Catalytic processes
US5186818A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 12, 1991 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10G45/02
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The hydrotreating of petroleum feedstock is improved by using a layered transition metal catalyst, a mixture of such catalysts or a stocked bed of transition metal catalysts that has a selected ratio of edge to rim sites sufficient to provide a product having a predetermined sulfur and nitrogen content. In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for selecting a transition metal catalyst system for use in hydrotreating nitrogen and sulfur containing feedstocks to provide a hydrotreated product having a predetermined nitrogen and sulfur content and at a predetermined reaction residence time, which method comprises: selecting the amount of sulfur and nitrogen to be removed from a given feedstock by hydrotreating to obtain a product having a predetermined nitrogen and sulfur content; determining the variation in the reaction kinetics for sulfur and nitrogen removal of the given feedstock by hydrotreating with a transition metal catalyst of varying edge to rim ratios; selecting, for a predetermined reaction residence time, that ratio from the varying edge to rim ratios of the transition metal catalyst that provides the requisite sulfur and nitrogen removal to…
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