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AssigneeStandard Oil Company (Indiana)
InventorsAlbert L. Hensley, Jr., Leonard M. Quick
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A catalyst support is prepared from a composite comprising alumina and one or more oxides of phosphorous by forming the composite into a shaped support material having at least 0.8 cc/gm of its pore volume in pores having diameters of 0 nm (0 A) to 120 nm (1,200 A) and at least 0.1 cc/gm of its pore volume in pores having diameters of 120 nm (1,200 A) to 5,000 nm (50,000 A) and heating said shaped support material in the presence of steam at sufficient elevated temperature, steam pressure, and time period to increase the average pore diameter of said shaped support in the absence of any appreciable reduction in pore volume. A catalyst is prepared by impregnating the steam-treated support with at least one hydrogenating metal. The catalyst can be used suitably in hydrocarbon conversion processes, such as a process for the hydrodemetallization of a hydrocarbon stream containing asphaltenes and a substantial amount of metals.
A process for the conversion of a hydrocarbon stream, which process comprises contacting said stream under suitable conditions and in the presence of hydrogen with a catalyst comprising a hydrogenating component comprising at least one hydrogenating metal and a large-pore, high-surface area support comprising an alumina and one or more oxides of phosphorus, said at least one hydrogenating metal being present in the elemental form, as the oxide, as the sulfide, or mixtures thereof, said catalyst having been prepared by forming a composite comprising alumina and one or more oxides of phosphorus into a shaped catalyst support material having a selected shape and at least 0.8 cc/gm of its pore volume in pores having diameters of 0 nm (0 A) to 120 nm (1,200 A) and at least 0.1 cc/gm of its pore volume in pores having diameters of 120 nm (1,200 A) to 5,000 nm (50,000 A), heating said shaped catalyst support material in the presence of steam at sufficient elevated temperature, steam pressure, and time period to increase the average pore diameter of said shaped catalyst support material in the absence of any appreciable reduction in pore volume so as to provide a steam-treated support material having an average pore diameter of at least 18 nm (180 A) and a surface area below 200 m.sup.2 /gm, and subsequently impregnating said steam-treated support material with said at least one hydrogenating metal.
A process for the hydrodemetallization of a hydrocarbon stream containing asphaltenes and a substantial amount of metals, which process comprises contacting said stream in the presence of hydrogen and under hydrodemetallization conditions with a catalyst comprising a hydrogenating component comprising at least one hydrogenating metal and a large-pore, high-surface area support comprising an alumina and one or more oxides of phosphorus, said at least one hydrogenating metal being present in the elemental form, as the oxide, as the sulfide, or mixtures thereof, said catalyst having been prepared by forming a composite comprising alumina and one or more oxides of phosphorus into a shaped catalyst support material having a selected shape and at least 0.8 cc/gm of its pore volume in pores having diameters of 0 nm (0 A) to 120 nm (1,200 A) and at least 0.1 cc/gm of its pore volume in pores having diameters of 120 nm (1,200 A) to 5,000 nm (50,000 A), heating said shaped catalyst support material in the presence of steam at sufficient elevated temperature, steam pressure, and time period to increase the average pore diameter of said shaped catalyst support material in the absence of any appreciable reduction in pore volume so as to provide a steam-treated support material having an average pore diameter of at least 18 nm (180 A) and a surface area below 200 m.sup.2 /gm, and subsequently impregnating said steam-treated support material with said at least one hydrogenating metal.
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