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Water dealkylation catalyst of aromatic hydrocarbons

Assignee: Elf Antar France
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Filing: 1978-12-18
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Granted: 1980-12-09
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Expires: 1998-12-18
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Abstract

Abstract Catalyst for water dealkylation of oil fractions containing monoalkylated or polyalkylated aromatic hydrocarbons, said catalyst containing at least one metal of group VIII in a proportion of 0.1 to 5% by weight on a carrier, characterized in that said carrier is a zeolite L that can be exchanged with either alkaline cations or polyvalent cations of groups V b , VI b and VII b . The zeolite L can be exchanged with a solution of metals such as lithium, sodium, caesium, chromium, manganese, and rhodium. A method of using the catalyst by contacting the hydrocarbons with the catalyst at a temperature of 400°-600° C., a pressure of 0-80 bars, a space velocity of the hydrocarbon of from 0.1 to 10h -1 , and a water to hydrocarbon mol ratio of 2-20.

Inventors

  • 👤 Daniel Duprez
  • 👤 Michel Grand

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 05:56
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J29/00; B01J29/04; B01J29/06; B01J29/60; B01J29/61; B01J29/64; C; C07; C07C; C07C4/00; C07C4/08; C07C4/12; C07C4/14; C07C4/20; B01J2229/00; B01J2229/30; B01J2229/36; C07C2529/00; C07C2529/04; C07C2529/06; C07C2529/60; C07C2529/61

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim 69 words
A water dealkylation catalyst for oil fractions containing alkylated aromatic hydrocarbons which comprises a zeolite L carrier exchanged with cations selected from the group consisting of alkali metal cations, cations from group V b , VI b , and VII b of the periodic table and mixtures thereof, and containing from about 0.1 to 5% by weight of at least one metal from group VIII of the periodic table.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 69 words
A water dealkylation catalyst for oil fractions containing alkylated aromatic hydrocarbons which comprises a zeolite L carrier exchanged with cations selected from the group consisting of alkali metal cations, cations from group V b , VI b , and VII b of the periodic table and mixtures thereof, and containing from about 0.1 to 5% by weight of at least one metal from group VIII of the periodic table.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 43 words
A catalyst according to claim 1, wherein the carrier is a zeolite L of the chabazite type of the theoretical formula M.sub.q/n (AlO.sub.2).sub.9 (SiO.sub.2).sub.27 wherein M is a cation of valence n, having cylindrical ducts of a diameter from 7 to 8 A.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
A catalyst according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the carrier is exchanged with a solution of alkali metal cations selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium and caesium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 45 words
A catalyst according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the carrier is exchanged with an acetic acid or hydrochloric acid solution of cations selected from the group consisting of cations of metal of group V b , VI b and VII b and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 21 words
A catalyst according to claim 4 wherein the metal cations are selected from the group consisting of vanadium, chromium and manganese.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 73 words
A catalyst according to claim 4, wherein the introduction of the metals in the exchanged or unexchanged carrier is effected by impregnating the zeolite L, previously dried by heating in air, with an acetic or hydrochloric acid solution of the cations, drying in air, calcining by raising the temperature from ambient to 200° C. in from 30 to 200 minutes and then heating for 30 minutes to 500° C., and cooling the catalyst.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 40 words
A catalyst according to claim 1 or 5, wherein said catalyst is reduced in hydrogen at 400° to 500° C., then contacted with water vapor at a temperature of from 400° to 600° C. for 15 minutes to 4 hours.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 19 words
A catalyst according to claim 1 or 6, which comprises 0.1 to 5% rhodium deposited on the zeolite L.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 17 words
A catalyst according to claim 8 wherein 0.1 to 2% rhodium is deposited on the zeolite L.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 15 words
A catalyst according to claim 1, wherein the zeolite L is partially exchanged with rhodium.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 25 words
A catalyst according to claim 1, containing two metals of the group VIII, the relative proportions of said two metals varying from 1/10 to 10/1.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 14 words
A catalyst according to claim 11 wherein said two metals are rhodium and iridium.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 38 words
A catalyst according to claim 1 containing metals of the group V b , VI b , VII b and mixtures thereof wherein the total concentration of metals is from 0.1 to 5% by weight of the catalyst.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 22 words
A catalyst according to claim 13 wherein the total concentration of metals is from 0.2 to 1.5% by weight of the catalyst.

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