Hydrocracking process for converting heavy hydrocarbon into low sulfur gasoline

Patent · Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 1975

OSTI ID:7365827

Nelson, G V; Wray, G C

A hydrocracking process is described wherein heavy hydrocarbon oils having from about 10 to 50% boiling above 1,000/sup 0/F and containing appreciable amounts of sulfur, nitrogen, and metal-containing compounds as well as asphaltenes are converted into a minor fraction of low sulfur residual fuel oil and a major fraction of low sulfur gasoline. The process comprises hydrocracking the heavy oil with molecular hydrogen, at a temperature of about 700/sup 0/-850/sup 0/F in the presence of a sulfur and nitrogen resistant hydrocracking catalyst comprising a hydrogenating component supported upon an amorphous inorganic oxide cracking base to convert the heavy hydrocarbon oil into a gas-oil fraction and a low sulfur residual fraction; separation the gas-oil fraction from the residual fraction; hydrocracking the gas-oil fraction with molecular hydrogen, at a temperature of 700/sup 0/-780/sup 0/F, in the presence of a sulfur and nitrogen resistant hydrocracking catalyst comprising a hydrogenation component supported upon a cation exchanged crystalline silica-alumina zeolitic molecular sieve cracking base to yield low sulfur, low nitrogen gasoline. (auth)

• Assignee: Texaco Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 3891539
• OSTI ID: 7365827
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 25 Feb 1974
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
GASOLINE
PRODUCTION
PETROLEUM RESIDUES
HYDROCRACKING
DESULFURIZATION
HIGH TEMPERATURE
METALS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CRACKING
DECOMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PYROLYSIS
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