Abstract: The invention describes a mass for scavenging mercaptans which is particularly suitable for the treatment of olefinic gasoline cuts containing sulfur such as gasolines resulting from catalytic cracking. The scavenging mass comprises an active phase based on group VIII, IB or IIB metal particles which is prepared by a step of bringing a porous support into contact with a metal salt of said group VIII, IB or IIB metal and a step heating the resulting mixture to a temperature above the melting point of said metal salt. The invention also relates to a process for using said scavenging mass for the adsorption of mercaptans.

Abstract: A capture mass for heavy metals, in particular mercury, contained in a gaseous or liquid feed, said mass comprising: copper which is present at least in part in the sulphide form, CuxSy; a porous support based on alumina; characterized in that said porous support has a total pore volume (TPV) in the range 0.8 to 1.5 cm3/g, a mesopore volume (V6nm-100nm) in the range 0.5 to 1.3 cm3/g, and a macropore volume (V100nm) in the range 0.33 to 0.45 cm3/g, it being understood that the ratio between the mesopore volume and the macropore volume (V6nm-100nm/V100nm) is in the range 1 to 5.

Abstract: A description is given of a process for hydrotreatment of at least one hydrocarbon feedstock having a weighted average temperature (WAT) of more than 380° C. using at least one catalyst containing at least one metal from Group VIB and/or at least one metal from Group VIII of the periodic table and a support containing an amorphous mesoporous alumina having a connectivity (Z) of more than 2.7, said hydrotreatment process operating at a temperature of between 250° C. and 430° C., at a total pressure of between 4 MPa and 20 MPa with a ratio of volume of hydrogen to volume of hydrocarbon feedstock of between 200 and 2 000 liters per liter and at an Hourly Volume Velocity (HVV) defined by the ratio of the volume flow of liquid hydrocarbon feedstock to the volume of catalyst fed into the reactor of between 0.5 and 5 h?1.

Abstract: A catalyst comprising gold and a porous support containing at least one refractory oxide, in which the gold content is in the range 0.01% to 5% by weight with respect to the total weight of catalyst, and in which the particles of gold are distributed homogeneously through said porous support and have a dimension, measured by transmission electron microscopy, in the range 0.5 to 5 nm.

Abstract: A catalyst comprising gold, palladium, and a porous support, in the form of at least one grain, in which: the gold content in the catalyst is in the range 0.5% to 3% by weight with respect to the total weight of catalyst; the mean particle size of the gold, estimated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), is in the range 0.5 nm to 5 nm; the gold is distributed homogeneously in the porous support; at least 80% by weight of the palladium is distributed in an eggshell at the periphery of the porous support; the gold/palladium molar ratio is more than 2.

Abstract: A catalyst comprising gold and a porous support containing at least one refractory oxide, in which the gold content is in the range 0.01% to 5% by weight with respect to the total weight of catalyst, and in which the particles of gold are distributed homogeneously through said porous support and have a dimension, measured by transmission electron microscopy, in the range 0.5 to 5 nm.

Abstract: A catalyst comprising gold, palladium, and a porous support, in the form of at least one grain, in which: the gold content in the catalyst is in the range 0.5% to 3% by weight with respect to the total weight of catalyst; the mean particle size of the gold, estimated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), is in the range 0.5 nm to 5 nm; the gold is distributed homogeneously in said porous support; at least 80% by weight of the palladium is distributed in an eggshell at the periphery of said porous support; the gold/palladium molar ratio is more than 2.

Abstract: A capture mass for heavy metals, in particular mercury, contained in a gaseous or liquid feed, said mass comprising: copper which is present at least in part in the sulphide form, CuxSy, a porous support based on alumina; characterized in that said porous support has a total pore volume (TPV) in the range 0.8 to 1.5 cm3/g, a mesopore volume (V6 nm-100 nm) in the range 0.5 to 1.3 cm3/g, and a macropore volume (V100 nm) in the range 0.33 to 0.45 cm3/g, it being understood that the ratio between the mesopore volume and the macropore volume (V6 nm-100 nm/V100 nm) is in the range 1 to 5.

Abstract: A description is given of a process for hydrotreatment of at least one hydrocarbon feedstock having a weighted average temperature (WAT) of more than 380° C. using at least one catalyst containing at least one metal from Group VIB and/or at least one metal from Group VIII of the periodic table and a support containing an amorphous mesoporous alumina having a connectivity (Z) of more than 2.7, said hydrotreatment process operating at a temperature of between 250° C. and 430° C., at a total pressure of between 4 MPa and 20 MPa with a ratio of volume of hydrogen to volume of hydrocarbon feedstock of between 200 and 2 000 litres per litre and at an Hourly Volume Velocity (HVV) defined by the ratio of the volume flow of liquid hydrocarbon feedstock to the volume of catalyst fed into the reactor of between 0.5 and 5 h?1.

Abstract: Process for the elimination of mercury contained in a heavy hydrocarbon-containing feedstock downstream of a main fractionation unit, a process in which: a) the non-elemental mercury contained in the compounds of said feedstock is transformed to elemental mercury; b) a fractionation of said hydrocarbon-containing feedstock is carried out in a fractionation unit in order to produce a top effluent comprising elemental mercury; c) the top effluent obtained in stage b) is brought into contact with a mercury capture material contained in a unit for the capture of mercury, in order to obtain an effluent that is at least partially de-mercurized.

Abstract: A catalyst usable in hydrotreatment processes: an alumina-based amorphous support, phosphorus, a C1-C4 dialkyl succinate, acetic acid and a hydro-dehydrogenizing function of at least one group VIII element and at least one group VIB element, preferably made up of cobalt and molybdenum, a catalyst whose Raman spectrum comprises the most intense bands characteristic of the Keggin heteropolyanions (974 and/or 990 cm?1), C1-C4 dialkyl succinate and acetic acid (896 cm?1). Preferably, the dialkyl succinate concerned is dimethyl succinate and its main band is at 853 cm?1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst usable in hydrotreatment processes, which comprises an alumina-based amorphous support, phosphorus, a C1-C4 dialkyl succinate, acetic acid and a hydro-dehydrogenizing function comprising at least one group VIII element and at least one group VIB element, preferably made up of cobalt and molybdenum, a catalyst whose Raman spectrum comprises the most intense bands characteristic of the Keggin heteropolyanions (974 and/or 990 cm?1), C1-C4 dialkyl succinate and acetic acid (896 cm?1). Preferably, the dialkyl succinate concerned is dimethyl succinate and its main band is at 853 cm?1. The invention also relates to the method of preparing said catalyst, wherein a catalytic precursor comprising the group VIB and group VIII elements, in particular the molybdenum-cobalt pair, and phosphorus, introduced by impregnation, then dried at a temperature below 180° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for selective hydrogenation by bringing a so-called C2 fraction feedstock into contact with a fixed catalyst bed, whereby said catalyst comprises a substrate and a metal phase that consists of either gold or palladium and gold with a molar ratio of gold to palladium of greater than 5, whereby the contact is carried out in the presence of a solvent that comprises at least one aromatic hydrocarbon, whereby the products that are obtained at the end of the selective hydrogenation can be separated from the solvent by distillation.