Patents Examined by Delbert E. Gantz
  • Process for the preparation of hydrocarbon oil distillates
    Patent number: 4500416
    Abstract: Distillates are prepared from asphaltenes-rich feeds by a process comprising subjecting the feed to solvent deasphalting, and subjecting the resulting asphaltic bitumen fraction to a combination of catalytic hydrotreating and thermal cracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert H. van Dongen, Willem H. J. Stork
  • Separation of reacted hydrocarbons and catalyst in fluidized catalytic cracking
    Patent number: 4500423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a baffle arrangement that improves separation of gaseous hydrocarbon reaction products from catalyst within the reactor vessel of a fluidized catalytic cracker unit. The catalytic reactor vessel includes an outer generally cylindrical shell having a stripping zone arranged at the lower end of the vessel. An inlet riser conduit forming a primary reaction zone extends generally within the shell from the lower end of the vessel to a location near the top of the vessel. A shroud surrounds the upper end of the riser conduit and forms an annular outlet for downwardly discharging a mixture of hydrocarbon and catalyst. According to the present invention, an annular catalyst disengaging riser baffle for deflecting the mixture from the outlet toward the wall of the vessel is arranged on the outside of the riser conduit below the annular outlet and above the stripping zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventors: Russell R. Krug, Peter C. Schmidt
  • Catalysis over activated zeolites
    Patent number: 4500421
    Abstract: A process is provided for conducting organic compound conversion over a catalyst comprising a crystalline zeolite which has been treated by reaction with a compound having a complex fluoroanion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Clarence D. Chang, Joseph N. Miale
  • Conversion catalysts for synthesis gas
    Patent number: 4500646
    Abstract: Conversion of the synthetic gas mixtures: carbon monoxide - hydrogen or carbondioxide - hydrogen is carried out in the presence of a catalyst constituted by the association of at least two transition metal elements with an acitve mordenite selected from among de-aluminized acid mordenites. The metal elements can be copper, zinc and chromium. The transition metal elements - active mordenite association can be employed in separate catalytic beds, the first bed being metallic in nature and the second zeolitic in nature. The process is applicable to the manufacture of organic products such as saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, particularly light olefines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Societe Chimique de la Grande Paroisse, Azote et Producits Chimiques
    Inventors: Bernard Denise, Christian Hamon, Michel Senes, Raymond Sneeden
  • Catalysis over activated inorganic oxides
    Patent number: 4500418
    Abstract: A process is provided for conducting organic compound conversion over a catalyst comprising alumina and/or gallia which has been treated by a method which comprises contact with ammonium or boron fluoride reagent, contact with a particular aqueous ammonium exchange solution, and thereafter calcination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph N. Miale, Clarence D. Chang
  • Catalysis over activated zeolites
    Patent number: 4500419
    Abstract: A process is provided for conducting organic compound conversion over a catalyst composition comprising a supported crystalline zeolite having a high initial silica-to-alumina mole ratio, said supported zeolite being prepared by compositing said crystalline zeolite with alumina, reacting the composite with a particular hydrogen fluoride solution in a specified way, drying the hydrogen fluoride reacted composite, treating the dried composite by hydrolysis, ammonolysis and/or by contact with an ammonium salt solution, and calcining the resulting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph N. Miale, Clarence D. Chang
  • Conversion of Fischer-Tropsch products
    Patent number: 4500417
    Abstract: The high boiling fraction of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is upgraded by contact with a catalyst comprising a high-silica, large pore zeolite and a hydrogenation component. The products are a distillate fraction characterized by low sulfur and nitrogen content, high isoparaffin content and low pour point and a lube fraction characterized by its high viscosity index and low pour point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Nai Y. Chen, Werner O. Haag, Tracy J. Huang, Stephen S. Wong
  • Process of converting non-distillable residues of mixed-base or paraffin-base crude hydrocarbon oils
    Patent number: 4500415
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for converting a non-distillable residue of a mixed-base or paraffin-base crude hydrocarbon oil to a distillable precursor for motor fuels and/or petrochemical products which comprises donor solvent hydrovisbreaking said residue in a hydrovisbreaking zone in the presence of a circulated hydrogen donor solvent at a temperature in the range of 380.degree. to 480.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Metallgesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Simo, Karl-Heniz Eisenlohr, Hans-Hermann Puxbaumer
  • Enhanced recovery of hydrocarbonaceous fluids from the oil shale
    Patent number: 4500414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recovery of additional hydrocarbonaceous fluids from spent oil shale that had been subjected to regular retorting operations, by treating the spent shale with an alkali-methoxide/methanol solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventor: Costandi A. Audeh
  • Titanium-containing molecular sieves
    Patent number: 4500651
    Abstract: Titanium-containing molecular sieves are disclosed having use as molecular sieves and as catalyst compositions in hydrocarbon conversion and other processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Brent M. T. Lok, Bonita K. Marcus, Edith Flanigen
  • Catalysis over activated zeolites
    Patent number: 4500422
    Abstract: A process is provided for conducting organic compound conversion over a catalyst comprising a crystalline zeolite which has been treated by impregnation with an ammoniacal aluminum fluoride solution, contact with an ammonium salt solution, and calcination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph N. Miale, Clarence D. Chang
  • Catalysis over activated zeolites
    Patent number: 4500420
    Abstract: A process is provided for conducting organic compound conversion over a catalyst comprising a zeolite composition prepared by a method which comprises compositing a specific zeolite material with alumina, impregnating the composite with an aqueous solution of an alkali metal fluoride under vacuum, contacting the impregnated composite with an ammonium salt solution and calcining the resulting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph N. Miale, Clarence D. Chang
  • Alkene conversion using AMS-1B crystalline borosilicate
    Patent number: 4499325
    Abstract: A process to convert an alkene to oligomerized, aromatized and isomerized products comprises contacting such alkene under conversion conditions with an AMS-1B borosilicate catalyst composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
    Inventors: Marvin R. Klotz, Edwin F. Peters
  • Methanol conversion to hydrocarbons with zeolites and cocatalysts
    Patent number: 4499314
    Abstract: A process for producing hydrocarbons comprising contacting, under conversion conditions, an aqueous methanol with a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst which is hydrothermally stable in the temperature range of from 250.degree. C. to 500.degree. C. and is capable of converting methanol to hydrocarbons, and with a promoter comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of aromatic hydrocarbons, precursors to aromatic hydrocarbons, olefins, precursors to olefins and aldehydes to form a mixture comprising light olefins, lower alkanes and monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and recovering said hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Duncan Seddon, Thomas Mole, Judy A. Whiteside
  • Catalytic oxidation of mercaptan in petroleum distillate
    Patent number: 4498977
    Abstract: A process for sweetening a sour hydrocarbon fraction containing mercaptan which comprises reacting mercaptans contained in the hydrocarbon fraction with an oxidizing agent by passing the hydrocarbon fraction and the oxidizing agent into contact with a bed of metal chelate mercaptan oxidation catalyst and a solid carrier material having an average particle size of less than about 110 mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: UOP Inc.
    Inventor: Robert R. Frame
  • Methane conversion
    Patent number: 4499322
    Abstract: An improved method for converting methane to higher hydrocarbon products by contacting a gas comprising methane and an oxidative synthesizing agent at synthesizing conditions, the improvement which comprises contacting methane with an oxidative synthesizing agent containing a promoting amount of alkali metal and/or compounds thereof. Sodium is a particularly effective promoter. Stability of the promoted contact agent is enhanced by the presence of phosphorus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company
    Inventors: C. Andrew Jones, John A. Sofranko
  • Phosphorus-containing catalyst and catalytic cracking process utilizing the same
    Patent number: 4498975
    Abstract: A phosphorus-containing low alkali metal content zeolitic catalyst made from a clay starting material is provided. The catalyst is obtained by contacting a partially cation exchanged calcined zeolite-containing catalyst with a dihydrogen phosphate anion or a dihydrogen phosphite anion. A hydrocarbon catalytic cracking process utilizing the phosphorus-containing catalyst is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Lloyd A. Pine, Neville L. Cull
  • Thermally stable mixed oxide gels
    Patent number: 4499195
    Abstract: A process for cogelling a smectite with an inorganic metal oxide which is unstable with respect to retaining a high surface area, to produce a cogel of high surface area which has good retention of surface area at high temperatures. Suitable smectites for the practice of this invention are hectorite, chlorite, montmorillionite, beidellite, or admixtures of two or more of these materials with each other or with other materials, or the like. Exemplary of inorganic oxide gels suitable for the practice of this invention are the Group IV-B metal oxides, especially titanium oxide, and other metal oxides such as the oxides of thorium, uranium, silicon, aluminum, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
    Inventor: Kenneth S. Wheelock
  • Selective low-temperature isomerization of normal butenes using AMS-1B crystalline borosilicate molecular sieve
    Patent number: 4499326
    Abstract: A process to convert a normal butene to isomerized products comprises contacting such alkene under conversion conditions with a hydrogen form AMS-1B borosilicate catalyst composition at a conversion temperature below 250.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
    Inventor: John L. Melquist
  • Catalytic oxidation of mercaptan in petroleum distillate
    Patent number: 4498978
    Abstract: A process for sweetening a sour hydrocarbon fraction containing mercaptan which comprises reacting mercaptans contained in the hydrocarbon fraction with an oxidizing agent by passing said hydrocarbon fraction and said oxidizing agent into contact with a heterogeneous admixture of a metal chelate mercaptan oxidation catalyst and a solid desiccant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: UOP Inc.
    Inventor: Robert R. Frame