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Title: Midbarrel hydrocracking process employing rare earth pillared clays

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5566579

This patent describes improvement in a process for hydrocracking hydrocarbons boiling above about 700{degrees} F. to midbarrel fuel products boiling between about 300{degrees} F. and about 700{degrees} F. which includes contacting the hydrocarbons with hydrogen under effective hydrocracking conditions in the presence of a catalyst composition consisting of at least one hydrogenation component and at least one cracking component. The improvement comprises utilizing as the cracking component an expanded clay including pillars comprising at least one pillaring metal, at least one rare earth element and oxygen located between the sheets of at least one clay mineral or synthetic analogue thereof.

Assignee:
UOP, Des Plaines, IL (USA)
Patent Number(s):
US 4995964; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-154834
OSTI ID:
5566579
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 26 Feb 1988
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English