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Normal paraffin hydrocarbon dehydrogenation with a nonacidic multimetallic catalytic composite

Assignee: Honeywell UOP LLC
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Filing: 1976-08-27
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Granted: 1978-03-14
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Expires: 1996-08-27
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Abstract

Abstract Dehydrogenatable hydrocarbons are dehydrogenated by contacting them, at dehydrogenation conditions, with a catalytic composite comprising a combination of catalytically effective amounts of a platinum group component, a cobalt component, and a bismuth component with a porous carrier material. A specific example of the nonacidic catalytic composite disclosed herein is a combination of a platinum group component, a cobalt component, a bismuth component, and an alkali or alkaline earth component with a porous carrier material in amounts sufficient to result in a composite containing about 0.01 to about 2 wt. % platinum group metal, about 0.05 to about 5 wt. % cobalt, about 0.01 to about 5 wt. % bismuth and about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % alkali metal or alkaline earth metal.

Inventors

  • 👤 George J. Antos

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10G; C10G49/00; C10G49/02; C10G49/06; B; B01; B01J; B01J23/00; B01J23/70; B01J23/89; B01J23/8933; B01J23/8973; C07; C07C; C07C5/00; C07C5/32; C07C5/321; C07C5/324; C07C5/325; C07C5/327; C07C5/333; C07C5/3335; C07C5/3337; C07C5/367; C10G35/00; C10G35/04; C10G35/06; C10G35/085; C10G35/09; C07C2521/00; C07C2521/02; C07C2521/04; C07C2523/00; C07C2523/16; C07C2523/18; C07C2523/38; C07C2523/40; C07C2523/42; C07C2523/44; C07C2523/46; C07C2523/70; C07C2523/74; C07C2523/75; C07C2523/89; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P20/00; Y02P20/50; Y02P20/52; Y10; Y10S; Y10S585/00; Y10S585/8995; Y10S585/906

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim 136 words
A method for dehydrogenating a normal paraffin hydrocarbon containing 4 to 30 carbon atoms per molecule which comprises contacting the hydrocarbon, at dehydrogenation conditions, with a catalytic composite comprising a porous carrier material containing, on an elemental basis, about 0.01 to about 2 wt. % platinum group metal, about 0.05 to about 5 wt. % cobalt, and about 0.01 to about 5 wt. % bismuth, wherein the platinum group metal, catalytically available cobalt and bismuth are uniformly dispersed throughout the porous carrier material; wherein substantially all of the platinum group metal is present in the elemental metallic state; and wherein substantially all of the catalytically available cobalt is present in the elemental metallic state or in a state which is reducible to the elemental metallic state under dehydrogenation conditions or in a mixture of these states.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 136 words
A method for dehydrogenating a normal paraffin hydrocarbon containing 4 to 30 carbon atoms per molecule which comprises contacting the hydrocarbon, at dehydrogenation conditions, with a catalytic composite comprising a porous carrier material containing, on an elemental basis, about 0.01 to about 2 wt. % platinum group metal, about 0.05 to about 5 wt. % cobalt, and about 0.01 to about 5 wt. % bismuth, wherein the platinum group metal, catalytically available cobalt and bismuth are uniformly dispersed throughout the porous carrier material; wherein substantially all of the platinum group metal is present in the elemental metallic state; and wherein substantially all of the catalytically available cobalt is present in the elemental metallic state or in a state which is reducible to the elemental metallic state under dehydrogenation conditions or in a mixture of these states.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 30 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the normal paraffin hydrocarbon containing 4 to 30 carbon atoms per molecule is admixed with hydrogen when it contacts the catalytic composite.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 14 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the platinum group metal is platinum.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 14 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the platinum group metal is iridium.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 14 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the platinum group metal is rhodium.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 14 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the platinum group metal is palladium.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 16 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the catalytic composite is in a sulfur-free state.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 17 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the porous carrier material is a refractory inorganic oxide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 14 words
A method as defined in claim 8 wherein the refractory inorganic oxide is alumina.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 49 words
A method as defined in claim 2 wherein the dehydrogenation conditions include a temperature of 700° to about 1200° F., a pressure of 0.1 to 10 atmospheres, a LHSV of 1 to 40 hr. -1 , and a hydrogen to hydrocarbon mole ratio of about 1:1 to about 20:1.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 42 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the composite contains on an elemental basis, about 0.05 to about 1 wt. % platinum group metal, about 0.1 to about 2.5 wt. % cobalt and about 0.05 to about 1 wt. % bismuth.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 50 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the metals content of the catalytic composite is adjusted so that the atomic ratio of bismuth to platinum group metal is about 0.1:1 to about 2:1 and the atomic ratio of cobalt to platinum group metal is about 0.1:1 to about 66:1.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 26 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein substantially all of the bismuth is present therein in an oxidation state above that of the elemental metal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 25 words
A method as defined in claim 13 wherein substantially all of the bismuth is present in the catalytic composite as bismith oxide or bismuth aluminate.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 36 words
A method as defined in claim 2 wherein substantially all of the catalytically available cobalt contained in the composite is present in the elemental metallic state after the method is started-up and lined-out at dehydrogenation conditions.
Claim 17
Independent Claim 176 words
A method for dehydrogenating a normal paraffin hydrocarbon containing 4 to 30 carbon atoms per molecule which comprises contacting said hydrocarbon with a nonacidic catalytic composite comprising a porous carrier material containing, on an elemental basis, about 0.01 to about 2 wt. % platinum group metal, about 0.05 to about 5 wt. % cobalt, about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, and about 0.01 to about 5 wt. % bismuth; wherein the platinum group metal, catalytically available cobalt, bismuth and alkali metal or alkaline earth metal are uniformly dispersed throughout the porous carrier material; wherein substantially all of the platinum group metal is present in the elemental metallic state; wherein substantially all of the catalytically available cobalt is present in the elemental metallic state or in a state which is reducible to the elemental metallic state under dehydrogenation conditions or in a mixture of these states; and wherein substantially all of the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal is present in an oxidation state above that of the elemental metal.
Claim 18
Independent Claim 176 words
A method for dehydrogenating a normal paraffin hydrocarbon containing 4 to 30 carbon atoms per molecule which comprises contacting said hydrocarbon with a nonacidic catalytic composite comprising a porous carrier material containing, on an elemental basis, about 0.01 to about 2 wt. % platinum group metal, about 0.05 to about 5 wt. % cobalt, about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, and about 0.01 to about 5 wt. % bismuth; wherein the platinum group metal, catalytically available cobalt, bismuth and alkali metal or alkaline earth metal are uniformly dispersed throughout the porous carrier material; wherein substantially all of the platinum group metal is present in the elemental metallic state; wherein substantially all of the catalytically available cobalt is present in the elemental metallic state or in a state which is reducible to the elemental metallic state under dehydrogenation conditions or in a mixture of these states; and wherein substantially all of the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal is present in an oxidation state above that of the elemental metal.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 30 words
A method as defined in claim 16 wherein the normal paraffin hydrocarbon containing 4 to 30 carbon atoms per molecule is admixed with hydrogen when it contacts the catalytic composite.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 26 words
A method as defined in claim 16 wherein the dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon is a normal paraffin hydrocarbon containing about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms per molecule.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 53 words
A method as defined in claim 16 wherein the dehydrogenation conditions include a temperature of about 700° to about 1200° F., a pressure of about 0.1 to about 10 atmospheres, an LHSV of about 1 to 40 hr. -1 , and a hydrogen to hydrocarbon mole ratio of about 1:1 to about 20:1.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 37 words
A method as defined in claim 16 wherein the contacting is performed in the presence of water or a water-producing substance in an amount corresponding to about 1 to about 1000 wt. ppm. based on hydrocarbon charge.

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