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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435332 | Process for cracking hydrocarbon oils This invention relates to a process for cracking hydrocarbon oils. The process comprises contacting a hydrocarbon oil with a catalyst that has been contacted with an atmosphere containing a reducing gas, separating cracked products and the catalyst, and regenerating... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7368090 | FCC spent catalyst distributor An distributor arrangement introduces spent FCC catalyst more uniformly across the dense bed of the regenerator to provide more even contact with regeneration gas in order to avoid hot spots and zones of incomplete combustion. The invention forms a fluidized hopper ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347930 | Process for cracking hydrocarbon oils A novel process for cracking olefins including contacting a hydrocarbon oil with a catalyst in a riser reactor having multiple reaction zones under cracking reaction conditions; separating reaction products and the catalyst; regenerating at least a part of spent cat... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7153413 | Gasoline sulfur reduction in fluid catalytic cracking The sulfur content of liquid cracking products, especially the cracked gasoline, is reduced in a catalytic cracking process employing a cracking catalyst containing a high content of vanadium. The cracking process involves introducing at least one vanadium compound ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7125817 | Combined cracking and selective hydrogen combustion for catalytic cracking A catalyst system and process for combined cracking and selective hydrogen combustion of hydrocarbons are disclosed. The catalyst comprises (1) at least one solid acid component, (2) at least one metal-based component comprised of one or more elements from Group 3 a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122492 | Combined cracking and selective hydrogen combustion for catalytic cracking A catalyst system and process for combined cracking and selective hydrogen combustion of hydrocarbons are disclosed. The catalyst comprises (1) at least one solid acid component, (2) at least one metal-based component comprised of one or more elements from Groups 1 ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6923903 | Gasoline sulfur reduction in fluid catalytic cracking The sulfur content of liquid cracking products, especially the cracked gasoline, of the catalytic cracking process is reduced by the use of a sulfur reduction catalyst composition comprising a porous molecular sieve which contains a metal in an oxidation state above... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6852214 | Gasoline sulfur reduction in fluid catalytic cracking The sulfur content of liquid cracking products, especially the cracked gasoline, of the catalytic cracking process is reduced by the use of a sulfur reduction additive comprising a porous molecular sieve which contains a metal in an oxidation state above zero within... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6846403 | Gasoline sulfur reduction in fluid catalytic cracking The sulfur content of liquid cracking products, especially the cracked gasoline, of the catalytic cracking process is reduced by the use of a sulfur reduction catalyst composition comprising a porous molecular sieve which contains a metal in an oxidation state above... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6790343 | Sulfur transfer additive for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons and a catalytic cracking process of hydrocarbons using the same The present invention relates to a sulfur transfer additive for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons and a catalytic cracking process of hydrocarbons using the sulfur transfer additive, said additive is a uniform liquid comprising at least two metal elements selected ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6726834 | Process for catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed with a MFI aluminisilcate composition A process for catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed, includes the steps of providing an initial hydrocarbon fraction; providing a catalyst comprising an aluminosilicate composition having an aluminosilicate composition having an aluminosilicate framework and cont... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723228 | Additive used in catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons and a process of catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons using the same An additive used in catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons, which is in the form of homogeneous liquid and comprises a composite metal compound, wherein said composite metal compound consists of the oxides, hydroxides, organic acid salts, inorganic acid salts or metal o... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6635168 | Gasoline sulfur reduction catalyst for fluid catalytic cracking process The present invention is directed to certain catalyst compositions and processes that are capable of reducing sulfur compounds normally found as part of the gasoline fraction streams of fluid catalytic cracking processes. The present invention requires an... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6635169 | Method for reducing gasoline sulfur in fluid catalytic cracking The sulfur content of liquid cracking products, especially the cracked gasoline, of a catalytic cracking process is reduced by the use of a catalyst having a product sulfur reduction component containing a metal component in an oxidation state greater tha... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6136290 | IM-5 zeolite, a process for its preparation and catalytic applications thereof The invention concerns IM-5 zeolite with a chemical composition with the following formula, expressed in terms of the mole ratios of the oxides for the anhydrous state: 100XO2,mY2 O3, pR2/n O where m is 10 or le... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6129833 | Catalytic cracking with reduced emission of sulfur oxides Sulfur oxides are removed in the regenerator zone and rapidly released as H2 S in the reactor zone of an FCC system employing a particulate SOx catalytic/absorbent comprising Cu and an alkali metal oxide. Embodiments include the use ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5972205 | FCC process using binary molecular sieves having a core and shell of different structures and compositions Disclosed is a novel binary sieve catalyst useful for olefin upgrading and fluid catalytic cracking which comprises a crystalline zeolite metallosilicate core and a shell selected from an aluminum phosphate molecular sieve (AlPO4), a silicon-substit... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5641395 | Process and compositions for Mn containing catalyst for carbo-metallic hydrocarbons An improved "magnetic hook"-promoted catalytic process, catalyst and method of manufacture for heavy hydrocarbon conversion, optionally in the presence of nickel and vanadium on the catalyst and in the feed stock to produce lighter molecular weight fracti... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5582713 | Catalytic cracking utilizing a catalyst comprising zeolite GZS-11 A synthetic zeolite, designated zeolite GZS-11, is made having a molar composition expressed by the formula: [x M2/n O+(1.0b1;0.2-x)R2/n O]:Y2 O3 :y XO2 :wH2 O where M is an inorganic cation o... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5486284 | Catalytic cracking with MCM-49 This invention relates to use of MCM-49 in catalytic cracking. Large amounts of light olefins are produced.... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5389233 | Metals passivation of cracking catalysts A zeolite-containing cracking catalyst is passivated with lithium sulfate and, preferably, at least one additional passivating agent (more preferably at least one antimony compound). The thus-passivated cracking catalyst is employed in a process for catal... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5358630 | Regenerating zeolitic cracking catalyst A method for countering the adverse effect of contaminating metals on a crystalline aluminosilicate catalyst comprising contacting the catalyst with a reducing gas under suitable conditions. In a preferred embodiment, the catalyst contains antimony.... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5316656 | Hydrocarbon conversion processes with molecular sieve agglomerates having improved transport properties Molecular sieve agglomerates exhibiting reduced pore mouth blockage and decreased diffusivity resistance to the internal sieve pores result from coating, prior to addition of a binding agent to the sieve, the molecular sieve particles with an organic poly... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5304299 | Catalytic cracking catalysts and additives Catalytic cracking catalysts are combined with a rare-earth, preferably lanthanum-containing catalyst/additive to enhance the cracking activity and selectivity in the presence of nickel and vanadia (Ni and V). The preferred additives comprise lanthanum, n... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5259949 | Process for vanadium capture in catalytic cracking utilizing an alcohol-treated strontium hydroxide additive A catalytic cracking composition comprising a physical blend of a cracking catalyst component with alcohol treated Sr(OH)2 and alcohol is used to crack hydrocarbon-containing feedstocks that further contain quantities of vanadium.... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5260240 | Process for the demetallization of FCC catalyst A process is disclosed for passivating the reactivity of contaminant metals, such as nickel and vanadium, which have been deposited on a catalytic cracking catalyst, by adding to the cracking catalyst a mixture of a calcium-containing material and a magne... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5250482 | Process for magnetic beneficiating petroleum cracking catalyst A process for beneficiating a particulate zeolite petroleum cracking catalyst having metal values in excess of 1000 ppm nickel equivalents. The particulate catalyst is passed through a magnetic field in the range of from about 2 Tesla to about 5 Tesla gen... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5188995 | Reactivation and passivation of spent cracking catalysts A spent metal-contaminated zeolite-containing catalytic cracking catalyst is reactivated by a process which comprises contacting the spent catalyst with at least one dissolved carboxylic acid and at least one antimony compound.... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5183559 | Rare earth exchanged layered silicate catalysts There is provided a catalyst comprising a layered silicate, such as magadiite, containing interspathic polymeric silica which serves to prop open the layers. The catalyst further comprises rare earth cations which are exchanged with other cations in the s... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5096568 | Metals passivation A zeolite-containing catalytic cracking catalyst having been passivated by treatment with an aqueous solution which has been prepared by mixing an antimony oxide, ammonium bifluoride and water, at an atomic ratio of F:Sb in excess of about 6:1, is used in... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5037530 | Catalytic cracking with layered silicates There is provided a process for cracking hydrocarbon feedstocks which include large hydrocarbon molecules. Examples of such feedstocks are those which include a large proportion of resids. The catalyst used in this process comprises a layered silicate, su... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5037538 | Catalytic cracking process with isolated catalyst for conversion of NO.sub. x Oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions from an FCC regenerator are reduced by adding a DeNOx catalyst to the FCC regenerator in a form whereby the DeNOx catalyst remains segregated within the FCC regenerator. This permits use ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5019241 | Method of passivating alkali metals on fluid catalytic cracking catalysts using aluminum containing compounds In a hydrocarbon fluid catalytic cracking process, high concentrations of sodium in the hydrocarbon entering the reactor will poison the reaction sites on the FCC catalysts, thereby reducing the efficiency of the cracking process. The addition of an alumi... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5002653 | Catalytic cracking process with vanadium passivation and improved A catalytic cracking process is disclosed employing a dual component cracking catalyst system comprising zeolite as a first component and a mixture of a calcium/magnesium-containing material and a magnesium-containing material as a second component. The p... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4957718 | Process for reducing emissions of sulfur oxides and composition useful in same A process for the removal of sulfur oxides from a gas which comprises (a) contacting the sulfur oxide-containing gas with at least one of certain metal, oxygen-containing components, e.g., modified perovskite-type components, at conditions effective to as... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4954244 | Treatment of spent cracking catalysts A process for reactivating a spent, metal-contaminated zeolite-containing cracking catalyst composition comprises the sequential steps of contacting the catalyst composition with dissolved ammonium compound (preferably NH4 NO3), cont... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4954467 | Passivation of metal contaminated cracking catalysts using aqueous suspensions of antimony oxide This invention comprises improvements to processes for the catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks. One such improvement to catalytic cracking processes provides compositions comprising metals passivating agents having an increased degree of stabilit... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4939109 | Passivation of metal contaminated cracking catalysts This invention comprises improvements to processes for the catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks. One such improvement to catalytic cracking processes provides compositions comprising metals passivating agents having an increased degree of stabilit... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4935121 | Reactivation of metal-contaminated cracking catalysts A process for reactivating a spent, metal-contaminated zeolite-containing cracking catalyst composition comprises the substantially simultaneous contacting with a fluorine compound (preferably HH4 F) and a metals passivating agent (preferably a... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4929336 | Treatment of spent cracking catalysts A process for reactivating a spent, metal-contaminated zeolite-containing catalytic cracking catalyst composition comprises contacting the spent catalyst composition with an acidified aqueous NH4 NO3 solution, thereafter with a suita... | 05/29/1990 |