Method for upgrading a Fischer-Tropsch light oil
AssigneeMobil Oil Corporation
InventorsHenry R. Ireland, Alan W. Peters, Thomas R. Stein
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Abstract
The product of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis is separated to recover a C.sub.5 -400.degree. F liquid fraction which is thereafter contacted with a ZSM-5 type zeolite in the presence of added hydrogen under conditions of elevated temperature and pressure so as to obtain gasoline of a higher octane rating.
Claims7
A method for increasing the on stream life of a catalyst during increasing the octane rating of an olefin rich C.sub.5 + liquid product of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis having an end boiling point in the range of from about 340.degree.-400.degree. F which comprises contacting said olefinic feed in the presence of added hydrogen at a temperature within the range of about 500.degree. to about 850.degree. F and at a pressure within the range of from about 200-600 psig with a catalyst comprising a hydrogenating component and a crystalline aluminosilicate characterized by a pore dimension greater than about 5 Angstroms, a silica to alumina ratio of at least 12, and a constraint index within the range of 1:12 and recovering an olefinic gasoline boiling range product having an enhanced octane number.
In a process for upgrading an olefinic product of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis having an end point boiling below about 400.degree. F by contacting the same at a temperature within the range of 500.degree.-850.degree. F at a pressure in the range of 50-800 psig with a selective CAS conversion catalyst, the improvement which comprises effecting said contact with an acid or an ammonium exchanged ZSM-5 crystalline zeolite which has nickel associated therewith and is composited with an inorganic binder effecting said contact in the presence of hydrogen sufficient to improve the on stream conversion life thereof and recovering an olefinic product therefrom having enhanced octane number.
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