Method of reforming gasoline to raise the octane thereof utilizing low valence Ti, V or Cr composited with non-oxidizing high surface area support
OwnerWilliam K. T. Gleiminventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method of reforming gasoline to raise the octane number thereof utilizing a novel catalyst comprising a low valence titanium, vanadium and/or chromium metallic component composited with a non-oxidizing high surface area support. The low valence metallic component is present in divalent form or as a combination of the metallic state and the divalent form-- preferably as a chloride and/or bromide. The preferred support is a high surface area coke.
Claims6
In a method of reforming a gasoline feed in the presence of a reforming catalyst to raise the octane number thereof, the improvement which comprises utilizing a reforming catalyst comprising:
- (a) a catalytic component selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium and mixtures thereof, said catalytic component being present in divalent form or in an admixture of the divalent form and the metal, the ratio of the catalytic component in divalent form to the catalytic component present as the metal being at least 1:1;
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- (b) a high surface area support for said catalytic component which will not oxidize said catalytic component at reforming conditions to a valence state higher than the divalent valence state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.