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Hydrocarbon dehydrogenation method employing platinum-cobalt-zinc catalyst
Assignee: Honeywell UOP LLC
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Filing: 1979-03-05
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Granted: 1980-08-05
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Expires: 1999-03-05
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 zinc 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 zinc 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. % zinc and about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % alkali metal or alkaline earth metal.
Inventors
- 👤 George J. Antos
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 21:01
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07C; C07C5/00; C07C5/32; C07C5/327; C07C5/333; C07C5/3335; C07C5/3337; B; B01; B01J; B01J23/00; B01J23/70; B01J23/89; B01J23/8933; B01J23/8953; C07C5/321; C07C5/324; C07C5/325; C07C5/367; C07C2521/00; C07C2521/02; C07C2521/04; C07C2523/00; C07C2523/02; C07C2523/04; C07C2523/06; 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
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 36
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
A method for dehydrogenating a dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon comprising contacting the hydrocarbon, at hydrocarbon dehydrogenation conditions, with a nonacidic catalytic composite consisting essentially of 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. % zinc; wherein the platinum group, catalytically available cobalt and zinc components are uniformly dispersed throughout the porous carrier material; wherein substantially all of the platinum group component is present in the elemental metallic state; and wherein substantially all of the catalytically available cobalt component is present in the elemental metallic state or in a state which is reducible to the elemental metallic state under hydrocarbon dehydrogenation conditions or in a mixture of these states.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
132 words
A method for dehydrogenating a dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon comprising contacting the hydrocarbon, at hydrocarbon dehydrogenation conditions, with a nonacidic catalytic composite consisting essentially of 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. % zinc; wherein the platinum group, catalytically available cobalt and zinc components are uniformly dispersed throughout the porous carrier material; wherein substantially all of the platinum group component is present in the elemental metallic state; and wherein substantially all of the catalytically available cobalt component is present in the elemental metallic state or in a state which is reducible to the elemental metallic state under hydrocarbon dehydrogenation conditions or in a mixture of these states.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon 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 component is platinum.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the platinum group component is iridium.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the platinum group component is rhodium.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the platinum group component 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
23 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon is an aliphatic hydrocarbon containing 2 to 30 carbon atoms per molecule.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon is a normal paraffin hydrocarbon containing 3 to 30 carbon atoms per molecule.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon is naphthene.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon is an alkylaromatic, the alkyl group of which contains about 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
Claim 15
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, an LHSV of 1 to 40 hr. -1 , and a hydrogen to hydrocarbon mole ratio of about 1:1 to about 20:1.
Claim 16
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. % zinc.
Claim 17
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 zinc to platinum group metal is about 0.1:1 to about 10:1 and the atomic ratio of cobalt to platinum group metal is about 0.1:1 to about 66:1.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein substantially all of the zinc component is present in the catalytic composite in a positive oxidation state.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method as defined in claim 2 wherein the substantially all of the catalytically available cobalt component contained in the composite is present in the elemental metallic state after the method is started-up and lined-out at hydrocarbon dehydrogenation conditions.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
169 words
A method for dehydrogenating a dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon comprising contacting the hydrocarbon, at dehydrogenation conditions, with a nonacidic catalytic composite consisting essentially of 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. % zinc; wherein the platinum group, catalytically available cobalt, zinc and alkali or alkaline earth components are uniformly dispersed throughout the porous carrier material; wherein substantially all of the platinum group component is present in the elemental metallic state; wherein substantially all of the catalytically all of the catalytically available cobalt component is present in the elemental metallic state or in a state which is reducible to the elemental metallic state under hydrocarbon dehydrogenation conditions or in a mixture of these states; and wherein substantially all of the alkali or alkaline earth component is present in a positive oxidation state.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
169 words
A method for dehydrogenating a dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon comprising contacting the hydrocarbon, at dehydrogenation conditions, with a nonacidic catalytic composite consisting essentially of 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. % zinc; wherein the platinum group, catalytically available cobalt, zinc and alkali or alkaline earth components are uniformly dispersed throughout the porous carrier material; wherein substantially all of the platinum group component is present in the elemental metallic state; wherein substantially all of the catalytically all of the catalytically available cobalt component is present in the elemental metallic state or in a state which is reducible to the elemental metallic state under hydrocarbon dehydrogenation conditions or in a mixture of these states; and wherein substantially all of the alkali or alkaline earth component is present in a positive oxidation state.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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A method as defined in claim 19 wherein the porous carrier material is a refractory inorganic oxide.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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A method as defined in claim 20 wherein the refractory inorganic oxide is alumina.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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A method as defined in claim 20 wherein the alkali component is potassium oxide.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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A method as defined in claim 19 wherein the alkali component is lithium oxide.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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A method as defined in claim 19 wherein the catalytic composite is in a sulfur-free state.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method as defined in claim 19 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, about 0.05 to about 1 wt. % zinc and about 0.25 to about 3.5 wt. % alkali metal or alkaline earth metal.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
66 words
A method as defined in claim 19 wherein the metals content thereof is adjusted so that the atomic ratio of zinc to platinum group metal is about 0.1:1 to about 10:1, the atomic ratio of alkali metal or alkaline earth metal to platinum group metal is about 5:1 to about 100:1 and the atomic ratio of cobalt to platinum group metal is about 0.1:1 to 66:1.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method as defined in claim 19 wherein the dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon is admixed with hydrogen when it contacts the catalytic composite.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as defined in claim 19 wherein the dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon is an aliphatic hydrocarbon containing 2 to 30 carbon atoms per molecule.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as defined in claim 19 wherein the dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon is a normal paraffin hydrocarbon containing about 3 to 30 carbon atoms per molecule.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method as defined in claim 19 wherein the the dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon is a normal paraffin hydrocarbon containing about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms per molecule.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as defined in claim 19 wherein the dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon is an alkylaromatic, the alkyl group of which contains about 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method as defined in claim 19 wherein the dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon is a naphthene.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
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A method as defined in claim 28 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. 31 1, and a hydrogen to hydrocarbon mole ratio of about 1:1 to about 20:1.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method as defined in claim 27 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.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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