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Regeneration of noble metal-highly siliceous zeolite with sequential hydrogen halide and halogen or organic-halogen compound treatment

Assignee: Mobil Oil AS
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Filing: 1985-12-23
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Granted: 1987-02-24
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Expires: 2005-12-23
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Abstract

Abstract A process is described for rejuvenation of a deactivated highly siliceous noble metal-containing zeolite catalyst which contains agglomerated noble metals. The process comprises initially reducing the deactivated catalyst in hydrogen, pretreating the thus reduced catalyst with an inert gas stream containing about 0.001 to 10 weight percent hydrogen chloride, redispersing the noble metal with an inert gas stream containing about 0.001 to 10 weight percent Cl in the form of Cl 2 or Cl-containing organic material, and subsequently reducing the catalyst. The Cl-treatments may optionally occur in the presence of oxygen or sources of oxygen.

Inventors

  • 👤 Sharon B. McCullen
  • 👤 Stephen S. Wong
  • 👤 Tracy J. Huang

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 12:23
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J29/00; B01J29/90; B01J38/00; B01J38/04; B01J38/42; B01J38/44

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim 142 words
A process for rejuvenating a steamed catalyst comprising an alumina binder and a highly siliceous zeolite having a framework silica-alumina ratio of at least about 20 containing agglomerated noble metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, osmium, rhodium and ruthenium, which process comprises initially reducing the steamed, deactivated catalyst comprising an alumina binder, pretreating the reduced catalyst with a gas stream containing about 0.001 to 10 weight percent hydrogen halide and about 1 to 20 volume percent oxygen until breakthrough, redispersing noble metal throughout the catalyst by contacting the pretreated catalyst with a gas stream containing about 1 to 20 volume percent oxygen and about 0.001 to 10 weight percent X in the form of X 2 or X-containing organic material, where X is selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br and I, and subsequently reducing said catalyst.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 142 words
A process for rejuvenating a steamed catalyst comprising an alumina binder and a highly siliceous zeolite having a framework silica-alumina ratio of at least about 20 containing agglomerated noble metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, osmium, rhodium and ruthenium, which process comprises initially reducing the steamed, deactivated catalyst comprising an alumina binder, pretreating the reduced catalyst with a gas stream containing about 0.001 to 10 weight percent hydrogen halide and about 1 to 20 volume percent oxygen until breakthrough, redispersing noble metal throughout the catalyst by contacting the pretreated catalyst with a gas stream containing about 1 to 20 volume percent oxygen and about 0.001 to 10 weight percent X in the form of X 2 or X-containing organic material, where X is selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br and I, and subsequently reducing said catalyst.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 16 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said hydrogen halide is hydrogen chloride and X is Cl.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said catalyst is contacted with an oxygen-containing gas at elevated temperatures prior to the initial reduction in order to remove coke from the catalyst.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 27 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said oxygen-containing gas contains 0.1 to 10 mol percent oxygen, and said elevated temperatures range from about 260° to 538° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 120 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said catalyst is initially reduced with hydrogen at temperatures ranging from about 260° to 538° C. and pressures ranging from about 1 to 70 atmospheres, pretreated with said gas stream containing hydrogen chloride at temperatures ranging from about 250° to 450° C. and pressures ranging from about 1 to 70 atmospheres, treated with said gas stream containing chlorine in the form of Cl 2 or chlorine-containing organic material for redispersion of noble metal at temperatures ranging from about 250° to 500° C. at pressures ranging from about 1 to 70 atmospheres, and subsequently reduced with dry hydrogen at temperatures ranging from about 250° to 550° C. and pressures of about 1 to 40 atmospheres.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 56 words
The process of claim 5 wherein said pretreating is carried out at temperatures ranging from about 300° to 450° C. and pressures ranging from about 1 to 5 atmospheres, and said redispersing of noble metal is carried out at temperatures ranging from about 350° to 450° C. and pressures ranging from about 1 to 5 atmospheres.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 15 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the framework silica-alumina ratio is at least about 30.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 15 words
The process of claim 7 wherein the framework silica-alumina ratio is at least about 100.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 15 words
The process of claim 8 wherein the framework silical-alumina ratio is at least about 200.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 26 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said zeolite is selected from the group consisting of ZSM-5, ZSM-5/ZSM-11 intermediate, ZSM-11, ZSM-12, ZSM-22, ZSM-23, ZSM-35, ZSM-38 and ZSM-48.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 24 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said zeolite is selected from the group consisting of zeolite beta, zeolite Y, ZSM-3, ZSM-4, ZSM-18 and ZSM-20.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 11 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said zeolite is zeolite beta.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 10 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said zeolite is ZSM-5.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 26 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said zeolite contains an additional metal selected from the group consisting of Group IB, Group IVB and Group VIIA metals.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 18 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said zeolite catalyst contains about 0.01 to 10 weight percent noble metal.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 18 words
The process of claim 15 wherein said zeolite catalyst contains about 0.1 to 3 weight percent noble metal.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 15 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said metals are introduced to the zeolite by impregnation.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 16 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said metals are introduced to the zeolite by ion exchange.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 29 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said redispersing occurs in the presence of said gas stream which contains about 0.01 to 2.0 weight percent X as X 2 .
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 54 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said redispersing occurs in the presence of said gas stream which contains about 0.01 to 2.0 weight percent chloride as a Cl-containing organic material selected from the group of CH 3 Cl, CH 2 Cl 2 , CHCl 3 , CCl 4 and C 2 H 5 Cl.

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