US4183801A
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Process for preparing hydrocarbons
Assignee: Shell USA Inc
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Filing: 1978-11-13
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Granted: 1980-01-15
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Expires: 1998-11-13
Abstract
Abstract A process for preparing light distillate fractions and medicinal oil from heavy hydrocarbon oils comprises two-stage hydrocracking, fractionation distillation and catalytic hydrotreatment of at least part of the fractionation residue.
Inventors
- 👤 Jacobus H. Breuker
- 👤 Hubertus N. H. DeHaan
- 👤 Pieter B. Kwant
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 08:07
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10G; C10G65/00; C10G65/02; C10G65/10; C10G47/00; C10G47/02; C10G47/10; C10G47/12; C10G47/16; C10G47/20; C10G2400/00; C10G2400/02; C10G2400/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A process for preparing light hydrocarbon fractions and medicinal oil from a heavy hydrocarbon oil which comprises: (a) hydrocracking said heavy hydrocarbon oil feed in a first stage at an elevated temperature and pressure and in the presence of hydrogen over a weakly or moderately acidic catalyst comprising one or more metals having hydrogenating activity on a carrier and passing the total reaction product to a second hydrocracking stage, (b) hydrocracking said product from step (a) at an elevated temperature and pressure and in the presence of hydrogen over a moderately or strongly acidic catalyst comprising one or more metals having hydrogenating activity on a carrier, and (c) separating the reaction product from step (b) by fractionation distillation into at least one light distillate hydrocarbon fraction and a residue, and (d) converting at least part of said residue into medicinal oil by contacting said residue at an elevated temperature and pressure and in the presence of hydrogen with a catalyst comprising at least one noble metal of Group VIII on a carrier.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
A process for preparing light hydrocarbon fractions and medicinal oil from a heavy hydrocarbon oil which comprises: (a) hydrocracking said heavy hydrocarbon oil feed in a first stage at an elevated temperature and pressure and in the presence of hydrogen over a weakly or moderately acidic catalyst comprising one or more metals having hydrogenating activity on a carrier and passing the total reaction product to a second hydrocracking stage, (b) hydrocracking said product from step (a) at an elevated temperature and pressure and in the presence of hydrogen over a moderately or strongly acidic catalyst comprising one or more metals having hydrogenating activity on a carrier, and (c) separating the reaction product from step (b) by fractionation distillation into at least one light distillate hydrocarbon fraction and a residue, and (d) converting at least part of said residue into medicinal oil by contacting said residue at an elevated temperature and pressure and in the presence of hydrogen with a catalyst comprising at least one noble metal of Group VIII on a carrier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the heavy hydrocarbon oil feed for step (a) is selected from vacuum distillates of crude oils, deasphalted atmospheric or vacuum residues of crude oils and mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
A process according to claim 2, wherein the heavy hydrocarbon oil feed for step (a) has been prepared by separating an atmospheric distillation residue of a crude oil by vacuum distillation into a vacuum distillate and a vacuum residue, deasphalting the vacuum residue, and mixing the deasphalted oil with the vacuum distillate in production ratio.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein distillate fractions obtained in step (c), which have an initial boiling point higher than the final boiling point of the heaviest end product fraction desired, are recycled to step (a).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein in step (a) the hydrocracking is carried out using a sulphidic fluorine and phosphorus-containing nickel-molybdenum catalyst on alumina as the carrier and a sulphidic nickel-tungsten catalyst on a zeolite Y with a low sodium content as the carrier in the second stage.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the hydrocracking is carried out at a temperature of from 250° to 450° C., a pressure of from 50 to 200 bar, a space velocity of from 0.2 to 5 l.l -1 .h -1 and a hydrogen/oil ratio of from 500 to 3000 Nl.kg -1 .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein a dewaxing treatment is applied to the part of the residual fraction from which the medicinal oil is prepared intermediate to steps (c) and (d).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
48 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein in step (d) the catalytic hydrotreatment of the residual fraction for the preparation of medicinal oil is carried out using a catalyst which contains from 0.05 to 5% w of at least one noble metal from Group VIII on a carrier.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process according to claim 8, wherein the catalyst contains from 0.1 to 2% w noble metal of Group VIII.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the catalyst carrier consists of 13-15% w alumina, the rest being silica.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
70 words
A process according to any one of claims 1-10, wherein in step (d) the catalytic hydrotreatment of the residual fraction for the preparation of medicinal oil is carried out at a temperature of from 175° to 325° C., a pressure of from 10 to 250 bar, a space velocity of from 0.1 to 5 kg -1 .h -1 and a hydrogen/oil ratio of from 100 to 5000 Nl.kg -1 .
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