Hydrocarbon conversion with an acidic multimetallic catalytic composite

Patent · Tue Jun 27 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6640698

Hayes, J C

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 nickel component, a cobalt component, and a halogen component with a porous carrier material. A preferred modifying component for the disclosed catalytic composite is a Group IVA metallic component. The platinum gold, nickel, cobalt and halogen components are present in the multimetallic catalyst in amounts, respectively, calculated on an elemental basis, corresponding to about 0.01 to about 2 wt.% platinum group metal, about 0.01 to about 2.5 wt.% nickel, about 0.05 to about 5 wt.% cobalt, and about 0.1 to about 3.5 wt.% halogen. Moreover, these metallic components are uniformly dispersed throughout the porous carrier material in carefully controlled oxidation states such that substantially all of the platinum group metal and nickel are present therein in the elemental metallic state, and substantially all of the catalytically available cobalt component is present in all 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. 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 4097368
• OSTI ID: 6640698
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020400* -- Petroleum-- Processing
CATALYSIS
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
CONVERSION
FUELS
GASOLINE
HYDROCARBONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
REFORMER PROCESSES