Abstract: An apparatus for the treatment of solid particles having a substantially circular metal coil with at least two turns helically would around a vertical axis and a central shaft, a lateral pipe for introducing particles and a lateral pipe for drawing off particles, a low voltage current tapping point for heating a turn of the coil by Joule effect to 20.degree.-1000.degree. C., an assembly of two pipes with a lateral pipe for introducing a fluid and a lateral pipe for drawing off a fluid such that the fluid can flow through at least one turn of the coil and means for imparting vibrations to the shaft and coil to advance the particles.

Abstract: For the treatment of solid catalyst or adsorbent particles, particles are urged upwardly in at least one vibrating helical coil having at least two pitches or turns, the particles being subjected to a temperature profile on most of their path within the coil and being contacted with at least one fluid over at least part of their path. At least one pitch or turn of the coil is heated by the Joule effect at a temperature between 20.degree. and 1000.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the isomerization of external olefins to internal olefins, the feedstock also containing diolefins, using a palladium based catalyst which contains 0.05% to 10% by weight of sulphur, said catalyst being treated before loading into the reactor with at least one organic sulphur-containing compound dissolved in a solvent, then activated in a neutral or reducing atmosphere at a temperature of between 20.degree. C. and 300.degree. C., before being brought into contact with the feedstock.

Abstract: For removing mercury and any arsenic in hydrocarbon charges containing mercury and sulfur, the charge is contacted with an arsenic collecting material having catalytic properties ("catalyst") in hydrogen, the material containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, iron, palladium, and platinum; at least one metal selected from the group consisting of chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, and uranium; and an active phase carrier. Downstream of the catalyst or mixed therewith is a mercury collecting material containing a sulfide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of copper, iron, and silver or sulfur, and an active phase carrier.

Abstract: For the impregnation into the pores of a hydrocarbon treatment catalyst of a sulfurizing agent chosen from element sulfur and organic polysulfides with the aid of a solvent, the impregnation process totally or partially comprises a constituent of the olefin or olefin fraction type, e.g., of the vegetable oil type, or a similar constituent. The use of such a constituent makes it possible to significantly reduce the exothermal effect which occurs during presulfurization, compared with the exothermal effects obtained without using such a constituent.

Abstract: A method of hydrocracking charges emanating from the Fischer-Tropsch process, in which:(a) hydrogen is reacted with the charge in contact with a catalyst 1 in a first reaction zone, the said catalyst 1 comprising at least one alumina-based matrix and at least one hydro-dehydrogenation component;(b) the effluent from the first reaction zone is put into contact with a catalyst 2 in a second reaction zone, the said catalyst 2 comprising:20 to 97% by weight of at least one matrix;3 to 80% by weight of at least one Y zeolite in hydrogen form,the said zeolite being characterized by an SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 molar ratio of over 4.5:1, a sodium content of less than 1% by weight determined on a zeolite calcined at 1100.degree. C.; an a.sub.o crystal parameter of the elemental mesh of less than 24.70.times.10.sup.-10 m; and a specific surface area determined by the BET method of over 400 m.sup.2.g.sup.-1 ;and at least one hydro-dehydrogenation component.

Abstract: For Hydroisomerizering charges emanating from the Fischer-Tropsch process:a) hydrogen is reacted with the charge in contact with a catalyst 1 in a first reaction zone, the catalyst 1 comprising at least one alumina-based matrix and at least one hydro-dehydrogenation component andb) the effluent from the first reaction zone is put into contact with a catalyst 2 in a second reaction zone, the catalyst 2 comprising:20 to 97% by weight of at least one matrix,3 to 80% by weight of at least one Y zeolite in hydrogen form, the zeolite being characterized by an SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 molar ratio of over 4.5; a sodium content of less than 1% by weight determined at 1100.degree. C. under calcining conditions; an a.sub.o crystal parameter of the elemental mesh of less than 24.70.times.10.sup.-10 m; and a specific surface area determined by the BET method of over 400 m.sup.2.g.sup.-1, andat least one hydro-dehydrogenation component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing an alkylbenzene from benzene and an aliphatic mono-olefin in the presence of a catalyst based on a dealuminized Y zeolite with a molar ratio SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 ranging from 8 to 70, the product of this reaction being afterwards fractionated into a first fraction containing non converted benzene and a mono-alkylbenzene and a second fraction containing a poly-alkylbenzene, said second fraction reacting then with benzene in the presence of a catalyst based on a dealuminized mordenite with a total atomic ratio Si/Al ranging from 30 to 80. The invention especially applies to the production of ethylbenzene and cumene respectively from ethylene and propene.

Abstract: A process for dewaxing of petroleum fractions involves contacting a petroleum fraction charge under appropriate dewaxing conditions with a catalyst containing a zeolite of the MFI structure or a silica with MFI framework topology, the zeolite or the silica having been synthesized in a fluoride medium and having a fluoride content between approximately 0.02 and 1.5% by weight and being characterized by an X-ray diffraction diagram as shown in Table 1 of the specification, a matrix and at least one group VIII or VI B metal of the periodic classification of elements.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for dewaxing an atomspheric or a vacuum gas oil in the presence of at least one catalyst comprising:a/ 2 to 99.4% by weight of a synthetic crystalline zeolite of the ferrisilicate type, the approximate chemical formula of the zeolite being M.sub.2/n O, Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, xSiO.sub.2 where M represents a proton and/or a metal cation, n is the valence of M and x is a number ranging from 40 to 1,000, the zeolite having been synthetized in a fluoride medium and showing a fluorine content ranging from about 0.01 to 1.6% by weight, the zeolite having an X-ray diffraction diagram represented in Table 1 of the description;b/ 0.1 to 97.5% by weight of a matrix; andc/ at least one promoter selected from the group consisting of Pd, Pt, NiO, CoO, MoO.sub.3 and WO.sub.3.

Abstract: The invention concerns a catalyst containing by weight:(a) from 10 to 99.99% of a mordenite being in major part shaped as needles and having a Si/Al atomic ratio of about 5 to 50, a benzene adsorption capacity of more than 5% by weight with respect to the dry mordenite weight, a volume V of a unit cell from 2.73 to 2,78 nm.sup.3, a sodium content by weight lower than 0.2% and adsorbing molecules of a kinetic diameter larger than about 6.6.times.10.sup.-10 m,(b) from 0 to 89.99% of a matrix,(c) from 0.005 to 15% of at least one metal from group VIII, and(d) from 0.005 to 10% of at least one metal from group IV A.The catalyst is used for hydroisomerizing cuts containing a high proportion of normal paraffins having 4, 5, 6 or 7 carbon atoms per molecule to obtain with a good conversion and selectivity a mixture containing a high proportion of isoparaffins.

Abstract: The invention involves a process comprising regenerating a catalyst comprising (a) a support containing at least one oxide of a metal or metalloid and (b) at least one active metal, said process comprising in a first stage treating said catalyst in the absence of hydrogen with at least one sulfurizing agent comprising a polysulfide of the formulaR--S.sub.(n) --R'wherein n is 2 to 20, R is an organic radical of 1-150 carbon atoms per molecule and R' is independently a radical as defined for R or a hydrogen atom, whereby said agent is incorporated at least in part in said catalyst, in a first portion of a second stage, treating the catalyst in the absence of hydrogen and in the presence of steam, moist air or moist inert gas, at a temperature up to 275.degree. C., and, in a second portion of the second stage, treating the catalyst in the presence of hydrogen at a temperature of at least 275.degree. C., wherein in the first stage a nitrogen compound is added.

Abstract: The invention concerns a catalyst containing by weight:(a) from 10 to 99.99% of a mordenite being in major part shaped as needles and having a Si/Al atomic ratio of about 5 to 50, a benzene adsorption capacity of more than 5% by weight with respect to the dry mordenite weight, a volume V of elementary mesh from 2.73 to 2.78 nm.sup.3, a sodium content by weight lower than 0.2% and adsorbing molecules of a kinetic diameter larger than about 6.6.times.10.sup.-10 m,(b) from 0 to 89,99% of a matrix,(c) from 0,005 to 15% of at least one metal from group VIII, and(d) from 0,005 to 10% of at least one metal from group IV A.The catalyst is used for hydroisomerizing cuts containing a high proportion of normal paraffins having 4, 5, 6 or 7 carbon atoms per molecule to obtain with a good conversion and selectivity a mixture containing a high proportion of isoparaffins.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a new decationized, dealuminated and stabilized zeolite of L type, characterized particularly by:a total SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 molar ratio of at least 8,a potassium content lower than 2.9% by weight,parameters a and c of the elementary mesh respectively lower than 1.836 nm and 0.754 nm,a nitrogen adsorption capacity at 77 K, for a partial pressure P/Ps of 0.19, higher than 11% by weight,a benzene adsorption capacity at 30.degree. C., for a partial pressure P/Ps of 0.25, higher than 8.5% by weight, anda lattice of mesopores whose radii, measured by nitrogen adsorption-desorption at 77 K according to the BJH method, range from 0.8 nm to 20 nm.

Abstract: This invention concerns an omega type zeolite of high thermal stability, present in the form of hexagonal prismatic monocrystals having scored or plane faces of 0.1 .mu.m in edge and 0.5 to 5 .mu.m in length, this zeolite being obtained through crystallization from a mother solution containing a silica source, alumina, metallic oxide, an organic cation and water, in which the alumina source is a crystalline aluminosilicate of which at least one part is in suspension in the mother solution. In its acid form this zeolite can be used as catalyst for hydration of olefins and isomeric change of xylenes.

Abstract: The invention concerns a hydrocarbon cracking catalyst containing a mixture of amorphous matrix with a zeolite, the zeolite having a SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 molar ratio ranging from about 8 to 70, a sodium content lower than 0.15% by weight, a parameter a.sub..degree. of elementary mesh from 24.55 to 24.24.times.10.sup.-10 m, a capacity C.sub.Na to retake sodium ions, expressed in grams of sodium per 100 grams of modified zeolite, higher than 0.85, a specific surface higher than 400 m.sup.2.g.sup.-1, a sodium ion uptake steam adsorption capacity at 25.degree. C. (with a P/Po ratio of 0.10) higher than 6% by weight, a pore distribution such that from 1 to 20% of the pore volume is pores of a diameter ranging from 20 to 80.10.sup.-10 m, the remaining pore volume being essentially pores of a diameter lower than 20.10.sup.-10 m, the matrix being characterized by the following textural properties:S .gtoreq.100 m.sup.2.g.sup.-1TPV .gtoreq.0.4 cm.sup.3.g.sup.-1PV.sub.75 .gtoreq.0.25 cm.sup.3.g.sup.-1PV.sub.

Abstract: The invention concerns a new stabilized and dealuminated zeolite of OMEGA structure, characterized by:a total SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 molar ratio of at least 10,a sodium content lower than 0.5% by weight,a and c parameters of elementary mesh respectively lower than 1.814 nm and 0.759 nm,a nitrogen adsorption capacity at 77 K higher than about 5% by weight for a partial pressure P/P.sub.o of 0.19,a lattice of mesopores whose radii range preferably from 1.5 to 14 nm.This zeolite can be used in admixture with a convenient matrix in reactions of hydrocarbon conversion.

Abstract: The invention concerns a catalyst comprising:(a) a carrier containing at least 20% by weight of a fluorinated bridged clay of the smectite group,(b) an amorphous matrix containing at least 10% by weight of alumina, and(c) at least one group VIII metal or metal compound or an association of at least one group VI B metal or metal compound with at least one metal or compound of a metal selected from group VIII non-noble metal. The metals amount, calculated as oxide(s), in proportion to the final catalyst weight, is from 0.01 to 5% for the group VIII noble metals, from 0.01 to 20% for group VIII non-noble metals and from 5 to 40% for the association of group VI B metals with group VII non-noble metals.The carrier amount is such that the florinated bridged clay content of the final catalyst is at least 12% by weight; the matrix amount forms the complement to 100% by weight of the catalyst.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new hydrocarbon hydroconversion catalyst, which is a mixture of an amorphous matrix, a zeolite and at least one metal of Group VIII and optionally of Group VI, the zeolite having a SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 molar ratio of about between 8 and 70, a sodium content of less than 0.15% by weight, a unit mesh parameter a.sub..degree. of between 24.55 and 24.24.times.10.sup.-10 m, a sodium ion recovery capacity C.sub.Na, expressed in grams of sodium per 100 grams of modified zeolite, greater than 0.85, a specific surface area greater than 400 m.sup.2 g.sup.-1, a water vapor adsorption capacity at 25.degree. C. (with a P/Po ratio of 0.10) greater than 6% by weight, a pore distribution between 1 and 20% of the pore volume contained essentially in pores of diameters between 20 and 80.times.10.sup.-10m, the remaining pore volume being contained essentially in pores of diameters less than 20.times.10.sup.-10 m, the matrix being characterized by the following textural properties:S.gtoreq.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel hydrocarbon hydroconversion catalyst. This catalyst is a mixture of a matrix and a zeolite, the zeolite having a molar ratio SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 comprised between about 8 and 70, a sodium content below 0.15% by weight, a parameter a of the elementary mesh comprised between 24.55.times.10.sup.-10 m and 24.24.times.10.sup.-10 m, a sodium ion take-up capacity C.sub.Na expressed in grams of sodium per 100 grams of the modified zeolite, higher than 0.85%, a specific surface higher than 400 m.sup.2.g.sup.-1, a water vapor adsorption capacity at 25.degree. C. (at a P/Po ratio equal to 0.10) higher than 6%, a pore distribution comprised between 1 to 20% of the pore volume, contained in pores of diameter situated between 20 and 80.times.10.sup.-10 m, the remainder of the volume being essentially contained in pores of diameter less than 20.times.10.sup.-10 m.