Abstract: A process for producing dimethyl sulfoxide, wherein said process comprises the following steps: (1) contacting hydrogen sulfide with methanol to produce a mixture containing dimethyl sulfide, and separating dimethyl sulfide from the mixture; and (2) in the presence or absence of a solvent, contacting dimethyl sulfide obtained in step (1) with at least one oxidant and a catalyst to produce a mixture containing dimethyl sulfoxide, said catalyst comprises at least one Ti—Si molecular sieve.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytic conversion process for improving the product distribution, characterized in that a feedstock oil of good quality is contacted with a hot regenerated catalyst having a lower activity in a reactor to carry out a cracking reaction, the reaction product is separated from the spent catalyst to be regenerated, then the reaction product is fed into a separation system, and the spent catalyst to be regenerated is stripped, regenerated and recycled in the process. The isobutene content in the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) produced by the process is increased by a factor of more than 30%, and the olefin content in the gasoline composition may be increased to more than 30 wt. %. The product distribution is optimized, and the yields of dry gas and coke are decreased, so as to sufficiently utilize the petroleum resources.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for co-producing cyclohexanol and alkanol, including a cyclohexene esterification step and a cyclohexyl ester hydrogenation step. This invention further relates to a process for further producing cyclohexanone or caprolactam, starting from the co-producing process, and an apparatus for co-producing cyclohexanol and alkanol. The process for co-producing cyclohexanol and alkanol of this invention is environment-friendly, with low production cost and highly improved atom economy.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel hindered phenol compound of Formula (I) (wherein the groups R and R? are as defined in the specification), preparation thereof and use thereof as an antioxidant. By using the hindered phenol compound of this invention as an antioxidant, it is possible to produce a lubricant oil composition exhibiting excellent oxidation resistance at elevated temperatures.

Abstract: This disclosure provides an adsorbing agent which, on the basis of the total weight of the adsorbing agent, comprises the following components: 1) a Si—Al molecular sieve having a BEA structure, in an amount of 1-20 wt %, 2) at least one binder selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide, stannic oxide, zirconium oxide and alumina, in an amount of 3-35 wt %, 3) a silica source, in an amount of 5-40 wt %, 4) zinc oxide, in an amount of 10-80 wt %, and 5) at least one promoter metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron and manganese, based on the metal, in an amount of 5-30 wt %, wherein at least 10 wt % of the promoter metal is present in a reduced valence state. The adsorbing agent exhibits improved activity and stability, and at the same time, is capable of significantly improving the octane number of the product gasoline.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an airflow particle sorter, comprising: a top-sealed sorter main body, a discharge port, an outtake tube and at least one directing-intake port; the inner space of the sorter main body, from the above to the bottom, includes, a straight tube zone and a cone zone, the conical bottom of the cone zone is connected to the straight tube zone; the discharge port is located at the bottom of the cone zone; the directing-intake port is installed in the upper part of the straight tube zone in a tangential direction of the straight tube zone, and is communicated with the inner space of the sorter main body; the outtake tube is hermetically inserted into the top of the sorter main body, and extends downwardly to the lower part of the straight tube zone, and the outtake tube has a sealed bottom end; the lower part of the outtake tube is installed with at least one directing-outtake port, which communicates the outtake tube with the inner space of the sorter main body, the directing-outtake

Abstract: A catalyst for catalytically cracking hydrocarbon oils contains a substrate comprising alumina and a molecular sieve, characterized in that the pore distribution of said catalyst is 5-70% of the <2 nm pores, 5-70% of the 2-4 nm pores, 0-10% of the 4-6 nm pores, 20-80% of the 6-20 nm pores, and 0-40% of the 20-100 nm pores, based on the pore volume of pores having a size of no more than 100 nm. The catalyst of this invention has a large BET pore volume, a high capacity for cracking heavy oils, and a high capacity for resisting coking.

Abstract: A hydrocracking catalyst comprises a support, at least one of VIII Group metal components, and at least one of VIB Group metal components. The support comprises an acidic silica-alumina component and alumina derived from a pseudo-boehmite component, wherein the content of the acidic silica-alumina component is 3-80 wt %, the content of alumina derived from the pseudo-boehmite component is 20-95 wt %, based on the support. The support is obtained by mixing, molding, drying and calcining the acidic silica-alumina component with the pseudo-boehmite component, wherein said pseudo-boehmite component comprises pseudo-boehmite PB1 and pseudo-boehmite PB2, wherein the content of PB1 is 10-90 wt % and the content of PB2 is 0-60 wt % on a dry basis and based on the support.

Abstract: This disclosures provides an adsorbent which, on the basis of the total weight of the adsorbent, comprises: 1) a Si—Al molecular sieve having an A-FAU structure, wherein A represents a monovalent cation, in an amount of 1-20 wt %, 2) at least one binder selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide, stannic oxide, zirconium oxide and alumina, in an amount of 3-35 wt %, 3) a silica source, in an amount of 5-40 wt %, 4) zinc oxide, in an amount of 10-80 wt %, and 5) at least one promoter metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron and manganese, based on the metal, in an amount of 5-30 wt %, wherein at least 10 wt % of the promoter metal is present in a reduced valence state. This adsorbent exhibits improved activity and stability, and at the same time, is capable of significantly improving the octane number of the product gasoline.

Abstract: Disclosed is a combination process for improved hydrotreating and catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon oils, including: contacting residual oil, catalytic cracking cycle oil, and optional distillate oil with a hydrotreating catalyst under hydrotreating conditions in the presence of hydrogen followed by separation of the reaction products to obtain gas, hydrogenated naphtha, hydrogenated diesel oil, and hydrogenated tail oil; contacting the hydrogenated tail oil and optional normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil with a cracking catalyst under catalytic cracking conditions followed by separation of the reaction products to obtain dry gas, hydrogenated naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas, catalytic cracked gasoline, catalytic cracked diesel oil, and catalytic cracking cycle oil; wherein the hydrogenated tail oil and/or normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil are separated into at least two fractions, the light and the heavy fractions or normal catalytic cracking heavy feedstock oil and normal catalytic cracking ligh

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for catalytically reforming naphtha, comprising, in the presence of hydrogen gas, contacting naphtha with at least one reforming catalyst under the conditions of a pressure ranging from 0.15 to 3.0 MPa, a temperature ranging from 300 to 540° C., a volume space velocity ranging from 2.1 to 50 h?1, to carry out a shallow catalytic reforming reaction so as to achieve a naphthene conversion ratio of greater than 85 mass %, and a conversion ratio of paraffins to arenes and C4? hydrocarbons of less than 30 mass %.

Abstract: Disclosed is a combination process for improved hydrotreating and catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon oils, including: contacting residual oil, catalytic cracking cycle oil, and optional distillate oil with a hydrotreating catalyst under hydrotreating conditions in the presence of hydrogen followed by separation of the reaction products to obtain hydrogenated tail oil and other products; contacting the hydrogenated tail oil and optional normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil with a cracking catalyst under catalytic cracking conditions followed by separation of the reaction products; wherein the hydrogenated tail oil and/or normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil are separated into at least two fractions prior to contacting the hydrogenated tail oil and/or normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil with the cracking catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mesopore material of a catalyst for upgrading acid-containing crude oil. Said mesopore material is an amorphous material containing alkaline earth oxide, silica and alumina, and has an anhydrous chemical formula of (0-0.3)Na2O.(1-50)MO.(6-58)Al2O3.(40-92)SiO2, based on the weight percent of the oxides, wherein M is one or more selected from Mg, Ca and Ba. Said mesopore material has a specific surface area of 200-400 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.5-2.0 ml/g, an average pore diameter of 8-20 nm, and a most probable pore size of 5-15 nm. The present invention further relates to a process for manufacturing said mesopore material and the use thereof. The catalyst prepared from the mesopore material provided in the present invention is suitable for the catalytic upgrading of inferior acid-containing crude oil and for the removal of organic acids, carbon residues and metals in the crude oil, and thus has very good economic benefits.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a catalyst, a preparation process thereof, and a process of epoxidizing olefin using the catalyst. The catalyst contains a binder and a titanium silicate as specified. The catalyst disclosed herein has high strength, and shows high catalytic activity in the epoxidation of olefins.

Abstract: A cracking catalyst, which contains alumina, phosphorus and molecular sieve, with or without clay, wherein said alumina is ?-alumina or a mixture of ?-alumina and ?-alumina and/or ?-alumina, and wherein the catalyst contains, on the basis of the total amount of the catalyst, 0.5-50 wt % of ?-alumina, 0-50 wt % of ?-alumina and/or ?-alumina, 10-70 wt % of molecular sieve, 0-75 wt % of clay, and 0.1-8 wt % of phosphorus, measured as P2O5. The catalyst not only has higher cracking activity and higher cracking ability for cracking heavy oil, but also improves significantly quality and yield of gasoline, LCO and LPG in cracking products.

Abstract: 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 catalyst obtained, contacting a part of the regenerated catalyst with the hydrocarbon in the first reaction zone; contacting the other part of the spent catalyst and/or regenerated catalyst in at least one reaction zone after the first reaction zone with the products obtained in previous reaction zones.

Abstract: This invention relates to a lubricating oil composition and production thereof. The lubricating oil composition comprises a Mannich base represented by the following formula (III) (wherein A and R2 are as defined in the specification) and a lubricant base oil. The lubricating oil composition according to this invention exhibits excellent cleansing and dispersing performance and excellent anticorrosion performance.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adsorbent for removing sulfur from cracking gasoline or diesel fuel. The adsorbent has excellent abrasion-resistance and desulfurization activity. The adsorbent comprises from about 5 to about 35 wt % of alumina, from about 3 to about 30 wt % of silica, from about 10 to about 80 wt % of at least one oxide of metal selected from Groups IIB and VB, from about 3 to about 30 wt % of at least one metal accelerant selected from Groups VIIB and VIII, and from about 0.5 to about 10 wt % of at least one oxide of metal selected from Groups IA and IIA, based on the total weight of the adsorbent.

Abstract: This disclosures provides an adsorbent which, on the basis of the total weight of the adsorbent, comprises: 1) a Si—Al molecular sieve having an A-FAU structure, wherein A represents a monovalent cation, in an amount of 1-20 wt %, 2) at least one binder selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide, stannic oxide, zirconium oxide and alumina, in an amount of 3-35 wt %, 3) a silica source, in an amount of 5-40 wt %, 4) zinc oxide, in an amount of 10-80 wt %, and 5) at least one promoter metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron and manganese, based on the metal, in an amount of 5-30 wt %, wherein at least 10 wt % of the promoter metal is present in a reduced valence state. This adsorbent exhibits improved activity and stability, and at the same time, is capable of significantly improving the octane number of the product gasoline.

Abstract: A process of oxidizing cyclohexane, comprising feeding cyclohexane, an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution and optionally an organic solvent into a reaction zone through a feed inlet thereof under the oxidation reaction conditions for contact, and providing all or most of the oxidation product at the reaction zone bottom, wherein a part or all of the packing in the reaction zone is a titanium silicate molecular sieve-containing catalyst. The process of oxidizing cyclohexane according to the present invention carries out the oxidation in the reaction zone, which, firstly, utilizes the latent heat from reaction sufficiently so as to achieve energy-saving; secondly, increases the yield of target product and the availability of oxidizer; and thirdly, allows the separation of the oxidation product from the raw material cyclohexane as the reaction proceeds, such that the cost for subsequent separations can be saved.