Abstract 1. A PROCESS FOR REFORMING A GASOLINE FRACTION WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING THE GASOLINE FRACTION, AT A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 800 TO ABOUT 1100* F., A PRESSURE OF ABOUT 0 TO ABOUT 1000 P.S.I.G., A LIQUID HOURLY SPACE VELOCITY OF ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 10 HR.-1, AND A MOLE RATIO OF HYDROGEN TO HYDROCARBON OF ABOUT 1:1 TO 20:1, WITH A CATALYTIC COMPOSITE OF A HALOGEN COMPONENT, A PLATINUM OR PALLADIUM COMPONENT, AN IRIDIUM COMPONENT AND A NICKEL COMPONENT ON A POROUS CARRIER MATERIAL, SAID COMPOSITE CONTAINING, ON AN ELEMENTAL BASIS, ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 3.5 WT. PERCENT HALOGEN, ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 2 WT. PERCENT PLATINUM OR PALLADIUM, ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 2 WT. PERCENT IRIDIUM AND ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 5 WT. PERCENT NICKEL.
A PROCESS FOR REFORMING A GASOLINE FRACTION WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING THE GASOLINE FRACTION, AT A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 800 TO ABOUT 1100* F., A PRESSURE OF ABOUT 0 TO ABOUT 1000 P.S.I.G., A LIQUID HOURLY SPACE VELOCITY OF ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 10 HR.-1, AND A MOLE RATIO OF HYDROGEN TO HYDROCARBON OF ABOUT 1:1 TO 20:1, WITH A CATALYTIC COMPOSITE OF A HALOGEN COMPONENT, A PLATINUM OR PALLADIUM COMPONENT, AN IRIDIUM COMPONENT AND A NICKEL COMPONENT ON A POROUS CARRIER MATERIAL, SAID COMPOSITE CONTAINING, ON AN ELEMENTAL BASIS, ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 3.5 WT. PERCENT HALOGEN, ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 2 WT. PERCENT PLATINUM OR PALLADIUM, ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 2 WT. PERCENT IRIDIUM AND ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 5 WT. PERCENT NICKEL.
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A PROCESS FOR REFORMING A GASOLINE FRACTION WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING THE GASOLINE FRACTION, AT A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 800 TO ABOUT 1100* F., A PRESSURE OF ABOUT 0 TO ABOUT 1000 P.S.I.G., A LIQUID HOURLY SPACE VELOCITY OF ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 10 HR.-1, AND A MOLE RATIO OF HYDROGEN TO HYDROCARBON OF ABOUT 1:1 TO 20:1, WITH A CATALYTIC COMPOSITE OF A HALOGEN COMPONENT, A PLATINUM OR PALLADIUM COMPONENT, AN IRIDIUM COMPONENT AND A NICKEL COMPONENT ON A POROUS CARRIER MATERIAL, SAID COMPOSITE CONTAINING, ON AN ELEMENTAL BASIS, ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 3.5 WT. PERCENT HALOGEN, ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 2 WT. PERCENT PLATINUM OR PALLADIUM, ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 2 WT. PERCENT IRIDIUM AND ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 5 WT. PERCENT NICKEL.