Abstract: This invention relates to doped catalysts on an aluminosilicate substrate with a low content of macropores and the hydrocracking/hydroconversion and hydrotreatment processes that use them. The catalyst comprises at least one hydro-dehydrogenating element that is selected from the group that is formed by the elements of group VIB and group VIII of the periodic table and a dopant in a controlled quantity that is selected from among phosphorus, boron, and silicon and a non-zeolitic substrate with a silica-alumina base that contains a quantity of more than 15% by weight and of less than or equal to 95% by weight of silica (SiO2).

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preparing a crystalline metalloaluminosilicate by direct synthesis using at least one source of aluminium and, as the source of silicon and as the source of at least one other metal M, at least one lamellar siliceous material containing metals in its framework. The invention also concerns the novel solids obtained, in particular solids with a given zeolitic structure containing particular metals in its zeolitic framework.

Abstract: The invention concerns a crystalline solid, designated ITQ-31, which has the X ray diffraction diagram given below. Said solid has a chemical composition, expressed as the anhydrous base in terms of moles of oxide, defined by the general formula XO2: mYO2:pZ2O3:qR:sF, in which R represents an organic nitrogen-containing template, X represents one or more tetravalent elements other than germanium, Y represents germanium, Z represents at least one trivalent element and F is fluorine.

Abstract: The invention concerns a novel crystalline solid UVL-1 which has an X ray diffraction diagram containing at least the following characteristic peaks: dhkl (A) 2theta (°) I/I0 11.69 7.55 mw to vs 7.50 11.79 vw to w 5.76 15.36 w to mw 3.70 24.00 m to s 3.57 24.91 s 3.36 26.49 vs 3.14 28.48 w to mw 2.50 35.88 vw 2.41 37.30 vw and with a chemical composition, expressed as the anhydrous compound, in terms of moles of oxide: ?(XO2):(Y2O3)m:(Z2/nO)p in which: X represents at least one tetravalent element selected from the group formed by Si, Ge; Y represents at least one trivalent element selected from Al, B, Cr, Ga; Z represents at least one cation with valency n; and in which: n is in the range 2 to 4, m is in the range 0 to 0.2, preferably in the range 0 to 0.05, and p is in the range 0 to 0.2, preferably in the range 0 to 0.05.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for synthesis of lamellar solids based on silicates comprising: i) a mixing stage, during which a mixture that comprises an alkaline metal, a silica source, water and an organic structuring agent is prepared, and ii) a crystallization stage during which this mixture is kept under conditions allowing the formation of a crystalline solid. The organic structuring agent that is used in this process comprises an alcohol group and an amine group that are separated by a hydrocarbon chain.

Abstract: Hydrocracking process for the conversion of a hydrocarbon feedstock that comprises a hydrorefining stage, in which the feedstock is brought into contact with the hydrogen in the presence of a hydrorefining catalyst at a temperature T1, a separation stage in which at least a portion of the converted products that are formed during the hydrorefining stage and a fraction that comprises the unconverted products are separated, and a hydrocracking stage in which the fraction that comprises the unconverted products is at least in part brought into contact with hydrogen in the presence of an amorphous hydrocracking catalyst that comprises a substrate, palladium and platinum, at a temperature T2 that is less than T1, whereby the difference between T1 and T2 is between 5 and 50° C., preferably between 10 and 40° C., and more preferably between 15 and 30° C.

Abstract: Process for transforming a gas-oil fraction that makes it possible to produce a fuel that has a quality according to stringent requirements in terms of sulfur content, aromatic compound content, cetane number, boiling point, T95, of 95% of the compounds and density, d15/4, at 15° C. This process comprises a hydrorefining stage and a hydrocracking stage, whereby the latter uses a catalyst that contains at least one zeolite. The conversion of products that have a boiling point of less than 150° C. is, throughout the two stages of hydrocracking and hydrorefining, less than 40% by weight and, for the hydrorefining stage, between 1 and 15% by weight. The temperature, TR2, of the hydrocracking stage is less than the temperature, TR1, of the hydrorefining stage, and the variation between temperatures TR1 and TR2 is between 0 and 80° C.

Abstract: This invention relates to silico-aluminum substrates, catalysts, and the hydrocracking and hydrotreatment processes that use them.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved hydrocracking process, of hydrocarbon charges, in two-stages with intermediate separation, in which the second-stage of hydrocracking is carried out in the presence of an added nitrogen content which is greater than 110 ppm by weight.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved process for hydrocracking into a stage of hydrocarbon feedstocks, using in a first reaction zone a pretreatment catalyst that exhibits a low acidity according to a standard activity test and an amorphous acid catalyst for hydrocracking that is free of zeolite in a second reaction zone that is located downstream from the first.

Abstract: Process for transforming a gas oil fraction that makes it possible to produce a fuel that has a quality according to stringent requirements in terms of sulfur content, aromatic compound content, cetane number, boiling point, T95, of 95% of the compounds and density, d15/4, at 15° C. This process comprises a hydrorefining stage and a subsequent stage, whereby the latter uses a catalyst that is selected from the group that consists of hydrorcfining catalysts and catalysts that comprise at least one mixed oxide, a metal of group VIB, and a non-noble metal of group VIII. The conversion of products that have a boiling point of less than 150° C. is, for the hydrorefining stage, between 1 and 15% by weight. The temperature, TR2, of the subsequent stage is less than the temperature, TR1, of the hydrorefining stage, and the variation between temperatures TR1 and TR2 is between 0 and 80° C.

Abstract: A device for eliminating nitrogen oxides in an exhaust line of a lean-burn internal-combustion engine (1) a NOx trap (3) for trapping the nitrogen oxides, a system for regenerating the nitrogen oxides when the NOx trap is saturated, a hydrocarbon treating catalyst (2) placed upstream from the NOx trap (3), a hydrocarbon injector (4) placed upstream from hydrocarbon treating catalyst (2), a probe (7) for measuring the gas mixture strength. The hydrocarbon treating catalyst (2) is a partial (or controlled) hydrocarbon oxidation catalyst that cooperates with the NOx trap (3) for trapping the nitrogen oxides and that allows to obtain, at the outlet thereof, gases with a low oxygen (O2) concentration and with high carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2) concentrations. A control unit is furthermore provided for recording and processing data coming from various detectors and/or stored in order to carry out effective regeneration of the NOx trap (3) without disrupting the smooth running of the engine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for controlled injection of hydrocarbons into an exhaust line of a lean-burn internal-combustion engine, comprising catalytic elimination of the nitrogen oxides. The process according to the invention consists in injecting a certain amount of hydrocarbons upstream from the catalytic elimination, periodically and for a short time interval, by means of pulsed hydrocarbon injections. The frequency and the amplitude of the hydrocarbon pulses are preferably controlled according to the running conditions of the engine.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for reducing emissions of oxides of nitrogen in a medium which is super-stoichiomeitric in oxidising agents, comprising: a) a step for oxidising at least a portion of the oxides of nitrogen in the presence of an oxidation material; b) a step for injecting organic compounds which comprise at least one atom selected from carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen; c) a step for adsorbing at least a portion of the organic compounds onto an adsorption material in the form of molecular species and/or carbonaceous residues; d) a step for selective reduction of at least a portion of the oxides of nitrogen to molecular nitrogen by at least a portion of the molecular species and/or carbonaceous residues formed on the adsorption material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for reducing oxides of nitrogen to molecular nitrogen in a medium which is superstoichiometric in oxidizing agent using reducing agents in the presence of a catalyst comprising:at least one refractory inorganic oxide at least in part constituted by a zeolite from the group formed by NU-86, NU-87 and EU-1;optionally, at least one element (A) from groups VIB, VIIB, VIII and IB, the transition metals;optionally, at least one element (B) from group VIII, the noble metals comprising platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and palladium;and optionally at least one element (C) from group IIA, the alkaline-earths and/or group IIIB, the rare earths.