Acidic multimetallic hydrocarbon conversion catalytic composite

Patent · Tue Mar 25 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5629724

Antos, G J; Flagg, J F

Hydrocarbons are converted by contacting them at hydrocarbon conversion conditions with an acidic multimetallic catalytic composite comprising a combination of catalytically effective amounts of a platinum group component, a uranium component, a cobalt component, and a halogen component with a porous carrier material. The platinum group, uranium, cobalt and halogen components are present in the multimetallic catalyst in amounts repectively, calculated on an elemental basis, corresponding to about 0.01 to about 2 wt. % platinum group metal, about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % uranium, about 0.05 to about 5 wt. % cobalt, and about 0.1 to about 3.5 wt. % halogen. These metallic components are, moreover, uniformly dispersed throughout the porous carrier material in carefully controlled oxidation states such that substantially all of the platinum group metal is present therein in the elemental metallic state, substantially all of the catalytically available cobalt component is present therein in the elemental metallic state or in a state which is reducible to the elemental metallic state under hydrocarbon conversion conditions, or in a mixture of these states, while substantially all of the uranium is present therein in an oxidation state above that of the elemental metal. A specific example of the type of hydrocarbon conversion process disclosed is a process for the catalytic reforming of a low-octane gasoline fraction wherein the gasoline fraction and a hydrogen stream are contacted with the acidic multimetallic catalyst disclosed herein at reforming conditions.

• Assignee: UOP Inc
• Patent Number(s): US 4194991
• OSTI ID: 5629724
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020400* -- Petroleum-- Processing
ACTINIDES
CATALYST SUPPORTS
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC REFORMING
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COBALT
CONVERSION
ELEMENTS
HALOGENS
HYDROCARBONS
METALS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLATINUM METALS
REFORMER PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
URANIUM