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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4996381 | Increased conversion of C2 -C12 aliphatic hydrocarbons to aromatic hydrocarbons using a highly purified recycle stream An improved aromatization process is disclosed in which conversion is increased by recycling a highly purified C2 -C4 aliphatic stream. Loss of valuable ethane to fuel gas is substantially eliminated. In a preferred embodiment, a dep... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4994428 | Method for preparing a promoted iron catalyst and catalyst prepared by the method for conversion of synthesis gas to liquid hydrocarbons A novel Fischer Tropsch iron catalyst that has unusually high selectivity for liquid hydrocarbons (low selectivity for methane) is provided. The catalyst is prepared by treatment of the usual inactive catalyst precursor with water vapor at elevated temper... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4982049 | Purification of hydrocarbonaceous fractions A process for recovering diamondoid compounds from hydrocarbonaceous minerals and/or from deposits left by such minerals in equipment or otherwise, which comprises dissolving diamondoid compounds in an aromatic distillate fuel oil; extracting aromatics fr... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4973778 | Continuous swing tubular reactor-regenerator A reactor system contained in a fired heater and a hydrocarbon upgrading process are discosed for the concurrent conversion of a hydrocarbon feedstock and the regeneration of a deactivated catalyst. An effluent product slipstream from a set of operating r... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4968402 | Process for upgrading hydrocarbons A one stage catalytic process for producing high octane gasoline from a highly aromatic hydrocarbon feedstock. The process comprises hydrocracking the feedstock with an NiW/MCM-22 zeolite catalyst. Fractionation of the hydrocracker effluent provides a hig... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4961684 | Method for denesting and feeding cartons to a conveyor Method of sequentially removing articles from a stack of nested articles and for controlling their movement to a location remote from the stack. The method is particularly suited for denesting and feeding large multiple cell cartons such as eighteen cell ... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4962257 | Process for the catalytic disproportionation of toluene A process is provided for the disproportionation of toluene which comprises contacting toluene under disproportionation conditions with a catalyst comprising a particular synthetic porous crystalline molecular sieve.... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4962239 | Process for preparing ethers Olefin is etherified with alcohol to provide an ether or mixture of ethers employing catalyst comprising zeolite characterized by an X-ray diffraction pattern including interplanar d-spacings at 12.36+0.4, 11.03+0.2, 8.83&#b1;0.14, 6.18&#b1;0.12, 6.00&#b1... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4962075 | Zeolitic copper catalyst Improved zeolitic copper catalysts are prepared by incorporating with the catalyst a steam-stabilizing amount of titanium or zirconium compound. The novel compositions are particularly useful in treating wet exhaust gases to reduce the content of one or m... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4956518 | Heterogeneous isoparaffin/olefin alkylation An improved continuous process for alkylation of isoparaffins with olefins to yield a product which includes a large proportion of highly branced paraffins for making gasoline having improved octane is taught. The improved process comprises contacting iso... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4956510 | Hydrocarbon upgrading process and reaction section design with regenerated catalyst quench Valuable product yield and catalyst useful life are improved by regenerating spent catalyst at temperatures below those maintained in the reaction zone. Relatively cold regenerated catalyst is then preheated and reactor effluent product is quenched by dir... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4956509 | Integrated paraffin upgrading and catalytic cracking processes A process is disclosed for decreasing the emission of airborne pollutants from an oil refinery and for upgrading a paraffinic feedstream to olefins and/or aromatics. Flue gas from a fluid catalytic cracking process catalyst regenerator is cooled to supply... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4956514 | Process for converting olefins to higher hydrocarbons Light olefins are converted to heavier hydrocarbon products, e.g., those boiling in the gasoline, distillate and/or lube range, over zeolite MCM-22 catalyst.... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4954325 | Composition of synthetic porous crystalline material, its synthesis and use This invention relates to a new synthetic porous crystalline material, a method for its preparation and use thereof in catalytic conversion of organic compounds. The new crystalline material exhibits a distinctive X-ray diffraction pattern and unusually l... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4954663 | Process for preparing long chain alkyl phenols Long chain alkyl phenols are prepared by alkylating an alkylatable phenolic compound with a long chain alkylating agent under alkylation reaction conditions in the presence of catalyst comprising a synthetic porous crystalline material characterized by an... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4952747 | Removal of diamondoid compounds from hydrocarbonaceous fractions According to this invention, substantially hydrocarbonaceous fractions comprising diamondoid compounds are peculiarly suitable for separation by a thermal gradient diffusion process. Applicability of this process to this service is dependent upon the fact... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4952303 | Process for preparing a very high quality lube base stock oil A process for obtaining a very high quality lube base stock is disclosed which comprises: (a) introducing an aromatic and nitrogen-and sulfur-containing feedstock selected from the group consisting of a dewaxed oil obtained from refining distillate fracti... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4952748 | Purification of hydrocarbonaceous fractions A process is disclosed for extracting diamondoid compounds from a hydrocarbon gas stream. The process includes two stages, each of which alone is effective to remove diamondoids from a hydrocarbon gas stream. The first stage comprises contacting the diamo... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4952749 | Removal of diamondoid compounds from hydrocarbonaceous fractions A process for recovering diamondoid compounds from a fluid mixture thereof with other hydrocarbonaceous compounds which comprises contacting said mixture with a porous solid, for example, a zeolite, having pore opening large enough to admit said diamondoi... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4951613 | Heat transfer to endothermic reaction zone A method and apparatus are disclosed for transferring heat to a reaction zone in which hot flue gas is passed through a heat exchanger positioned inside the reaction zone. The flue gas may be generated in a catalyst regenerator, a combustion chamber, or b... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4950823 | Benzene upgrading reformer integration A process and apparatus are disclosed for the production of gasoline from a C4- fuel gas containing ethene and propene and catalytic reformate containing C6 to C8 aromatics. The C4- fuel ga... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4950691 | Endothermic hydrocarbon upgrading process A process is disclosed for the conversion of an aliphatic feedstream in which an oxygen-deficient flue gas is used to directly transfer heat to the primary conversion reaction. Hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from the primary conversion react... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4950387 | Upgrading of cracking gasoline A process is disclosed for increasing the octane number of an FCC unit gasoline pool by upgrading selected gasoline boiling-range streams. FCC gasoline is mixed with the feed to a light olefin upgrading reactor. Upgraded gasoline is then fractionated in a... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4944863 | Thermal hydrocracking of heavy stocks in the presence of solvents This invention relates to a process in which the addition of a substantially inert solvent to a heavy petroleum stock permits high conversion hydrocracking and hydrogen addition to be accomplished in the absence of catalyst or additive.... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4941963 | Synthesis of crystalline ZSM-11 structure This invention relates to a new form of crystalline material identified as ZSM-11, to a new and useful improvement in synthesizing said crystalline material and to use of said crystalline material prepared in accordance herewith as a catalyst for organic ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4936976 | Integrated reforming/aromatization process An integrated reforming/aromatization process is disclosed which improves the octane number and C5 + liquid yield of a catalytic reforming unit by integrating a catalytic aromatization zone into a catalytic reforming unit gas plant fractionator... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4935577 | Hydrocarbon processes comprised of catalytic distillation using Lewis acid promoted inorganic oxide catalyst systems This invention relates to catalytic distillation utilizing Lewis acid promoted non-zeolitic inorganic oxide, large pore crystalline molecular sieve and/or ion exchange resin systems. Alkylation and oligomerization processes are adapted to this catalytic d... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4933150 | Apparatus for reducing small catalyst particles in FCC systems Disclosed is a method of and apparatus for reducing the level of extremely small catalyst particles ("fines") in an FCC system by temporarily retaining particles separated from the secondary cyclone separator in a reactor vessel or catalyst regenerator. T... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4929334 | Fluid-bed reaction process An improved fluid-bed reaction process and apparatus are disclosed in which feedstock is preheated and may be at least partially converted by contacting the feedstock with spent catalyst in a preheat zone. Additional benefits include a reduction in cataly... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4927574 | Water bath film cooling apparatus and method An apparatus for the production of a tubular thermoplastic film, and more particularly, a water bath film cooling apparatus for the rapid quenching of an extruded tubular thermoplastic film so as to enhance the speed of cooling thereof, and increase the s... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4927924 | Synthesis of caprolactam A process is provided for catalytically converting cyclohexanone oxime to epsilon caprolactam. The conversion is characterized by exceptionally high selectivity and reduced rate of catalyst aging, even at single pass conversion above 90 percent. The conve... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4925548 | Synthesis of crystalline ZSM-35 structure This invention relates to a new form of crystalline material identified as ZSM-35, to a new and useful improvement in synthesizing said crystalline material and to use of said crystalline material prepared in accordance herewith as a catalyst for organic ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4921824 | Metal passivating catalyst composition for cracking hydrocarbons An improved composition and method for passivating vanadium on or in a catalytic cracking catalyst during the process of catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons is described. The improved method comprises mixing discrete particles of lanthanum oxide and, optio... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4922051 | Process for the conversion of C2 -C12 paraffinic hydrocarbons to petrochemical feedstocks A process is disclosed for the conversion of C2 -C12 paraffinic hydrocarbons to more valuable petrochemical feedstocks including C2 -C4 olefins and C6 -C8 aromatics in the presence of a com... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4922048 | Medium-pore zeolite olefinic naphtha by-product upgrading A process is provided for upgrading the olefinic gasoline by-product of low-severity medium-pore zeolite catalyzed hydrocarbon conversion processes including catalytic dewaxing and olefin oligomerization. The olefinic gasoline stream is upgraded in a high... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4919789 | Production of high octane gasoline A moderate pressure hydrocracking process in which a highly aromatic, substantially dealkylated feedstock having a boiling point in the range between 300° and 650° F. is processed directly to high octane gasoline by hydrocracking over a catalyst, prefer... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4918255 | Heterogeneous isoparaffin/olefin alkylation with isomerization An improved process for alkylation of isoparaffins with olefins to yield a product which includes a high proportion of highly branched paraffins for making gasoline having improved octane is taught. The improved process comprises isomerizing the olefins a... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4916097 | Method for activating zeolites containing organic cations A method for activation of an organic cation-containing crystalline catalyst is disclosed. The method includes contacting the catalyst with steam under conditions to decompose the organic cations, which result in the activation of the catalyst. The method... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4913794 | Process configuration for producing high viscosity lubricating oils A process is disclosed for improving the Viscosity Index of a hydrocarbon lubricating oil comprising the steps of providing a flow reactor having separate first and second inlet ports for the separate co-injection of lubricating oil and an organic peroxid... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4914256 | Reactivation of partially deactivated catalyst employing ultrasonic energy A solid catalyst composition which has undergone a partial loss of catalytic activity due to the accumulation of reaction product residue is treated in a chemical conversion process reaction zone in the presence of feedstock(s) with ultrasonic energy of a... | 04/03/1990 |
