FCC catalyst compositions for fluid catalytic cracking and methods of using the FCC catalyst compositions

A method for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed, the method comprising:

• contacting the hydrocarbon feed with a FCC catalyst composition at reaction conditions sufficient to upgrade at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed, where:
• the FCC catalyst composition comprises:
• a framework-substituted USY zeolite, where the framework-substituted USY zeolite comprises hafnium, zirconium, titanium, or combinations of these substituted into the framework of the framework-substituted USY zeolite;
• from 1 weight percent to 50 weight percent FCC zeolite cracking additive based on the total weigh to the FCC catalyst composition;
• and
• from 35 weight percent to 60 weight percent inorganic filler based on the total weight of the FCC catalyst composition, where the inorganic filler comprises one or more of silica sol, basic aluminum chloride, aluminum biphosphate, alumina sol, activated alumina, porous silica, a metal trapping agent, or combinations of these.

A method for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed, the method comprising

• passing a hydrocarbon feed to a fluid catalytic cracking unit;
• contacting the hydrocarbon feed with a FCC catalyst composition in the fluid catalytic cracking unit under reaction conditions sufficient to cause at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed to undergo cracking reactions to produce a cracking reaction mixture comprising a used FCC catalyst composition and a cracked effluent comprising one or more olefins, where the FCC catalyst composition comprises:
• a framework-substituted USY zeolite comprising, hafnium, zirconium, titanium, or combinations of these substituted into the framework of the framework-substituted USY zeolite;
• and
• from 1 weight percent to 50 weight percent FCC zeolite cracking additive based on the total weight of the FCC catalyst, where the FCC zeolite cracking additive is an MEL-framework zeolite, a beta framework zeolite, a mordenite framework zeolite, or combinations of these;
• passing the cracking reaction mixture to a catalyst separator that separates the cracking reaction mixture into the used FCC catalyst composition and the cracked effluent;
• and
• passing the cracked effluent out of the fluid catalytic cracking unit.