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Reactivation of steam-deactivated catalysts
Assignee: Mobil Oil AS
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Filing: 1983-02-04
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Granted: 1984-10-16
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Expires: 2003-02-04
Abstract
Abstract A process is provided for reactivating a catalyst composition comprising a crystalline zeolite material having a silicon/aluminum atomic ratio of at least about 3.5, said catalyst composition having been deactivated by contact with steam. The method involves the necessary steps of contacting said steam-deactivated catalyst composition with a metal salt solution, followed by contacting said metal salt solution contacted catalyst composition with an aqueous ammonium ion-containing solution.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph N. Miale
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 23:28
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J29/00; B01J29/90; B01J29/04; B01J29/06; B01J29/40; B01J2229/00; B01J2229/10; B01J2229/26; B01J2229/30; B01J2229/42; B01J29/65; B01J29/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A process for reactivating a catalyst composition comprising a crystalline zeolite material having a silicon/aluminum atomic ratio of at least about 3.5, said catalyst composition having been contacted with steam under conditions sufficient to deactivate same by removal of aluminum from the zeolite framework, which comprises the steps of contacting said steam-deactivated catalyst composition with an aqueous metal salt solution of from about 0.05 N to about 5 N, said metal selected from the group consisting of alkali, alkaline earth and transition metals, at a temperature of from about 20° C. to about 100° C. for from about 15 minutes to about 240 minutes, and contacting said metal salt solution contacted catalyst composition with an aqueous ammonium ion solution of from about 0.05 N to about 5 N at a temperature of from about 20° C. to about 100° C. for from about 15 minutes to about 240 minutes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
149 words
A process for reactivating a catalyst composition comprising a crystalline zeolite material having a silicon/aluminum atomic ratio of at least about 3.5, said catalyst composition having been contacted with steam under conditions sufficient to deactivate same by removal of aluminum from the zeolite framework, which comprises the steps of contacting said steam-deactivated catalyst composition with an aqueous metal salt solution of from about 0.05 N to about 5 N, said metal selected from the group consisting of alkali, alkaline earth and transition metals, at a temperature of from about 20° C. to about 100° C. for from about 15 minutes to about 240 minutes, and contacting said metal salt solution contacted catalyst composition with an aqueous ammonium ion solution of from about 0.05 N to about 5 N at a temperature of from about 20° C. to about 100° C. for from about 15 minutes to about 240 minutes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said crystalline zeolite material has a silicon/aluminum atomic ratio greater than 6.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said crystalline zeolite material has a silicon/aluminum atomic ratio greater than 25.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process of claim 1 which comprises the additional step of calcining said ammonium ion solution contacted catalyst composition at a temperature of from about 200° C. to about 600° C. for from about 1 minute to about 48 hours.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process of claim 4 which comprises the additional step of water washing said metal salt solution contacted catalyst composition prior to said ammonium ion solution contacting step.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said crystalline zeolite material is selected from the group consisting of large pore structure zeolites exhibiting a Constraint Index of less than about 1 and intermediate pore structure zeolites exhibiting a Constraint Index of from about 1 to about 12.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said crystalline zeolite material is selected from the group consisting of those having the structures of ZSM-5, ZSM-11, ZSM-5/ZSM-11 intermediate, ZSM-12, ZSM-20. ZSM-23, ZSM-35, ZSM-38, ZSM-48 and zeolite Beta.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said catalyst composition is a composite of said zeolite material and a matrix.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
10 words
The process of claim 8 wherein said matrix is alumina.
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