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Catalytic dewaxing of light and heavy oils in dual parallel reactors

US4605488A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 1985
Grant dateAug 12, 1986
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G65/16
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Relatively heavy and relatively light lube chargestocks are dewaxed in two parallel, separate reactors. The reactor used for dewaxing the relatively light chargestock contains a crystallize zeolite having pore openings defined by: (1) a ratio of sorption of n-hexane to o-xylene, on a volume percent basis, of greater than 3, which sorption is determined at a P/P.sub.o of 0.1 and at a temperature of 50.degree. C. for n-hexane and 80.degree. C. for o-xylene and (2) by the ability of selectively cracking 3-methylpentane (3MP) in preference to the doubly branched 2,3-dimethylbutane (DMB) at 1000.degree. F. and 1 atmosphere pressure from a 1/1/1 weight ratio mixture of n-hexane/3-methyl-pentane/2,3-dimethylbutane, with the ratio of rate constants k.sub.3MP /k.sub.DMB determined at a temperature of 1000.degree. F. being in excess of about 2, e.g., natural and synthetic ferrierite, ZSM-22, ZSM-23, ZSM-35 and mixtures thereof. The reactor used for dewaxing the relatively heavy chargestock contains a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite having pore openings defined by: (1) a ratio of sorption of n-hexane to o-xylene, on a volume percent basis, or less than 3, which sorption is determined at a…

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