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AssigneesENI S.p.A., Uop LLC
InventorsCarlo PEREGO, Franco Baldiraghi, Suheil Fares Abdo, Terry Louise Marker, Luigina Maria Flora Sabatino
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The present invention describes a process for producing, in a single step, hydrocarbon fractions useful as diesel fuel or as a component of diesel fuel, from a mixture of a biological origin containing esters of fatty acids, and possibly also containing aliquots of free fatty acids. The process comprises the contemporaneous hydrodeoxygenation and hydroisomerization of the mixture of a biological origin, with the formation of linear and branched paraffins. The process is carried out in the presence of a catalytic composition comprising: A) an amorphous carrier of an acidic nature, selected from: (1) an amorphous silica-alumina having a SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio higher than or equal to 5, (2) a porous solid comprising silicon, aluminium, phosphorus and oxygen bonded together so as to form an amorphous mixed oxide forming a single phase, characterized by a Si/Al atomic ratio ranging from 15 to 250, a P/Al ratio of at least 0.1, but lower than 5, preferably ranging from 0.3 to 3.5, a total pore volume of between 0.5 and 2.0 ml/g, an average pore diameter of between 3 nm and 40 nm and a specific surface area ranging from 200 to 1,000 m2/g, preferably from 300 to 900; B) a metallic component containing one or more metals of group VIII, possibly in a mixture with one or more metals of group VIB. If a catalytic composition consisting of a silica-alumina of type (1) and Pt, is used, the composition is pretreated by means of a hydrocarbon containing 7 to 16 carbon atoms, when the silica-alumina is a completely amorphous, micro-mesoporous silica-allumina (1a) having a SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio comprised between 30 and 500, a surface area greater than 500 m2/g, a pore volume comprised between 0.3 and 1.3 ml/g, an average pore diameter smaller than 40 Å.
1) Process for producing a hydrocarbon fraction to be used as diesel fuel or as a component of diesel fuel, from a mixture of biological origin containing esters of fatty acids, and possibly also containing free fatty acids, comprising hydrotreating the mixture of biological origin in the presence of a catalytic composition comprising:
39) Process according to one or more of the preceding claims, carried out at a pressure in the range of 25 to 70 bars, and at a temperature in the range of 250 to 480° C.
42) Process according to one or more of the preceding claims wherein the H2/mixture of biological origin ratio is preferably comprised between 400 and 2000 Nl/l.
52) Treatment with a hydrocarbon containing from 7 to 16 carbon atoms of catalytic compositions comprising:
55) Acidic material in extruded form, containing an inorganic inert binder, an amorphous silica-alumina and phosphorus, obtained by:
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