Production of jet fuel by a hydrocarbon conversion process using a catalyst comprising palladium and an amorphous aluminosilicate component

Claim 1

A HYDROCRACKING PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES HYDROCRACKING A HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK IN A REACTION ZONE AT CONVENTIONAL HYDROCRACKING CONDITIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF HYDROGEN AND A CATALYST COMPRISING A HYDROGENATING COMPONENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PALLADIUM, PALLADIUM SULFIDE, AND PALLADIUM OXIDE IN AN AMOUNT OF 0.1 TO 10.0 WEIGHT PERCENT, CALCULATED AS METAL, AND AN AMORPHOUS ALUMINOSILICATE COMPONENT HAVING AN ALUMINA CONTENT OF 40 TO 95 WEIGHT PERCENT, SAID CATALYST HAVING AN ORGINAL ACTIVITY AS INDUCE THEREIN BY HAVING BEEN SUBJECTED, WITH THE HYDROGENATING COMPONENT IN THE OXIDE FORM, TO A HEAT TREATMENT IN A SUBSTANTIALLY DRY NONREDUCING GAS AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE 1,200* TO 1,800*F., AND RECOVERING FROM SAID REACTION ZONE A 300*-550*F. JET FUEL PRODUCTION IN A YIELD GREATER THAN 50 VOLUME PERCENT, BASED ON SAID FEEDSTOCK, WITH AN ACCOMPANYING PRODUCTION OF C4-LIGHT GASES OF LESS THAN 8 VOLUME PERCENT, BASED ON SAID FEEDSTOCK.