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Hydrocarbon conversion catalysts

Assignee: Shell USA Inc
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Filing: 1987-05-29
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Granted: 1989-08-15
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Expires: 2007-05-29
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Abstract

Abstract Composition of matter suitable as a catalyst (base) in hydroprocessing comprising a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite and a binder wherein the crystalline aluminosilicate comprises a modified Y zeolite having a unit cell size below 24.35 Å, a degree of crystallinity which is at least retained at increasing SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 molar ratios, a water adsorption capacity (at 25° C. and a p/p o value of 0.2) of at least 8% by weight of modified zeolite and a pore volume of at least 0.25 ml/g wherein between 10% and 60% of the total pore volume is made up of pores having a diameter of at least 8 nm. The invention also relates to hydroconversion catalysts and processes based on said compositions of matter.

Inventors

  • 👤 Arend Hoek
  • 👤 Tom Huizinga
  • 👤 Ian E. Maxwell

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 02:30
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10G; C10G47/00; C10G47/02; C10G47/10; C10G47/12; C10G47/16; C10G47/20; B; B01; B01J; B01J29/00; B01J29/04; B01J29/06; B01J29/08; B01J29/16; B01J29/166

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim 143 words
A process for hydrocracking hydrocarbon oils into products of lower average molecular weight and lower average boiling point comprising contacting a hydrocarbon oil at a temperature between 250° C. and 500° C. and a pressure up to 300 bar in the presence of hydrogen with a catalyst consisting esssentially of a Y zeolite modified to have a unit cell size below 24.35Å, a water adsorption capacity (at 25° C. and a p/p o value of 0.2) of at least 8% by weight of the zeolite and a pore volume of at least 0.25 ml/g wherein between 10% and 60% of the total pore volume is made up of pores having a diameter of at least 8 nm; an alumina binder and at least one hydrogenation component selected from the group consisting of a Group VI metal, a Group VIII metal and mixtures thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 143 words
A process for hydrocracking hydrocarbon oils into products of lower average molecular weight and lower average boiling point comprising contacting a hydrocarbon oil at a temperature between 250° C. and 500° C. and a pressure up to 300 bar in the presence of hydrogen with a catalyst consisting esssentially of a Y zeolite modified to have a unit cell size below 24.35Å, a water adsorption capacity (at 25° C. and a p/p o value of 0.2) of at least 8% by weight of the zeolite and a pore volume of at least 0.25 ml/g wherein between 10% and 60% of the total pore volume is made up of pores having a diameter of at least 8 nm; an alumina binder and at least one hydrogenation component selected from the group consisting of a Group VI metal, a Group VIII metal and mixtures thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 32 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein in the zeolite between 10% and 40% of the total pore volume is made up of pores having a diameter of at least 8 nm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
The process according to claim 2, wherein the zeolite has a water adsorption capacity of at least 10% by weight of zeolite.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 23 words
The process according to claim 3, wherein the zeolite has a water adsorption capacity between 10% and 15% by weight of modified zeolite.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 24 words
The process according to claim 4, wherein the catalyst consists essentially of 5-90% by weight of zeolite and 10-95% by weight of alumina binder.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 24 words
The process according to claim 5, wherein the catalyst consists essentially of 50-85% by weight of zeolite and 15-50% by weight of alumina binder.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 23 words
The process according to claim 6 wherein the zeolite has a SiO 2 /A1 2 O 3 molar ratio from 4 to 25.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 24 words
The process according to claim 7, wherein the zeolite has a SiO 2 /A1 2 O 3 molar ratio of from 8 to 15.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 41 words
The process according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein the hydrogenation component comprises a component selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt and mixtures thereof and a component selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, tungsten and mixtures thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 27 words
The process according to any one of claims 1-8 wherein the hydrogenation component comprises a component selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium and mixtures thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 43 words
The process according to claim 9, wherein use is made of a hydrogenation component comprising between 0.05 and 10% by weight of nickel and between 2 and 40% by weight of tungsten, calculated as metals per 100 parts by weight of total catalyst.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 19 words
The process according to claim 22, wherein use is made of hydrogenation component(s) of Group VI in sulphided form.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 45 words
The process according to claim 1 which is carried out at a temperature in the range of from 250° C. to 500° C., a pressure up to 300 bar and a space velocity between 0.1 and 10 kg feed per liter of catalyst per hour.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 41 words
The process according to claim 13 which is carried out at a temperature between 300° C. and 450° C., a pressure between 25 and 200 bar and a space velocity between 0.2 and 5 kg feed per liter catalyst per hour.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 200 words
A process for converting hydrocarbon oils into products of lower average molecular weight and lower average boiling point comprising contacting a hydrocarbon oil at a temperature between about 300° C. and about 450° C. and a pressure between about 25 and about 200 bar in the presence of hydrogen with a catalyst consisting essentially of about 50-85% by weight of a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite wherein the crystalline aluminosilicate consists essentially of a Y zeolite modified to have a unit cell size below about 24.35 Å, a SiO 2 /A1 2 O 3 molar ratio between about 8 to about 15, a water adsorption capacity (at 25° C. and a p/p o value of 0.2) of between about 10-15% by weight of the zeolite and a pore volume of at least about 0.25 ml/g wherein between about 10 to about 40% of the total pore volume is made up of pores having a diameter of at least about 8 nm; about 15-50% by weight of a binder consisting essentially of alumina; from about 0.05 to about 10% by weight of nickel and from about 2 to about 40% by weight of tungsten calculated as metals per 100 parts of total catalyst.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 200 words
A process for converting hydrocarbon oils into products of lower average molecular weight and lower average boiling point comprising contacting a hydrocarbon oil at a temperature between about 300° C. and about 450° C. and a pressure between about 25 and about 200 bar in the presence of hydrogen with a catalyst consisting essentially of about 50-85% by weight of a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite wherein the crystalline aluminosilicate consists essentially of a Y zeolite modified to have a unit cell size below about 24.35 Å, a SiO 2 /A1 2 O 3 molar ratio between about 8 to about 15, a water adsorption capacity (at 25° C. and a p/p o value of 0.2) of between about 10-15% by weight of the zeolite and a pore volume of at least about 0.25 ml/g wherein between about 10 to about 40% of the total pore volume is made up of pores having a diameter of at least about 8 nm; about 15-50% by weight of a binder consisting essentially of alumina; from about 0.05 to about 10% by weight of nickel and from about 2 to about 40% by weight of tungsten calculated as metals per 100 parts of total catalyst.

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