Systems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product
OwnerOpinder Bhaninventor
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Abstract
Methods and systems for contacting of a crude feed with one or more catalysts to produce a total product that includes a crude product are described. At least one of the catalysts is a bulk metal catalyst. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. The crude product may have MCR content at most 90% of the MCR content of the crude feed. One or more other properties of the crude product may be changed by at least 10% relative to the respective properties of the crude feed.
Claims22
A method of producing a crude product, comprising:
- contacting a crude feed with one or more catalysts to produce a total product that includes the crude product, wherein the crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa, the crude feed has a micro-carbon residue (MCR) content of at least 0.0001 grams per gram of crude feed, and at least one of the catalysts is a Columns 6-10 metal catalyst that has, per gram of catalyst, at least 0.3 grams of one or more metals from Columns 6-10 of the Periodic Table and/or one or more compounds of one or more metals from Columns 6-10 of the Periodic Table;
- and a binder;
- and
- controlling contacting conditions such that the crude product has a MCR content of at most 90% of the MCR content of the crude feed, wherein MCR content is as determined by ASTM Method D4530.
The method as claimed in claims 19 or 20, wherein the method further comprises contacting the crude feed with the Columns 6-10 metal catalyst after contacting the crude feed with the first additional catalyst and/or the second additional catalyst.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.