Hydrocracking with rare earth-containing Y zeolite compositions
A process is described for hydrocracking a hydrocarbon feedstock to produce a product of lower average boiling point. The process comprises contacting the hydrocarbon feedstock with molecular hydrogen under ammonia-deficient hydrocracking conditions in the presence of a catalyst comprising an intimate mixture of a porous refractory oxide component and a type Y crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite containing a rare earth metal and a Group VIII hydrogenation metal. The zeolite is prepared by a process comprising: (a) cation-exchanging a type Y crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite with rare-earth containing cations; (b) calcining the resultant rare earth-exchanged zeolite in the presence of water vapor at a water vapor partial pressure of at least about 0.2 psia; (c) ion-exchanging the calcine zeolite from step (b) with ammonium ions; and (d) ion-exchanging the ammonium-exchanged zeolite from step (c) with Group VIII metal-containing cations.
- Assignee:
- Union Oil Co. California, Los Angeles, CA
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4604187
- OSTI ID:
- 5308267
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 3 Jun 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
PETROLEUM
HYDROCRACKING
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
ZEOLITES
ALUMINIUM SILICATES
CALCINATION
CATALYSTS
CATIONS
ION EXCHANGE
LOW PRESSURE
PARTIAL PRESSURE
WATER VAPOR
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CRACKING
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASES
INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
IONS
MATERIALS
MINERALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PYROLYSIS
SILICATES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
VAPORS
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