Demetallation of hydrocarbon feedstocks with a synthetic mesoporous crystalline material

US5183561A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mobil Oil Corporation · US

Inventors

• Charles T. Kresge · West Chester, US
• Michael E. Leonowicz · Medford Lakes, US
• Wieslaw J. Roth · Sewell, US
• James C. Vartuli · West Chester, US
• Kathleen M. Keville · Woodbury, US
• Stuart S. Shih · Cherry Hill, US
• Thomas F. Degnan · Yardley, US
• Francis G. Dwyer · West Chester, US
• Michael E. Landis · Mullica Hill, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 24, 1991
• Grant date: Feb 2, 1993
• Expiry date: Jul 24, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J2229/42
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

There is provided a process for demetallizing hydrocarbon feedstocks, such as resids or shale oil. The process uses a catalyst comprising at least one hydrogenation metal, such as nickel and molybdenum, and an ultra-large pore oxide material. This ultra-large pore oxide material may have uniformly large pores, e.g., having a size of about 40 Angstroms in diameter.