Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
177 words
A process comprising: (a) cracking a hydrocarbon oil in a cracking zone in the presence of a cracking catalyst; wherein said catalyst becomes contaminated with a contaminant that is a member of the group consisting of vanadium, chromium, iron, cobalt, copper, arsenic, antimony, platinum, bismuth and compounds thereof; (b) regenerating, in a regeneration zone, said cracking catalyst; (c) passing from said regeneration zone gas and fines of said catalyst to a first separation zone. (d) separating, in said first separation zone, coarser fines of said catalyst from finer fines of said catalyst; wherein said finer fines are contaminated with more, on a weight percent basis, of said contaminant than are said coarser fines; (e) recycling said coarser fines to said cracking zone; (f) separating, in a second separation zone, said gas from said finer fines; and (g) treating said finer fines with a stabilizing agent in an amount sufficient to improve the stability of said contaminant against leaching by water; wherein said stabilizing agent is a member of the group consisting of indium, tin and compounds thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
177 words
A process comprising: (a) cracking a hydrocarbon oil in a cracking zone in the presence of a cracking catalyst; wherein said catalyst becomes contaminated with a contaminant that is a member of the group consisting of vanadium, chromium, iron, cobalt, copper, arsenic, antimony, platinum, bismuth and compounds thereof; (b) regenerating, in a regeneration zone, said cracking catalyst; (c) passing from said regeneration zone gas and fines of said catalyst to a first separation zone. (d) separating, in said first separation zone, coarser fines of said catalyst from finer fines of said catalyst; wherein said finer fines are contaminated with more, on a weight percent basis, of said contaminant than are said coarser fines; (e) recycling said coarser fines to said cracking zone; (f) separating, in a second separation zone, said gas from said finer fines; and (g) treating said finer fines with a stabilizing agent in an amount sufficient to improve the stability of said contaminant against leaching by water; wherein said stabilizing agent is a member of the group consisting of indium, tin and compounds thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said contaminant is a member of the group consisting of antimony and compounds thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 or 2 wherein said stabilizing agent is a member of the group consisting of a water insoluble oxide of indium and a water insoluble sulfide of indium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
73 words
A process in accordance with claim 16 or 17 wherein said stabilizing agent is an indium compound selected from the group consisting of indium oxide, indium sulfide, indium tris (0,0-dihydrocarbyl phosphite), indium tallate, indium dialkyldithiocarbamate and indium salt of the organic phosphate [(RO.sub.2 PXX].sub.3 In; wherein each X is selected independently from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur; and wherein R is an alkyl group containing from 2 to 20 carbon atoms.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 or 2 wherein said stabilizing agent is a member of the group consisting of a water insoluble oxide of tin and a water insoluble sulfide of tin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 or 2 wherein said stabilizing agent is a tin compound selected from the group consisting of stannous oxide, stannic oxide, stannous sulfide, stannic sulfide, a tin salt of a carboxylic acid, a tin thiocarboxylate, a dihydrocarbyltin bis(hydrocarbyl mercaptoalkanoate), a tin thiocarbamate and a dihydrocarbyltin bis(0,0-dihydrocarbyl thiophosphate).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 or 2 wherein an aqueous solution of said stabilizing agent is used to treat said finer fines.