C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 10 – G
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
10
G
196/97
C10G 11/05 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1183792
ABSTRACT Crude oils or residual fractions from the distillation of petroleum containing substantial amounts of metals such as Ni, V, Fe, Cu, Na and high Conradson carbon values are converted to liquid transportation and distillate heating fuels by contact- ing with a zeolitic containing catalyst containing a metal additive to immobilize the vanadium oxides deposited on the catalyst. As the vanadium oxide level builds up on the catal- yst, the elevated temperatures encountered in the regeneration zone cause the vanadia to melt and liquid vanadia to flow. Among other things, this vanadia enters the zeolite structure leading to neutralization of acid sites and more significantly to irreversible destruction of the crystalline structure to less active amorphous material (see attached graphs). In addi- tion this melting and flowing of vanadia can, at high levels and for materials with low surface area, also coat the outside of the microscope with liquid, thereby causing coalescence between catalyst particles adversely affecting its fluidization properties. The select metal additives of this invention were chosen so as to form compounds or complexes with vanadia which have melting points above the temperatures encountered in the regeneration zone, thus avoiding zeolite destruction, surface sintering and particle fusion. These select additives were also chosen with a view of immo- bilizing vanadia while simultaneously avoiding neutralization of acidic sites. Many additional additives which do affect the - 1 - melting point of vanadia were eliminated due to this negative effect on catalyst activity. Titania and zirconia, in combina- tion with silica, are known to form acidic catalysts with cracking activity in their own right. Alkaline earth metals can be used to immobilized vanadia but are somewhat detrimental to acidic sites. Selection of additives to immobilize vanadia on RCC catalysts is much more confined in comparison but deal- ing with the same problem as vanadia deposited on sorbent materials. The method of addition of the metal additive can be during manufacture, after spray drying or at any point in the reduced crude processing cycle. - 2 -
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Beck H. Wayne
Carruthers James D.
Cornelius Edward B.
Hettinger William P. Jr.
Kovach Stephen M.
Ashland Oil Inc.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
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