Abstract: The invention relates to a process for conversion of hydrocarbons in the presence of at least one catalyst with controlled acidity, characterized in that the level of activity of said catalyst in isomerization of the cyclohexane is less than 0.10 and/or in that the ratio of toluene hydrogenation activity to the cyclohexane isomerization activity is greater than 10.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for converting a hydrocarbon fraction with a sulphur content of at least 0.1% by weight, an initial boiling point of at least 340° C. and an end point of at least 440° C., characterized in that it comprises the following steps: a) treating the hydrocarbon feed in a treatment section in the presence of hydrogen, said section comprising at least one three-phase reactor, containing at least one ebullated bed hydroconversion catalyst and operating in liquid and gas upflow mode; b) sending at least a portion of the effluent from step a) to a section for eliminating catalyst particles contained in said effluent; c) sending at least a portion of the effluent from step b) to a treatment section, treatment being carried out in the presence of hydrogen and optionally a hydrocarbon fraction from a fixed bed hydrotreatment step.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising an extruded essentially alumina-based support, constituted by a plurality of juxtaposed agglomerates partially in the form of packs of flakes and partially in the form of needles, and comprising at least one catalytic metal or a compound of a catalytic metal from group VIB, and/or optionally at least one catalytic metal or compound of a catalytic metal from group VIII. The catalyst also comprises at least one dopant selected from the group formed by boron, phosphorous, silicon (or a silica different from that subsequently added to the support) and halogens. The invention also relates to its use in a fixed bed reactor, for hydrorefining and hydroconverting hydrocarbon feeds.

Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of a catalyst comprising an extruded essentially alumina-based support, constituted by a plurality of juxtaposed agglomerates and partially in the form of packs of flakes and partially in the form of needles, and optionally comprising at least one catalytic metal or a compound of a catalytic metal from group VIB and/or at least one catalytic metal or compound of a catalytic metal from group VIII, further comprising at least one dopant selected from the group formed by boron, phosphorous, silicon (or a silica different from that which can be found in the support) and halogens, in an ebullating bed process and for hydrorefining and hydroconverting hydrocarbon feeds.

Abstract: A hydrotreatment process is carried out in at least two steps to hydrotreat a heavy hydrocarbon fraction containing asphaltenes, sulphur-containing impurities and metallic impurities, comprising a first hydrodemetallization step and a subsequent second hydrodesulphurization step, in which the hydrodemetallization step comprises one or more hydrodemetallization zones with fixed beds preceded by at least two hydrodemetallization guard zones (A) and (B), also with fixed beds, disposed in series for cyclic use consisting of successive repetition of steps b) and c) defined below.

Abstract: A process for converting a hydrocarbon fraction comprises a step a) for treating a hydrocarbon feed in the presence of hydrogen in at least one three-phase reactor (1), containing at least one ebullated bed hydroconversion catalyst, a step b) in which at least a portion of the effluent from step a) is sent to a separation zone (2) from which a fraction F1 normally containing at least a portion of the gas, gasoline and atmospheric gas oil contained in the effluent from step a) is recovered, and a fraction F2 is recovered normally principally containing compounds with boiling points of more than that of the atmospheric gas oil, a step c) for hydrodesulphurization of at least a portion of fraction F1 in at least on reactor (4) containing at least one fixed bed hydrotreatment catalyst under conditions for producing an effluent with a reduced sulphur content, and a step d) in which at least a portion of fraction F2 is sent to a catalytic cracking section (6).

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for conversion of hydrocarbons in the presence of at least one catalyst with controlled acidity, characterized in that the level of activity of said catalyst in isomerization of the cyclohexane is less than 0.10 and/or in that the ratio of toluene hydrogenation activity to the cyclohexane isomerization activity is greater than 10. The invention relates to a process of conversion of hydrocarbons in the presence of at least one catalyst with controlled acidity, characterized in that the level of activity of said catalyst in isomerization of the cyclohexane is less than 0.10 and/or in that the ratio of toluene hydrogenation activity to the cyclohexane isomerization activity is greater than 10.

Abstract: Process for converting a hydrocarbon fraction that is obtained from atmospheric distillation of a crude, comprising a vacuum distillation stage (a) of said feedstock that makes it possible to obtain a vacuum distillate and a vacuum residue; a stage b) for treating at least a portion of the vacuum distillate in the presence of hydrogen; a stage c) for treating at least a portion of the vacuum residue in the presence of hydrogen, whereby said stages b) and c) are each carried out in at least one separate triphase reactor that contains at least one ebullated-bed hydrotreatment catalyst that operates with an upward flow of liquid and gas; a stage d) in which at least a portion of the product that is obtained in stage b) is sent to an atmospheric distillation zone from which a light fraction and a heavier liquid fraction are recovered; a stage e) in which at least a portion of the product that is obtained in stage c) is sent to an atmospheric distillation zone from which a light fraction and a heavier liquid fract

Abstract: Process for converting a hydrocarbon fraction that is obtained from atmospheric distillation of a crude, comprising a vacuum distillation stage (a) of said feedstock that makes it possible to obtain a vacuum distillate and a vacuum residue; a stage b) for treating at least a portion of the vacuum distillate in the presence of hydrogen in at least one reactor that contains at least one fixed-bed hydrotreatment catalyst under conditions that make it possible to obtain a liquid effluent with a low sulfur content; a stage c) for treating at least a portion of the vacuum residue in the presence of hydrogen in at least one triphase reactor that contains at least one ebullated-bed hydrotreatment catalyst; a stage d) in which at least a portion of the product that is obtained in stage b) is sent to an atmospheric distillation zone from which a light fraction and a heavier liquid fraction are recovered; a stage e) in which at least a portion of the product that is obtained in stage c) is sent to an atmospheric distill

Abstract: A process for converting a hydrocarbon fraction includes a step a) for treating a hydrocarbon feed in the presence of hydrogen in at least on three-phase reactor, containing at least one hydroconversion catalyst in an ebullated bed, operating in riser mode of liquid and of gas, the reactor including at least one means located close to the bottom of the reactor for extracting catalyst from the reactor and at least one means located close to the top of the reactor for adding fresh catalyst to the reactor, a step b) for treating at least a portion of the effluent from step a) in the presence of hydrogen in at least one reactor containing at least one hydrotreatment catalyst in a fixed bed under conditions for producing an effluent with a reduced sulphur content, and a step c) in which at least a portion of the product from step b) is sent to a distillation zone from which a gaseous fraction, a gasoline type engine fuel fraction, a diesel type engine fuel fraction and a liquid fraction which is heavier than the d

Abstract: A process for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon feed, comprising subjecting said feed to hydrotreating conditions in the presence of a catalyst comprising an essentially alumina-based extruded support, essentially constituted by a plurality of juxtaposed agglomerates, optionally at least one catalytic metal or a compound of a catalytic metal from group VIB (group 6 of the new periodic table notation) and/or optionally, at least one catalytic metal or a compound of a catalytic metal from group VIII (group 8, 9 and 10 of the new periodic table notation), in which the sum S of the group VIB and VIII metals, expressed as the oxides, is 0% to 50% by weight, and wherein each of these agglomerates is partly in the form of packs of flakes and partly in the form of needles, said needles being uniformly dispersed both about the packs of flakes and between the flakes, in which the alumina agglomerates are obtained by forming a starting alumina originating from rapid dehydration of hydrargillite and in which the amount of alum

Abstract: A process for converting a heavy hydrocarbon fraction comprises a step a) for treating a hydrocarbon feed in a hydroconversion section in the presence of hydrogen, the section comprising at least one three-phase reactor containing at least one ebullated bed of hydroconversion catalyst operating in riser mode for liquid and for gas, said reactor comprising at least one means for extracting used catalyst from said reactor and at least one means for adding fresh catalyst to said reactor, b) a step for treating fresh catalyst and conditioning the catalyst using a process leading to a gain in the activity of the catalyst during treatment of the feed in said conversion reactor. This process for conditioning the catalyst before adding it to the reactor can comprise a step for impregnating the catalyst with a chemical substance, or a complete sulphurisation step, or a step for adding an additive mixed with the fresh catalyst which is added.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a catalyst comprising an extruded essentially alumina-based support, constituted by a plurality of juxtaposed agglomerates and partially in the form of packs of flakes and partially in the form of needles, and optionally comprising at least one catalytic metal or a compound of a catalytic metal from group VIB, and/or optionally at least one catalytic metal or compound of a catalytic metal from group VIII, in an ebullating bed process and for hydrorefining and hydroconverting hydrocarbon feeds.

Abstract: A process for converting a heavy hydrocarbon fraction comprises treating the hydrocarbon feed in a hydrodemetallization section, the section containing at least one fixed bed hydrodemetallization catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising an extruded essentially alumina-based support, constituted by a plurality of juxtaposed agglomerates and partially in the form of packs of flakes and partially in the form of needles, and optionally comprising at least one catalytic metal or a compound of a catalytic metal from group VIB, and/or optionally at least one catalytic metal or compound of a catalytic metal from group VIII. The invention also relates to its use in a fixed bed reactor, for hydrorefining and hydroconverting hydrocarbon feeds.

Abstract: A process for converting a heavy hydrocarbon fraction comprises treating the hydrocarbon feed in a hydroconversion section in the presence of hydrogen, the section comprising at least one three-phase reactor containing at least one ebullated bed hydroconversion catalyst, operating in liquid and gas riser mode, said reactor comprising at least one means for removing catalyst from said reactor and at least one means for adding fresh catalyst to said reactor.

Abstract: A process for converting a heavy hydrocarbon fraction comprises treating the hydrocarbon feed in a hydrodemetallization section, the section comprising at least one fixed bed hydrodemetallization catalyst.

Abstract: Intensive hydrofining of petroleum fractions wherein an at least partly together with hydrogen circulate in a given direction, in at least one reactor containing at least one fixed bed of a hydrofining catalyst in solid form, is characterized in that the reactor is equipped with at least one inlet pipe for the mixture of the petroleum fraction and hydrogen and at least one outlet pipe for the resultant hydrofined petroleum fraction, and that at least one static mixer is positioned upstream from said outlet of the hydrofined petroleum fraction.

Abstract: A device for testing the development of processes or chemical reactions in the presence of solid catalysts comprising a reactor of cylindrical shape, of inside diameter D and of length L, such that 50<L/D<150. The reactor having a preferred D of 10-40 mm also includes a sheathed thermometer arranged substantially along the axis of the reactor.