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Process for treating sulfur-containing hydrocarbon feedstocks to produce high yield coke
Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Co
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Filing: 1974-08-26
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Granted: 1977-09-27
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Expires: 1994-08-26
Abstract
Abstract A process for producing coke from sulfur-containing hydrocarbon feedstocks which involves contacting at least a portion of the feedstock with a peroxy oxidant in the presence of a metal-containing catalyst to preferentially oxidize a portion of the hydrocarbon feedstock, subjecting the feedstock to coking conditions to form coke and recovering a coke product. The present process can provide improved yields of coke having substantially reduced sulfur content.
Inventors
- 👤 George P. Masologites
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-01 05:17
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10B; C10B55/00; B; B01; B01J; B01J23/00; B01J23/16; B01J23/24; B01J23/28; C10G; C10G27/00; C10G27/04; C10G27/12; C10G55/00; C10G55/02; C10G55/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
A process for producing coke which comprises: 1. contacting a sulfur containing hydrocarbon feedstock containing at least 1% by weight Conradson Carbon Residue with at least one peroxy oxidant in the presence of a catalyst comprising a metal in an amount effective to promote the oxidation of sulfur to preferentially oxidize at least a portion of the sulfur contained in said hydrocarbon feedstock, said metal being selected from the group consisting of Group IVB, Group V, Group VI and mixtures thereof; 2. subjecting said oxidized sulfur-containing hydrocarbon feedstock to coking conditions at temperatures in the range from about 800° F. to about 1100° F. to produce a coke product from said coking having a sulfur content reduced by at least 40% by weight relative to the sulfur content of a coke product produced by subjecting the feedstock to the coking conditions of step 2 without the oxidation of step 1.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
A process for producing coke which comprises: 1. contacting a sulfur containing hydrocarbon feedstock containing at least 1% by weight Conradson Carbon Residue with at least one peroxy oxidant in the presence of a catalyst comprising a metal in an amount effective to promote the oxidation of sulfur to preferentially oxidize at least a portion of the sulfur contained in said hydrocarbon feedstock, said metal being selected from the group consisting of Group IVB, Group V, Group VI and mixtures thereof; 2. subjecting said oxidized sulfur-containing hydrocarbon feedstock to coking conditions at temperatures in the range from about 800° F. to about 1100° F. to produce a coke product from said coking having a sulfur content reduced by at least 40% by weight relative to the sulfur content of a coke product produced by subjecting the feedstock to the coking conditions of step 2 without the oxidation of step 1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 1 wherein at least a major amount of said sulfur containing hydrocarbon feedstock boils above about 550° F.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
67 words
The process of claim 2 wherein step 1 comprises contacting said feedstock with from about 0.5 atoms to about 10 atoms of active oxygen per atom of sulfur present to preferentially oxidize at least a portion of sulfur-containing in said hydrocarbon feedstock said active oxygen being in the form of an oxidant selected from the group consisting of organic peroxides, organic hydroperoxides, organic peracids and mixtures thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said oxidant is selected from the group consisting of organic peroxides, organic hydroperoxides, organic peracids and mixtures thereof containing from 1 to about 30 carbon per active oxygen atom.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
The process of claim 4 wherein said metal is selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten and mixtures thereof and is present in an amount from about 5 ppm. to about 1.0% by weight of said hydrocarbon feedstock.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
10 words
The process of claim 5 wherein said metal is molybdenum.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
69 words
The process of claim 6 wherein said catalyst is prepared by a method which comprises interacting molybdenum metal with a compound selected from the group consisting of organic hydroperoxide, organic peroxide, organic peracid, hydrogen peroxide and mixtures thereof in the presence of at least one saturated alcohol having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms per molecule at conditions such that at least a portion of said molybdenum is solubilized.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 7 wherein said interacting occurs at a temperature in the range from about 25° C. to about 150° C.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
64 words
The process of claim 8 wherein said catalyst is prepared by a method which comprises interacting molybdenum metal with tertiary butyl hydroperoxide in the presence of tertiary butyl alcohol and at least one mono- or poly- hydroxy alcohol having from 1 to about 16 carbon atoms per molecule and at least one primary hydroxy group present in an amount sufficient to enhance molybdenum solubility.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 8 wherein step (2) is carried out utilizing a fluid coking process.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 9 wherein step (2) is carried out utilizing a delayed coking process.
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