Hydroprocessing with a catalyst having a narrow pore size distribution
US4969990A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 1989 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J35/67
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A catalyst useful for hydroprocessing a hydrocarbon-containing oil contains at least one hydrogenation component on an amorphous, porous refractory oxide. The catalyst is prepared by impregnating support particles having a narrow pore size distribution and a mode pore diameter from abpit 70 to 80 angstroms with a solution containing a precursor of the hydrogenation components, followed by drying and calcining. The catalyst is useful for promoting a number of hydrocarbon hydroprocessing reactions, particularly hydrogenative desulfurization, dedemetallization and denitrogenation, and most particularly, hydrodesulfurization of residuum-containing oils.
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