON ATOMS AND ANOTHER HYDROCARBON CONTAINING AT LEAST SEVEN CARBON ATOMS AT A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 200 TO 400* F., A LIQUID HOURLY SPACE VELOCITY WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.5 TO 2.0 AND A HYDROGEN TO HYDROCARBON MOL RATIO WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.10:1 TO 5.0:1 WITH A CATALYST CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF ALUMINA, PLATINUM, AND CHLORINE WHEREIN AT LEAST A PART OF SAID CHLORINE IS INTRODUCED INTO SAID CATALYST BY CONTACTING A COMPOSITE OF PLATINUM AND ALUMINA WITH A CHLORIDE ACTIVATING AGENT HAVING AN ATOMIC RATIO OF CHLORINE TO CARBON OF AT LEAST 2 TO 1 AT A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 300 TO 650*F., IN THE SUBSTANTIAL ABSENCE OF CARBON DEPOSITION ON SAID CATALYST WHEREBY SAID HYDROCARBON CONTAINING AT LEAST SEVEN CARBON ATOMS IS CRACKED TO LOWER BOILING HYDROCARBONS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
A HYDROCARBON CONVERSION PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING HYDROGEN AND A MIXTURE COMPRISING AN ISOMERIZABLE HYDROCARBON CONTAINING AT MOST SIX CARBON ATOMS AND ANOTHER HYDROCARBON CONTAINING AT LEAST SEVEN CARBON ATOMS AT A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 200 TO 400* F., A LIQUID HOURLY SPACE VELOCITY WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.5 TO 2.0 AND A HYDROGEN TO HYDROCARBON MOL RATIO WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.10:1 TO 5.0:1 WITH A CATALYST CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF ALUMINA, PLATINUM, AND CHLORINE WHEREIN AT LEAST A PART OF SAID CHLORINE IS INTRODUCED INTO SAID CATALYST BY CONTACTING A COMPOSITE OF PLATINUM AND ALUMINA WITH A CHLORIDE ACTIVATING AGENT HAVING AN ATOMIC RATIO OF CHLORINE TO CARBON OF AT LEAST 2 TO 1 AT A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 300 TO 650*F., IN THE SUBSTANTIAL ABSENCE OF CARBON DEPOSITION ON SAID CATALYST WHEREBY SAID HYDROCARBON CONTAINING AT LEAST SEVEN CARBON ATOMS IS CRACKED TO LOWER BOILING HYDROCARBONS.
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