Abstract: Process for the removal in continuous of hydrogen sulfide from gaseous streams containing it, comprising: a) putting a gas containing H2S in contact with an oxidizing acid aqueous solution of ferric nitrate and containing a heteropolyacid having redox properties; b) filtrating and separating the sulfur produced by the redox reaction; c) oxidizing the ferrous nitrate to ferric nitrate with air; d) recycling the solution containing ferric nitrate and heteropolyacid to the oxidation step (a); e) subjecting the gaseous stream leaving the oxidation reactor (c) to washing with the reduced solution; and f) discharging the gaseous stream.

Abstract: The preparation is described of a Fischer-Tropsch catalytic precursor based on cobalt supported on alumina, optionally containing up to 10% by weight of silica, which comprises: a) treatment of the alumina with a silicon compound selected from those having general formula (I) Si(OR)4-nR?n (I) wherein n ranges from 1 to 3 wherein R? is selected from primary hydrocarbyl radicals having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; wherein R is selected from primary hydrocarbyl radicals having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; b) drying and subsequent calcination of the modified carrier obtained at the end of step (a) thus obtaining a silanized carrier; c) subsequent deposition of cobalt on the silanized carrier obtained at the end of step (b); d) drying and subsequent calcination of the supported cobalt obtained at the end of step (c) thus obtaining the final catalytic precursor; the above final catalytic precursor having a content of SiO2 deriving from the compound having general formula (I) ranging from 4.5 to 10% by weight.

Abstract: Hydrogen sulfide is oxidized to sulfur by means of treatment with an aqueous acid solution containing trivalent iron and a hetero polyacid having formula (I): HnXVyM(12-y)O40; or a sole hetero polyacid having formula (II): HnMeM12O40; wherein the symbols X, M Me n and y are specified in the text. At the end of the oxidation, the solution is treated with gas containing oxygen to re-oxidize the reduced metal.

Abstract: A highly selective process is described for preparing 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene which comprises reacting a naphthalene hydrocarbon selected from naphthalene, methylnaphthalenes, dimethylnaphthalenes, trimethylnaphthalenes, polymethylnaphthalenes, and/or their mixtures with one or more benzene hydrocarbons selected from benzene, toluene, xylenes, trimethylbenzenes, tetramethylbenzenes, pentamethylbenzene and/or hexamethylbenzene, under at least partially liquid phase conditions and in the presence of a catalytic composition comprising a zeolite belonging to the MTW structural type and at least one element selected from P, B and Si. The process is preferably carried out in the presence of a methylating agent.

Abstract: Process for the production of dimethyl ether and the co-production of H2O, starting from methanol, substantially comprising a dehydration reaction of methanol carried out in a reactive distillation column with a packing of the re-active, structured and distillation type.

Abstract: Process for the disposal of sulfur in the liquid state which comprises: a) transforming elemental sulfur into sulfanes having the general formula H2Sn+1, wherein n is a number from 1 to 7; b) optionally mixing elemental sulfur in powder form with the liquid sulfanes, up to such a concentration as to guarantee the pumpability of the mixture; c) injecting the sulfanes liquid at room temperature into geological formations having a temperature lower than 150° C.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of hydrogenated hydrocarbons comprising a preliminary treatment of natural gas with a catalyst at a high temperature and the subsequent hydrogenation of the mixture of cyclic and/or aromatic hydrocarbons formed.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for oxidative desulphurization of hydrotreated hydrocarbon mixtures which boil within the range of 180° to 360° C., containing less than 350 ppm of sulphur as thiophenic compounds, said process comprising the steps of a) putting these mixtures in contact, in the presence of an organic peroxide, with a catalytic composition comprising a completely amorphous micro and/or mesoporous mixed oxide containing an oxide matrix selected from silica, alumina, ceria, magnesia and mixtures of thereof, wherein one or more oxidative metal oxides selected from transition metal oxides and group IVA metal oxides are uniformly dispersed, and b) separating the obtained corresponding sulphur oxygenated products from the hydrocarbon mixture.

Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of zeolitic catalysts in the form of microspheres, comprising zeolite and oligomeric silica, characterized by a high mechanical resistance. The process consists in subjecting to rapid drying the suspension, to which tetra-alkylorthosilicate is optionally added, resulting from the synthesis of zeolite by hydrothermal treatment at autogenous pressure of the reagent mixture containing tetra-alkylammoniumhydroxide as templating agent, and subjecting the product resulting from the drying to calcination.

Abstract: A highly selective process is described for preparing 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene which comprises reacting a naphthalene hydrocarbon selected from naphthalene, methylnaphthalenes, dimethylnaphthalenes, trimethylnaphthalenes, polymethylnaphthalenes, and/or their mixtures with one or more benzene hydrocarbons selected from benzene, toluene, xylenes, trimethylbenzenes, tetramethylbenzenes, pentamethylbenzene and/or hexamethylbenzene, under at least partially liquid phase conditions and in the presence of a catalytic composition comprising a zeolite belonging to the MTW structural type and at least one element selected from P, B and Si. The process is preferably carried out in the presence of a methylating agent.

Abstract: A highly selective process is described for preparing 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene which comprises reacting a naphthalene hydrocarbon selected from naphthalene, methylnaphthalenes, dimethylnaphthalenes, trimethylnaphthalenes, polymethylnaphthalenes, and/or their mixtures with one or more benzene hydrocarbons selected from benzene, toluene, xylenes, trimethylbenzenes, tetramethylbenzenes, pentamethylbenzene and/or hexamethylbenzene, under at least partially liquid phase conditions and in the presence of a catalytic composition comprising a zeolite belonging to the MTW structural type and at least one element selected from P, B and Si. The process is preferably carried out in the presence of a methylating agent.

Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of zeolitic catalysts in the form of microspheres, comprising zeolite and oligomeric silica, characterized by a high mechanical resistance. The process consists in subjecting to rapid drying the suspension, to which tetra-alkylorthosilicate is optionally added, resulting from the synthesis of zeolite by hydrothermal treatment at autogenous pressure of the reagent mixture containing tetra-alkylammoniumhydroxide as templating agent, and subjecting the product resulting from the drying to calcination.

Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of zeolitic catalysts in the form of microspheres, comprising zeolite and oligomeric silica, characterized by a high mechanical resistance. The process consists in subjecting to rapid drying the suspension, to which tetra-alkylorthosilicate is optionally added, resulting from the synthesis of zeolite by hydrothermal treatment at autogenous pressure of the reagent mixture containing tetra-alkylammoniumhydroxide as templating agent, and subjecting the product resulting from the drying to calcination.

Abstract: A supported cobalt-based catalyst, characterized in that the carrier has an average particle diameter, measured by Coulter LS230, ranging from 70 to 250 &mgr;m, a surface area higher than 175 m2/g and a pore volume higher than 0.35 cm3/g, measured by the B.E.T. method. The catalyst is particularly useful in the Fischer-Tropsch reaction.

Abstract: Method for the preparation of hydrogenated hydrocarbons comprising a preliminary treatment of natural gas with a catalyst at a high temperature and the subsequent hydrogenation of the mixture of cyclic and/or aromatic hydrocarbons formed.

Abstract: A supported cobalt-based catalyst is described, characterized in that the carrier has an average particle diameter, measured by means of Coulter LS230, ranging from 70 to 250 &mgr;m, a surface area higher than 175 m2/g and a pore volume higher than 0.35 cm3/g, measured with the B.E.T. method. The above catalyst is particularly useful in the Fischer-Tropsch reaction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mesoporous gel comprising an alumina matrix in which one or more oxides selected from silica, boron oxide, phosphorus oxide, oxides of metals of groups VIII and VIB, may be uniformly dispersed. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of this gel and its uses as carrier, as catalyst for acid-catalyzed reactions and as hydrotreating catalyst.

Abstract: A highly selective process is described for preparing 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene which comprises reacting a naphthalene hydrocarbon selected from naphthalene, methylnaphthalenes, dimethylnaphthalenes, trimethylnaphthalenes, polymethylnaphthalenes, and/or their mixtures with one or more benzene hydrocarbons selected from benzene, toluene, xylenes, trimethylbenzenes, tetramethylbenzenes, pentamethylbenzene and/or hexamethylbenzene, under at least partially liquid phase conditions and in the presence of a catalytic composition comprising a zeolite belonging to the MTW structural type and at least one element selected from P, B and Si. The process is preferably carried out in the presence of a methylating agent.

Abstract: A supported cobalt-based catalyst characterized in that the carrier has an average particle diameter, measured by means of Coulter LS230, ranging from 70 to 250 &mgr;m, a surface area higher than 175 m2/g and a pore volume higher than 0.35 cm3/g, measured with the B.E.T. method. The catalyst is useful in the Fischer-Tropsch reaction.

Abstract: Catalytic system for the oxidative dehydrogenation of alkylaromatics (in particular ethylbenzene) or paraffins to the corresponding alkenylaromatics (in particular styrene) or to the corresponding olefins, consisting of: a vanadium oxide; a bismuth oxide; and a carrier based on magnesium, wherein the vanadium, expressed as V2O5, is in a quantity ranging from 1 to 15% by weight, preferably from 2 to 10%, the bismuth, expressed as Bi2O3, ranges from 2 to 30% by weight, preferably from 5 to 25% by weight, the complement to 100 being the carrier.