Patent · US Expired

Process for transforming a gas oil cut to produce a dearomatised and desulphurised fuel with a high cetane number

US6221239A · kind A · utility

11Cited by
8References
11Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 10, 2000
Grant dateApr 24, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 10, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G2400/04
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for transforming a gas oil cut into a dearomatised fuel with a high cetane number comprises at least one first, deep desulphurisation and deep denitrogenation step in which the gas oil cut and hydrogen are passed over a catalyst comprising a mineral support, at least one group VIB metal or metal compound, at least one group VIII metal or metal compound, and phosphorous or at least one phosphorous compound, and at least one subsequent second step, dearomatisation, in which the desulphurised and denitrogenated product from the first step is passed with hydrogen over a catalyst comprising a mineral support and at least one group VIII noble metal or noble metal compound.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.