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Multi-stage hydrofining process
Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Co
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Filing: 1986-05-23
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Granted: 1987-04-21
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Expires: 2006-05-23
Abstract
Abstract A two-stage hydrotreating process comprises the steps of (1) contacting a liquid hydrocarbon-containing feed stream, which contains nickel, vanadium and Ramsbottom carbon residue, with hydrogen and a solid inorganic refractory material (preferably alumina) for at least partial removal of Ni and V, and then (2) hydrovisbreaking the intermediate product stream from step (1). Preferably, step (2) is carried out in the presence of at least one decomposable compound of a metal, preferably a molybdenum dithiophosphate.
Inventors
- 👤 Jerald A. Howell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 00:39
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10G; C10G65/00; C10G65/02; C10G65/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
165 words
A hydrotreating process comprising the steps of: (1) contacting (a) a substantially liquid hydrocarbon-containing feed stream, which also contains at least about 3 ppmw nickel, at least about 5 ppmw vanadium and at least about 0.5 weight-% Ramsbottom carbon residue, simultaneously with (b) a free hydrogen containing gas and (c) a fixed bed containing a solid, substantially unpromoted inorganic refractory material selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, magnesia, metal silicates, metal aluminates, aluminosilicates, aluminum phosphate and mixtures thereof, under such contacting conditions as to produce an intermediate liquid product stream having a lower content of nickel and vanadium than said hydrocarbon-containing feed stream; and (2) heating at least a portion of said intermediate liquid product stream in the presence of a free hydrogen containing gas under hydrovisbreaking conditions as to obtain a liquid product containing less Ramsbottom carbon residue and less hydrocarbon material boiling in excess of about 1000° F. at 1 atm than said intermediate liquid product stream obtained in step (1).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
165 words
A hydrotreating process comprising the steps of: (1) contacting (a) a substantially liquid hydrocarbon-containing feed stream, which also contains at least about 3 ppmw nickel, at least about 5 ppmw vanadium and at least about 0.5 weight-% Ramsbottom carbon residue, simultaneously with (b) a free hydrogen containing gas and (c) a fixed bed containing a solid, substantially unpromoted inorganic refractory material selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, magnesia, metal silicates, metal aluminates, aluminosilicates, aluminum phosphate and mixtures thereof, under such contacting conditions as to produce an intermediate liquid product stream having a lower content of nickel and vanadium than said hydrocarbon-containing feed stream; and (2) heating at least a portion of said intermediate liquid product stream in the presence of a free hydrogen containing gas under hydrovisbreaking conditions as to obtain a liquid product containing less Ramsbottom carbon residue and less hydrocarbon material boiling in excess of about 1000° F. at 1 atm than said intermediate liquid product stream obtained in step (1).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said substantially liquid hydrocarbon-containing feed stream contains about 3-500 ppmw nickel and about 5-1,000 ppmw vanadium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process in accordance with claim 2, wherein said substantially liquid hydrocarbon-containing feed stream also contains about 2-30 weight-% Ramsbottom carbon residue and about 5-90 weight-% of hydrocarbons boiling in excess of about 1000° F. at 1 atm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said solid, substantially unpromoted inorganic refractory material used in step (1) is alumina.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process in accordance with claim 4, wherein said alumina has a surface area in the range of from about 50 to about 300 m 2 /g;
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process in accordance with claim 5, wherein said alumina contains less than about 0.5 weight-% of metals belonging to Groups IVB, VB, VIIB, VIII, IB and IIB of the Periodic Table of Elements.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
84 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said contacting conditions in step (1) comprise a hydrogen feed ratio in the range of from about 100 to about 20,000 standard cubic feet of H 2 per barrel of hydrocarbon-containing feed, a reaction time in the range of from about 0.05 to about 10 hours, a reaction temperature in the range of from about 250° to about 550° C., and a reaction pressure in the range of from about 0 psig to about 10,000 psig.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
90 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said contacting conditions in step (1) comprise a hydrogen feed ratio in the range of from about 500 to about 6,000 standard cubic feet of H 2 per barrel of hydrocarbon-containing feed, a time of contact between (a), (b) and (c) in the range of from about 0.4 to about 5 hours, a reaction temperature in the range of from about 350° to about 450° F. and a reaction pressure in the range of from about 100 psig to about 3,000 psig.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein the intermediate liquid product stream produced in step (1) contains from about 2 to about 100 ppmw nickel and from about 4 to about 200 ppmw vanadium.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
58 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said hydrovisbreaking conditions in heating step (2) comprise a temperature in the range of from about 250° to about 550° C., a hydrogen pressure in the range of from about 0 to about 10,000 psig and a reaction time in the range of from about 0.01 to about 20 hours.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
58 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said hydrovisbreaking conditions in heating step (2) comprise a temperature in the range of from about 350° to about 480° C., a hydrogen pressure in the range of from about 500 to about 3,000 psig and a reaction time in the range of from about 0.1 to about 5 hours.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said heating step (2) is carried out with agitation.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said heating step (2) is carried out in the substantial absence of inorganic solid materials.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
51 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein said heating step (2) is carried out in the presence of at least one added decomposable compound of at least one metal belonging to at least one of Group IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB, VIII, IB and IIB of the Periodic Table of Elements.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
35 words
A process in accordance with claim 14, wherein the concentration of said at least one metal from said at least one added decomposable compound is at leat 50 ppmw metal, and said metal is molybdenum.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process in accordance with claim 15, wherein molybdenum is present at a concentration in the range of from about 50 to about 500 ppmw molybdenum.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process in accordance with claim 15, wherein the at least one added decomposable compound is selected from the group consisting of molybdenum dithiophosphates and molybdenum dithiocarbamates.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
42 words
A process in accordance with claim 17, wherein said at least one added decomposable compound is a sulfided molybdenum(V) dithiophosphate, having the formula Mo 2 S 2 O 2 [PS 2 (OR) 2 ] 2 , wherein R is the 2-ethylhexyl group.
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