# US 10,370,600 B2 · High activity hydrotreating catalysts and processes using the same

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- Number: US 10,370,600 B2
- Document ID: US10370600B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/261,350
- Filed: 2014-04-24
- Published: 2015-10-29
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-04-24
- Assignees: Advanced Refining Technologies LLC
- Applicants: Advanced Refining Technologies LLC
- Inventors: Xianghua Yu; Shuguang Zhang; Gill M. Malick; Bruno Nesci; Henry Saternus; Jifei Jia; Cecelia A. Radlowski; Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen; Colleen T. Miedona
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10370600B2

## CPC

- C10G 45/08: in combination with chromium, molybdenum, or tungsten metals, or compounds thereof
- B01J 21/12: Silica and alumina
- B01J 23/883: and nickel
- B01J 27/19: Molybdenum
- B01J 35/615: {100-500 m2/g}
- B01J 35/635: {0.5-1.0 ml/g}
- B01J 37/0201: {Impregnation}
- B01J 37/0203: {the impregnation liquid containing organic compounds}
- B01J 37/20: Sulfiding
- C10G 45/04: characterised by the catalyst used
- C10G: CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION (cracking to hydrogen or synthesis gas C01B; cracking or pyrolysis of hydrocarbon gases to individual hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof of definite or specified constitution C07C; cracking to cokes C10B); RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
- B01J: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS

## Abstract

This disclosure relates to supported multi-metallic catalysts for use in the hydrotreating of hydrocarbon feeds. The catalysts are prepared from a catalyst precursor comprised of at least one Group VIB metal, at least one Group VIII metal and an organic acid. The catalyst precursor is thermally treated to partially decompose the organic acid, then sulfided. The catalysts have a high carbon-as-carboxyl to total carbon ratio (Ccarboxy/Ctotal) as a result of a unique post-metal calcination method employed during the manufacture of the catalyst.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A process for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon feedstock, comprising:
contacting the feedstock with a hydrotreating catalyst under hydrotreating conditions to produce a hydrotreated effluent, wherein the hydrotreating catalyst comprises a catalyst precursor comprising:
(a) catalytically active metal-organic complex deposited in or an inorganic catalyst support, the support comprising a porous inorganic refractory selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, alumina-silica, and crystalline silica-alumina, said metal-organic component partially oxidized for a time of from 1 minute to 1 hour at a temperature of 350° C. to 500° C.;
wherein (a) exhibits:
(i) a loss-on-ignition of greater than 1 wt. % and up to 10 wt. %; and
(ii) a carbon-as-carboxy to total residual carbon ratio (Ccarboxy/Ctotal) of from 0.10 to 0.19 as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy;
wherein loss-on-ignition is determined using a test conducted by heating a sample of the partially oxidized catalyst precursor in an oxygen-containing atmosphere for 1 hour @ 1020° F. (549° C.) and measuring weight loss after such heating;
wherein the metal portion of the partially oxidized metal organic component comprises at least one Group VIB metal and at least one Group VII metal and wherein the organic portion of the metal-organic component, prior to partial oxidation, is a hydroxycarboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of glycolic acid, lactic acid, glyceric acid, gluconic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, mucic acid, and citric acid.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the catalyst precursor further comprises a phosphorus component.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The process of claim 2, wherein the phosphorus component is present in an amount of from 1 to 10 wt. %, based on the bulk dry weight of the catalyst, calculated as P2O5.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the inorganic catalyst support is selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, and alumina-silica.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the at least one Group VIB metal is Mo and the at least one Group VIII metal is Ni.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the catalyst precursor has a loss-on-ignition of greater than 1 wt. % and up to 8 wt. %.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the hydrotreating conditions include a temperature of from 302° F. to 752° F. (150° C. to 400° C.); a pressure of from 100 to 3000 psig (0.69 to 20.68 MPa); a liquid hourly space velocity or LHSV of from 0.1 to 10 h−1; and a hydrogen treat gas rate of from 500 to 10000 SCF/B (89 to 1780 m3/m3).