US4701219A
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Inhibiting leaching of metals from catalysts and sorbents and compositions and methods therefor
Assignee: Ashland LLC
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Filing: 1986-05-30
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Granted: 1987-10-20
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Expires: 2006-05-30
Abstract
Abstract During use in hydrocarbon conversion processes, sorbents, e.g. for carbon and metals, and catalysts become contaminated with metals, e.g. heavy metals such as vanadium, nickel and sodium. Leaching of heavy metals can be sharply reduced prior to disposal of such spent particulate materials by treatment with alkaline earth metal compound, e.g. lime, calcium fluoride, calcium sulfate, and barium chloride. Surprisingly, calcium chloride, calcium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate are relatively ineffective.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph C. Bonee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 18:25
CPC Classifications
A; A62; A62D; A62D3/00; A62D3/30; A62D3/33; A62D2101/00; A62D2101/40; A62D2101/43; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S210/00; Y10S210/901; Y10S210/902; Y10S210/911; Y10S210/912
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
In a process for treating waste particulate matter having a metal selected from the group consisting of vanadium, nickel and a mixture of vanadium and nickel deposited thereon during hydrocarbon treatment processes, to substantially stabilize against leaching of said metal by rain and ground waters, the improvement consisting essentially of mixing said waste particulate matter with a treating agent selected from the group consisting of lime, calcium fluoride, and calcium hydroxide, in an amount of from about 1% to about 12% by weight based on the weight of said waste particulate matter, to stabilize said metal against said leaching, wherein said waste particulate matter is spent catalyst from a petroleum catalytic cracking process or sorbent from a process for removing said metal from residual fractions derived from crude oil, whereby said waste particulate matter can be then discarded in a landfill.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
In a process for treating waste particulate matter having a metal selected from the group consisting of vanadium, nickel and a mixture of vanadium and nickel deposited thereon during hydrocarbon treatment processes, to substantially stabilize against leaching of said metal by rain and ground waters, the improvement consisting essentially of mixing said waste particulate matter with a treating agent selected from the group consisting of lime, calcium fluoride, and calcium hydroxide, in an amount of from about 1% to about 12% by weight based on the weight of said waste particulate matter, to stabilize said metal against said leaching, wherein said waste particulate matter is spent catalyst from a petroleum catalytic cracking process or sorbent from a process for removing said metal from residual fractions derived from crude oil, whereby said waste particulate matter can be then discarded in a landfill.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process as described in claim 1 wherein said treating agent is mixed in an amount of from about 2% to about 10% by weight based on the weight of said waste particulate matter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the treating agent consists essentially of commercial lime.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
143 words
A process for treating a metal contaminated material which has been contaminated by at least one compound of a metal selected from the group consisting of vanadium, nickel, and mixtures thereof, said metal being deposited from hydrocarbons which contain such a metal during a hydrocarbon conversion process to substantially stabilize against leaching of said metal by rain and ground waters, wherein said metal contaminated material is spent catalyst from a petroleum catalytic cracking process or sorbent from a process for removing said metal from residual fractions derived from crude oil, said process comprising: contacting said contaminated material with an effective amount of a treating agent selected from the group consisting of calcium fluoride, calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, and mixtures of two or more thereof to stabilize said metal against said leaching, whereby said metal contaminated material can then be discarded in a landfill.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
143 words
A process for treating a metal contaminated material which has been contaminated by at least one compound of a metal selected from the group consisting of vanadium, nickel, and mixtures thereof, said metal being deposited from hydrocarbons which contain such a metal during a hydrocarbon conversion process to substantially stabilize against leaching of said metal by rain and ground waters, wherein said metal contaminated material is spent catalyst from a petroleum catalytic cracking process or sorbent from a process for removing said metal from residual fractions derived from crude oil, said process comprising: contacting said contaminated material with an effective amount of a treating agent selected from the group consisting of calcium fluoride, calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, and mixtures of two or more thereof to stabilize said metal against said leaching, whereby said metal contaminated material can then be discarded in a landfill.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process of claim 4, wherein said treating agent is present in amount of from about 1% to about 12% by weight based on the weight of said contaminated material.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 4, wherein said hydrocarbon conversion process is a petroleum catalytic cracking process.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process of claim 4, wherein said metal contaminated material is a sorbent from a process for removing said metal from residual fractions derived from crude oil.
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