Process for the presulphurization of hydrocarbon treatment catalysts
AssigneeEuropeenne de Retraitement de Catalyseurs Eurecat
InventorsPierre Dufresne, Bernard Legall, Georges Berrebi
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Abstract
For the impregnation into the pores of a hydrocarbon treatment catalyst of a sulfurizing agent chosen from element sulfur and organic polysulfides with the aid of a solvent, the impregnation process totally or partially comprises a constituent of the olefin or olefin fraction type, e.g., of the vegetable oil type, or a similar constituent. The use of such a constituent makes it possible to significantly reduce the exothermal effect which occurs during presulfurization, compared with the exothermal effects obtained without using such a constituent.
Claims13
In a process for the treatment of a new or regenerated hydrocarbon refining or conversion catalyst containing a support, comprising at least one oxide of a metal or a metalloid, and at least one active metal, said treatment being performed in the absence of hydrogen, comprising incorporating in the pores of said catalyst at least one sulphurizing agent which is elemental sulphur or an organic polysulfide of formula R--S.sub.(n) --R', in which n is an integer from 3 to 20 and in which R and R', which are the same or different, represent an organic radical containing 1 to 150 carbon atoms, said radicals being saturated, unsaturated, straight or branched alkyl radicals, naphthene radicals, aryl radicals, alkyl aryl radicals or aryl alkyl radicals, and R' can also be a hydrogen atom, the improvement comprising using a mixture of sulphurizing agent and at least one olefinic constituent which is a fatty acid triglyceride and optionally a solvent to introduce the sulphurizing agent into the catalyst.
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