# US 10,864,505 B2 · Process for preparing hydrocracking catalyst > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,864,505 B2 - Document ID: US10864505B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/780,296 - Filed: 2016-12-05 - Published: 2018-12-13 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-03 - Assignees: Sabic Global Technologies B.V. - Applicants: Sabic Global Technologies B.V. - Inventors: Alla Khanmamedova; Ashim Kumar Ghosh; Scott Stevenson; David Sullivan; Pooja Bajaj - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10864505B2 ## CPC - B01J 29/44: Noble metals - B01J 23/42: Platinum - B01J 29/068: Noble metals - B01J 35/396: {Distribution of the active metal ingredient} - B01J 35/399: {homogeneously throughout the support particle} - B01J 35/40: characterised by dimensions, e.g. grain size (in a colloidal state B01J35/23; crystallite size B01J35/77) - B01J 37/0201: {Impregnation} - B01J 37/08: Heat treatment {(B01J37/0009, B01J37/0018 take precedence)} - B01J 37/18: with gases containing free hydrogen - B01J 37/30: Ion-exchange - C10G 45/64: containing crystalline alumino-silicates, e.g. molecular sieves - C10G 47/18: the catalyst containing platinum group metals or compounds thereof - B01J 2229/20: to introduce other elements in the catalyst composition comprising the molecular sieve, but not specially in or on the molecular sieve itself - B01J 2235/00: Indexing scheme associated with group B01J35/00, related to the analysis techniques used to determine the catalysts form or properties - B01J 2235/30: Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy - B01J: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS - 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 ## Abstract The invention relates to a process for preparing a hydrocracking catalyst, comprising (i) contacting a shaped body comprising a zeolite and a binder with an aqueous solution of a hydrogenation metal compound which is a complex or a salt of a hydrogenation metal to deposit the hydrogenation metal onto the shaped body, wherein the aqueous solution comprises an ammonium salt and (ii) calcining the shaped body obtained by step (i). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A process for preparing a hydrocracking catalyst, comprising: (i) contacting a shaped body comprising a zeolite and a binder with an aqueous solution of a hydrogenation metal compound which is a complex or a salt of a hydrogenation metal to deposit the hydrogenation metal onto the shaped body by ion exchange, wherein the aqueous solution comprises an ammonium salt; and (ii) calcining the shaped body obtained by step (i), wherein the amount of the hydrogenation metal is 0.015-0.095 wt %, with respect to the total catalyst. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein the hydrogenation metal is at least one element selected from Group 10 of the periodic table of elements or rhodium or iridium. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein the hydrogenation metal compound is a metal amine complex. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein the hydrogenation metal compound is free of chlorine. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein the ammonium salt is selected from the group consisting of NH4Cl, NH4NO3, (NH4)2CO3 and NH4HCO3. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein the ammonium salt is free of chlorine. ### Claim 7 A process for preparing a hydrocracking catalyst, comprising: (i) contacting a shaped body comprising a zeolite and a binder with an aqueous solution of a hydrogenation metal compound which is a complex or a salt of a hydrogenation metal to deposit the hydrogenation metal onto the shaped body, wherein the aqueous solution comprises an ammonium salt; and (ii) calcining the shaped body obtained by step (i), wherein the zeolite comprises ZSM-5, MCM-22, ZSM-11, beta zeolite, EU-1 zeolite, ferrierite, or mordenite, and wherein the amount of the hydrogenation metal is 0.015-0.095 wt %, with respect to the total catalyst. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein the zeolite has a silica (SiO2) to alumina (Al2O3) molar ratio of 25-75. ### Claim 9 A process for preparing a hydrocracking catalyst, comprising: (i) contacting a shaped body comprising a zeolite and a binder with an aqueous solution of a hydrogenation metal compound which is a complex or a salt of a hydrogenation metal to deposit the hydrogenation metal onto the shaped body, wherein the aqueous solution comprises an ammonium salt; and (ii) calcining the shaped body obtained by step (i), wherein the amount of the hydrogenation metal is 0.015-0.095 wt %, with respect to the total catalyst. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein the shaped body is an extrudate having an average diameter of 0.1-3 mm. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The process according to claim 3, wherein the hydrogenation metal compound is selected from the group consisting of (NH3)4Pt(NO3)2, (NH3)4Pt(OH)2 and (NH3)4PtCl2. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein the hydrogenation metal compound is selected from the group consisting of (NH3)4Pt(NO3)2 and (NH3)4Pt(OH)2. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein the ammonium salt is (NH4)2CO3. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein the ammonium salt is selected from the group consisting of NH4NO3, (NH4)2CO3 and NH4HCO3. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein the hydrogenation metal compound is selected from the group consisting of (NH3)4Pt(NO3)2 and (NH3)4Pt(OH)2; and wherein the ammonium salt is selected from the group consisting of NH4NO3, (NH4)2CO3 and NH4HCO3. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The process according to claim 15, wherein the amount of the hydrogenation metal is 0.035-0.080 wt %, with respect to the total catalyst; and wherein the zeolite has a silica (SiO2) to alumina (Al2O3) molar ratio of 35-60. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein the shaped body is contacted with the aqueous solution and subsequently washed and dried to deposit the hydrogenation metal onto the shaped body by ion exchange. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein the ion exchange comprises stirring. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein a molar amount of ammonium/the hydrogenation metal in the aqueous solution is greater than or equal to about 100. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein a molar amount of ammonium/the hydrogenation metal in the aqueous solution is in a range of 100 to 3000.