Abstract: This invention relates to a hydrotreating catalyst for a hydrocarbon oil and also to a process for hydrotreating the hydrocarbon oil by using the catalyst. More specifically, the present invention is concerned with a hydrotreating catalyst formed by having a hydrogenation-active component supported on a silica-alumina carrier and having a specific pore distribution and also with a hydrotreating process making use of the catalyst for the removal of sulfur compounds and nitrogen compounds from a hydrocarbon oil.

Abstract: A process for the removal of corrosive compounds from a fluid stream, comprising the steps of: in an extraction column with an outer steel tube and an inner tube of corrosion resistant material having an open inlet end and an open outlet end and being arranged coaxially with and spaced apart within at least top portion of the outer tube, introducing at elevated temperature at the inlet end of the inner tube the fluid stream and an extraction agent and effecting in the mixed stream of the fluid and extraction agent extraction of the corrosive compounds; introducing into an annular space between the walls of the outer and the inner tube a shell stream of a non-corrosive fluid, thereby absorbing in the shell stream amounts of the corrosive compounds diffusing through the wall of the inner tube; passing the shell stream to the bottom portion of the outer tube; cooling the mixed stream at the outlet end of the inner tube by introducing into the stream a cooling stream; passing the cooled stream to the bottom porti

Abstract: Method for thermally decomposing addition polymers, such as polyolefins, into monomers and monomer fragments. Thermal decomposition occurs by the rapid heating of the addition polymer such that the polymer ceiling temperature is reached in a time period substantially equal to the thermal relaxation time of the polymer itself. Laser ablation, wherein the polymer is heated by very rapid nanosecond or microsecond pulses of ultraviolet or infrared laser beams, and flash pyrolysis are particularly useful techniques for accomplishing such rapid heating.

Abstract: A method for producing synthetical oils and storable products of calorific energy, by co-processing waste rubber materials, especially waste tires, and coal optionally in the presence of a material containing Fe as a catalyst, comprising the steps of mixing triturated waste rubber material having a particle size of preferredly 1-5 mm, and coal having particle sizes of 0.2-1 mm, and, when used, the catalyst having a referred particle size of 0.05-0.015 mm, until obtaining a mixture, heating the mixture in a reactor to a temperature between 300.degree. C. and 500.degree. C., during 3-180 minutes, at a pressure between atmospheric pressure and 10 MPa, to enable a processing step basically consisting of a pyrolysis/hydropyrolysis. During the processing step, there is a generation of gases containing approximately 50% CO and CO.sub.2, and approximately another 50% by volume of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 hydrocarbons, and having a calorific energy between 6000 and 8000 kcal/Nm.sup.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing an ethylene oxide catalyst by depositing silver and one or more alkali metal promoters on an alpha alumina carrier in which a fired carrier body is impregnated with a source of titania in a liquid medium that upon heating yields titania and is then calcined to generate titania uniformly dispersed in the carrier in an amount of up to about 10 percent by weight, basis the total weight of the carrier, and subsequently drying the carrier having said silver and alkali metal supported thereon.

Abstract: A coke oven door for closing the open end of an elongated coking chamber of a nonrecovery coke oven, including process air vents extending through the door at a level above a coal charge to be coked, has a structural frame on its outer surface including an elongated manifold extending across the door adjacent its bottom with a plurality of inlet openings in the manifold, and a tubular duct system connecting the manifold to the process air inlets whereby reduced pressure in the oven will draw air through the process air inlets and the duct system to thereby draw emissions from the area at the base of the door into the oven for incineration.

Abstract: The invention concerns a leveler bar for coke ovens for levelling the coke debris cone forming below the filling holes in the furnace chamber during the filling process. The leveler bar comprises interconnected support elements which extend over the entire length of the oven chamber and are disposed parallel to one another at a distance dependent on the width of the oven chamber. According to the invention, the leveler bar comprises at least three support elements which are arranged parallel to one another, extend over the entire length of the oven chamber and are disposed relative to one another such that the leveler bar has a triangular cross-section. The two lower support elements are disposed at the same level and the upper support element is arranged centrally thereabove.

Abstract: A more reactive thoria catalyst for the production of diaryl ethers from aromatic compounds, a process for making the catalyst and the use of the catalyst is taught. The thoria catalyst has a specified surface area, density and average crystal size.

Abstract: The invention concerns a petroleum product and a process for the production of a petroleum product which can form part of a blend for an internal combustion engine fuel, the process comprisinga) hydrotreating a hydrocarbon feedstock at a partial pressure of hydrogen at the reactor outlet of about 0.5 MPa to about 6 MPa,b) separating a product (P) from step a) into a product (P1) with a final boiling point of about 300.degree. C. and a product (P2) with an initial boiling point greater than the final boiling point of product (P1),c) performing a liquid-liquid extraction with a solvent (S1), to produce an extract (E1) and a raffinate (R1) from product (P2),d) recovering solvent (S1) from raffinate (R1) to produce a product (Q1), depleted in solvent (S1), which has improved qualities and contains less than 500 ppm by weight of sulphur.

Abstract: The invention provides various solid catalysts for decomposition of exhaust gases. Catalysts include, among others, those of formula Ce.sub.0.5 La.sub.0.4 Sr.sub.0.1 Pd.sub.0.025 O.sub.3x and BiCo.sub.0.8 Cu.sub.0.2 O.sub.3x. The invention also relates to catalytic reactors for decomposition of exhaust gases utilizing solid catalysts of the invention. The invention further provides methods for synthesis of various mixed metal oxide catalysts for decomposition of exhaust gas pollutants.

Abstract: A heat exchange surface in reactors and/or heat exchangers of installations for the conversion of hydrocarbons and other organic compounds at high temperatures in the gaseous phase. According to the invention, the metallic surfaces coming into contact with the organic substances are treated at a temperature of 300 to 1000.degree. C. over a period of 0.5 to 12 hours with a mixture of a silicon- and sulfur-containing product and a dry gas flow which is inert with respect to the silicon- and sulfur-containing product. The invention is further directed to a process for producing a catalytically inactivated metallic surface in chemical reactors and/or heat exchangers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst composition, its methods of preparation and its use in aromatic alkylation processes. The composition comprises a heteropoly compound selected from the group consisting of heteropoly salts and heteropolyacid salts deposited in the interior of a porous support selected from the group consisting of silica, titania, and zirconia, wherein said salt of said heteropoly salt and said heteropolyacid salt is selected from the group consisting of ammonium, cesium, potassium, and rubidium salts and mixtures thereof, and wherein said heteropoly salt and said heteropolyacid salt are formed with a heteropolyacid selected from the group consisting of 12-tungstophosphoric, 12-tungstosilicic, 12-molybdophosphoric, and 12-molybdosilicic acid.

Abstract: Processes for decreasing the chlorine to carbon ratio for halogenated hydrocarbons containing chlorine and from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, in the presence of a catalyst are disclosed. The processes are each characterized by employing a catalyst comprising ruthenium on a support of (i) fluorided alumina, (ii) aluminum fluoride, or (iii) fluorides of Zn, Mg, Ca, Ba, Y, Sm, Eu, and/or Dy. Also disclosed are multiphase catalyst compositions of ruthenium supported on fluorides of Zn, Mg, Ca, Ba, Y, Sm, Eu and/or Dy.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for depolymerizing used and waste plastics, comprising a closed reactor and a circulation system the mildly heating of the reactor contents connected to the reactor, as well as to a process for depolymerizing used and waste plastics. To protect the circulation system from erosion by solid particles contained in the reactor contents, the reactor is designed so that the reactor contents drawn off into the circulation system traverse a riser section integrated into the reactor for removing fairly coarse solid particles having correspondingly high settling rate before entry into the take-off line.

Abstract: A catalyst for the reduction of carbon dioxide which comprises employing a catalyst which contains at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of Group VIII (e.g., Ni, Fe, Co, Ru, Rh) and Group VIa (e.g., Mo, W) in the Periodic Table on zinc oxide alone or on a composite containing zinc oxide and at least one metal oxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of Group IIIb (e.g., Al, Ga) and Group IVa (e.g, Ti, Zr) in the Periodic Table.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the isomerization of an aromatic C8 cut using a catalyst containing mordenite, cerium and at least one metal from group VIII. It also concerns a catalyst containing 2-98% by weight of mordenite, 7-40% by weight of cerium, and 0.01-3% by weight of at least one metal from group VIII, the cerium being deposited on the mordenite, and the percentages being with respect to the weight of catalyst.

Abstract: The polymerization of vinyl aromatic monomers such as styrene is inhibited by the addition of a composition of a stable hindered nitroxyl radical and an oxime compound.

Abstract: This invention relates to a catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas using a complex oxide having good heat-resistant and a purification performance which does not undergo degradation, particularly in a lean atmosphere at a high temperature of about 1,000.degree. C., by using the complex oxide containing platinum and at least one member of element selected from the group from an alkaline earth metal element and the Group IIIA element and, furthermore, by using at least one member of platinum complex oxides selected from the group of those Pt complex oxides expressed by the chemical structural formulas X.sub.4 PtO.sub.6 (X=Ca, Sr, Ba, Mg), X'.sub.2 Pt.sub.2 O.sub.7 (X'=Sc, La, Pr), SrX"PtO.sub.6 (X"=Co, Ni, Cu), Ba.sub.2 ZPtO.sub.6 (Z=Pr, Ce) and Ba.sub.8 Y.sub.3 Pt.sub.4 O.sub.17.5.

Abstract: A hydroprocess catalyzed by a catalyst composition comprising a porous refractory oxide, a molybdenum component, a phosphorus component and an underbedded nickel component, the composition characterized by a Raman spectrum comprising at least one Raman band in each of the regions of (1) about 240 cm.sup.-1 to about 250 cm.sup.-1, and (2) about 595 cm.sup.-1 to about 605 cm.sup.-1. The catalyst is prepared by sequential incorporation of the nickel metal followed by the additional catalytic promoters including a molybdenum component and a phosphorus component.

Abstract: A process for producing liquid hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon materials is disclosed. The hydrocarbon materials are heated to a temperature above 400.degree. C. thereby producing a gas stream. A gaseous plasma is generated. The gas stream is passed through the gaseous plasma thereby producing a heated gas stream. The heated gas stream is saturated with a hydroxide ion to produce a saturated gas stream. The saturated gas stream is cooled to standard temperature and pressure and is condensed to produce liquid hydrocarbons and waste gases.