Abstract: A method to produce high quality lube oil products involving hydrotreating a waxy feed to produce a hydrotreated feed and subsequently hydroisomerizing and hydrodewaxing the hydrotreated waxy feed.

Abstract: The present invention is a process for producing a distillate fuel heavier than gasoline. The process is a Fischer-Tropsch (hydrocarbon synthesis) process that includes using 13C NMR to measure cetane number and a cold flow property in order to optimize the process. Cold flow properties include cold filter plugging point, cloud point and pour point.

Abstract: The removal of metals, especially vanadium, from spent hydrofining catalyst is accomplished by a two-step process. Treatment with a gaseous sulfur-containing reagent brings the metals to the surface of the catalyst and converts them to sulfides, which are then efficiently removed by contact with a heteropoly acid such as molybdophosphoric acid. Treatment of deactivated hydrodesulfurization catalysts such as Co-Mo supported on alumina by this process results in substantially complete regeneration of catalytic activity.

Abstract: Contacting deactivated hydrodesulfurization catalyst, such as Co-Mo supported on alumina, with a heteropoly acid, such as molybdophosphoric acid or tungstosilicic acid, to which dilute hydrogen peroxide is added, results in a significant enhancement in the rate and extent of carbon and metals removal. Forms of deposited vanadium intractable by other treatments are also removed. The process results in substantially complete regeneration of catalytic activity.

Abstract: A novel electrochemical cell is disclosed which contains an alkali metal anode, an electrolyte and a chalcogenide cathode wherein the electrolyte is a solid composition containing an electrolytically active amount of one or more compounds having the formula:A.sub.x B.sub.y C.sub.2wherein A is an alkali metal, wherein B is an element selected from the group consisting of boron and aluminum, wherein C is a chalcogen, wherein x and y are each greater than zero and wherein x+3y=4. A preferred compound is LiBS.sub.2. A preferred cell is one having a lithium-containing anode, a titanium disulfide cathode-active material cathode and the mentioned electrolyte compound.

Abstract: A novel electrochemical cell is disclosed utilizing: (a) an anode which contains an alkali metal as an anode-active material; (b) a cathode and (c) an elyte comprising an electrolytically effective amount of one or more compounds having the formula:(AX).sub.m A'SCNwherein A is an alkali metal, X is a halogen, A' is an alkali metal and 0.1.ltoreq.n.ltoreq.10. Preferred systems include lithium-containing anodes, lithium-containing electrolytes and cathodes which contain cathode-active material selected from the group consisting of cathode-active sulfurs, halogens, halides, chromates, phosphates, oxides and chalcogenides, especially those chalcogenides of the empirical formula MZ.sub.m wherein M is one or more metals selected from the group consisting of iron, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, tantalum and vanadium, Z is one or more chalcogens selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, selenium and tellurium, and m is a numerical value between about 1.8 and about 3.2, e.g., TiS.sub.2.

Abstract: A novel electrochemical cell is disclosed utilizing: (a) an anode which contains as the anode-active material an alkali metal; (b) a cathode which contains as the cathode-active material a chalcogenide of the empirical formula M'Z.sub.n wherein M' is one or more metals selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium hafnium, niobium, tantalum and vanadium, Z is one or more chalcogens selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, selenium and tellurium, and n is a numerical value between about 1.8 and about 3.2; and (c) an electrolyte consisting essentially of one or more solid alkali metal aluminum tetrahalide compounds of the formula MAlX.sub.4 wherein M is an alkali metal and X is one or more halogens selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine and iodine. Preferred is the cell wherein the anode is lithium, the cathode contains as its cathode-active material TiS.sub.2, and the electrolyte consists essentially of LiAlCl.sub.4.

Abstract: Novel solid electrolyte compositions and novel electrochemical cells utilizing the novel electrolyte compositions are disclosed. The cells utilize: (a) an anode which contains as the anode-active material an alkali metal; (b) a cathode which contains as the cathode-active material a chalcogenide of the empirical formula M'A.sub.p wherein M' is one or more metals selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, tantalum and vanadium, A is one or more chalcogens selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, selenium and tellurium, and p is a numerical value between about 1.8 and about 3.2; and (c) a novel solid electrolyte composition which comprises one or more lithium-halogen-aluminum sulfate compounds of the formula LiI. x[Al.sub.2 (SO.sub.4).sub.3. nH.sub.2 O] wherein x is a numerical value representing the number of moles of Al.sub.2 (SO.sub.4).sub.3. nH.sub.2 O per mole of LiI, and wherein n is a numerical value representing the number of moles of H.sub.