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Hydrocracking process utilizing a catalyst having a reduced zeolite content

US4857169A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 1987
Grant dateAug 15, 1989
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G65/12
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A catalyst composition composed of a porous, inorganic refractory oxide in intimate combination with between about 40 weight percent and about 70 weight percent of a crystalline aluminosilicate Y zeolite. The Y zeolite contains ion-exchanged Group VIII noble metal cations and preferably has a silica-to-alumina mole ratio above about 6.0. Such a catalyst containing the recited amount of zeolite has been found to possess higher than expected activity when used to hydrocrack feedstocks in an ammonia-deficient atmosphere and to retain activity for hydrocracking in ammonia-deficient atmospheres after regeneration. The most preferred Y zeolite for use in the catalyst has a silica-to-alumina mole ratio between about 6.1 and about 7.0 and is prepared by contacting an ammonium-exchanged Y zeolite with an aqueous solution of ammonium hexafluorosilicate.

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