U.S. patent number 3,867,282 [Application Number 05/455,442] was granted by the patent office on 1975-02-18 for process for oil demetalation and desulfurization with cobalt-molybdenum impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Mobil Oil Corporation. Invention is credited to Julius Ciric, Ronald H. Fischer, Thaddeus E. Whyte, Jr..
United States Patent |
3,867,282 |
Fischer , et al. |
February 18, 1975 |
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PROCESS FOR OIL DEMETALATION AND DESULFURIZATION WITH
COBALT-MOLYBDENUM IMPREGNATED MAGNESIUM ALUMINATE SPINEL
Abstract
A catalyst composition is provided which comprises a
cobalt-molybdenum impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel having a
surface area of greater than about 50m.sup.2 /g and a pore volume
of greater than about 0.3 cc/g. Also provided is a process for
demetalation and desulfurization of oil stock which comprises
contacting said oil stock in the presence of hydrogen with a
catalytically effective amount of said cobalt-molybdenum
impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel at a temperature of from
about 600.degree.F to about 1,000.degree.F and a liquid hourly
space velocity of from about 0.1 to about 2.
Inventors: |
Fischer; Ronald H. (Cherry
Hill, NJ), Ciric; Julius (Pitman, NJ), Whyte, Jr.;
Thaddeus E. (Cherry Hill, NJ) |
Assignee: |
Mobil Oil Corporation (New
York, NY)
|
Family
ID: |
23808826 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/455,442 |
Filed: |
March 27, 1974 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
208/216PP;
208/251H; 208/216R |
Current CPC
Class: |
B01J
23/882 (20130101); B01J 35/10 (20130101); B01J
35/1042 (20130101); B01J 35/1061 (20130101); B01J
35/1047 (20130101); B01J 35/1038 (20130101); C10G
2300/107 (20130101); B01J 35/1019 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
B01J
23/882 (20060101); B01J 23/76 (20060101); C10G
45/02 (20060101); B01J 35/00 (20060101); B01J
35/10 (20060101); C10G 45/08 (20060101); C10g
023/02 () |
Field of
Search: |
;208/216,217,213,251H |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Gantz; Delbert E.
Assistant Examiner: Crasanakis; G. J.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Huggett; Charles A. Barclay;
Raymond W. Santini; Dennis P.
Claims
1. A process for demetalation and desulfurization of an oil stock
which comprises contacting said oil stock with hydrogen and with a
cobalt-molybdenum impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel at a
temperature of from about 600.degree.F to about 1,000.degree.F, a
pressure of from about 1,000 psig to about 3,000 psig and a liquid
hourly space velocity of from about 0.1 to about 2, said spinel
having a surface area of greater than about 50 m.sup.2 /g and a
pore volume of greater than about 0.3 cc/g.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein the temperature is from about
675.degree.F to about 800.degree.F, the pressure is from about
1,800 psig to about 3,000 psig and the liquid hourly space velocity
is from about
3. The process of claim 1 wherein said oil stock is a residual oil
comprising a total nickel and vanadium content of between about 1
ppm and
4. The process of claim 3 wherein the temperature is from about
675.degree.F to about 800.degree.F, the pressure is from about
1,800 psig to about 3,000 psig and the liquid hourly space velocity
is from about
5. The process of claim 3 wherein said residual oil comprises a
total
6. The process of claim 5 wherein the temperature is from about
675.degree.F to about 800.degree.F, the pressure is from about
1,800 psig to about 3,000 psig and the liquid hourly space velocity
is from about
7. The process of claim 1 wherein said oil stock is a high boiling
range
8. The process of claim 7 wherein the temperature is from about
675.degree.F to about 800.degree.F, the pressure is from about
1,800 psig to about 3,000 psig and the liquid hourly space velocity
is from about
9. The process of claim 1 wherein said oil stock includes
components
10. The process of claim 9 wherein the temperature is from about
675.degree.F to about 800.degree.F, the pressure is from about
1,800 psig to about 3,000 psig and the liquid hourly space velocity
is from about
11. The process of claim 1 wherein said oil stock is a crude oil
comprising a total nickel and vanadium content of between about 1/2
ppm and about 75
12. The process of claim 11 wherein the temperature is from about
675.degree.F to about 800.degree.F, the pressure is from about
1,800 psig to about 3,000 psig and the liquid hourly space velocity
is from about
13. The process of claim 1 wherein said cobalt and molybdenum
impregnated
14. The process of claim 13 wherein said cobalt oxide comprises
from about 1 to about 5 weight percent of said cobalt-molybdenum
impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel and said molybdenum oxide
comprises from about 8 to about 20 weight percent of said
cobalt-molybdenum impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a catalyst composition and process for
demetalation and desulfurization of oil stock, e.g. residua. More
particularly, it relates to a catalyst composition of
cobalt-molybdenum impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel and a
process for residua demetalation and desulfurization which
comprises contacting said residua with said catalyst of
cobalt-molybdenum impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel in the
presence of hydrogen.
2. Description of Prior Art
Residual petroleum oil fractions containing relatively high
proportions of metals, such as those heavy fractions produced by
atmospheric and vacuum crude distillation columns, would represent
excellent charge stocks for a cracking process were it not for
their high metals content. Principal metal contaminants are nickel
and vanadium, with iron and copper also sometimes present.
Additionally, trace amounts of zinc and sodium may be present.
Since these metals, when present in crude oil, are associated with
very large hydrocarbon molecules, the heavier fractions produced by
crude distillation contain substantially all the metals present in
the crude, such metals being particularly concentrated in the
asphaltene residual fraction. The metal contaminants are typically
large organo-metallic complexes such as metal porphyrins.
At present, cracking operations are performed on petroleum
fractions lighter than residua fractions. Typical cracking charge
stocks are coker and/or crude unit gas oil, vacuum tower overhead,
etc., the feedstock having an API gravity range of between about 15
and about 45. Since these charge stocks are lighter than residual
hydrocarbon fractions, such residual fractions being characterized
as having an API gravity of less than about 25, they do not contain
significant proportions of the heavy and large molecules in which
the metals are concentrated.
When metals are present in a cracking unit charge stock, such
metals are deposited on the cracking catalyst. The metals act as a
catalyst poison and greatly decrease the efficiency of the cracking
process by altering the catalyst so that it promotes increased
hydrogen production.
Sulfur is also undesirable in a cracking unit charge stock. The
sulfur contributes to corrosion of the unit's mechanical equipment
and creates difficulties in treating products and flue gases. At
typical cracking conversion rates, about one-half of the sulfur
charge to such a unit is converted to H.sub.2 S gas which must be
removed from the gasoline product, usually by scrubbing with an
amine stream. A large portion of the remaining sulfur is deposited
on the cracking catalyst itself. When the catalyst is regenerated,
at least a portion of this sulfur is oxidized to form SO.sub.2 or
SO.sub.3 gas which must be removed from the flue gas which is
normally discharged into the atmosphere.
In the past, high molecular weight, e.g. residual, stocks
containing sulfur and metals have often been processed in a cokerto
effectively remove metals and also some of the sulfur. However,
there are limits to the amount of metals and sulfur which can be
tolerated in the product coke if it is to be marketable. Hence,
there is a considerable need to develop economically practicable
means for effecting the removal and recovery of metallic and sulfur
contaminants from high boiling fractions of petroleum oils so that
conversion of such contaminated oils to more desirable product may
be effectively accomplished. The present application is
particularly concerned with the removal of metal and sulfur
contaminants from residua.
It has been proposed to improve the salability of high sulfur and
metal content residual-containing petroleum oils by a variety of
hydroprocessing methods, e.g. hydrodesulfurization and
hydrometalation. However, difficulty has been experienced in
achieving a commercially feasible catalytic hydroprocessing
process. Short catalyst life in such processes is manifested by
inability of a catalyst to maintain a relatively high capability
for desulfurizing charge stock with increasing quantities of coke
and/or metallic contaminants deposited thereon which act as
catalyst poisons. Satisfactory catalyst life can be obtained
relatively easily with distillate oils, but is especially difficult
to obtain in desulfurizing residual oils, since the asphaltenic or
porphyrinic components of an oil, which tend to form
disproportionate amounts of coke, are concentrated in the residual
fractions of a petroleum oil, and since a relatively high
proportion of the metallic contaminants that normally tend to
poison catalysts are commonly found in the asphaltene components of
the oil. Further, on a commercial scale, these processes are rather
costly due to high hydrogen consumption levels. It is, therefore,
advantageous to provide a demetalation/desulfurization process such
as the present invention which exhibits superior demetalation
characteristics, good desulfurization benefits, low hydrogen
consumption and satisfactory ageing properties.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,716,479 and 3,772,185 propose demetalation of a
hydrogen charge stock by contacting the charge stock with added
hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst material derived from a
manganese nodule.
British Pat. Nos. 1,318,941 and 1,318,942 teach use of zinc,
magnesium, beryllium of calcium aluminate spinels combined, after
calcination, with a Group VIII metal, such as, for example,
platinum, as a dehydrogenation catalyst.
Demetalation of hydrocarbon fractions is taught in U.S. Pat. No.
2,902,429 as contacting said fractions with a catalyst having a
relatively small amount of a sulfur-resistant
hydrogenation-dehydrogenation component disposed on a low surface
area carrier, i.e. a carrier with a surface area of not more than
15m.sup.2 /g, and preferably not more than about 3m.sup.2 /g.
Examples of such low surface area carriers include diatomaceous
earth, natural clays and Alundum.
There are numerous references in the art showing various metals
combined with carriers such as alumina, silica, zirconia or titania
as catalysts for use in demetalation and/or desulfurization
processes. No references are known to the applicants which teach
the present invention with its attendant benefits.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, an oil stock, e.g.
residua, is demetalized and desulfurized by contacting it in the
presence of hydrogen with a particular porous solid material
catalyst identified as a magnesium aluminate spinel having a
relatively high surface area and pore volume and having impregnated
thereon both cobalt and molybdenum, at a temperature of from about
600.degree.F to about 1,000.degree.F and a liquid hourly space
velocity of from about 0.1 to about 2.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The process of the present invention comprises contacting an oil
stock, e.g. residua, with a particular specified catalyst in the
presence of hydrogen to produce an upgraded demetalized and
desulfurized oil.
The oil stock which may be treated in accordance with this
invention may generally be any residual oil comprising a total
nickel and vanadium content of between about 1 ppm and about 150
ppm, or, more usually, between about 1 ppm and about 60 ppm. Said
oil stock may also be found to be a high boiling range residual oil
boiling above about 400.degree.F. Such oil stock may include
components obtained by, for example, fractionation, such as
atmospheric or vacuum crude distillation, of crude oils.
Non-limiting examples of said crude oils are Pennsylvania,
Midcontinent, Gulf Coast, West Texas, Amal, Agha Jari, Kuwait,
Barco, Arabian and others. Said oil stock may be one having a
substantial portion thereof of the fractionation product of one or
more of the above mentioned crude oils mixed with other oil
stocks.
It is further observed that the present process may be effectively
utilized for crude oil demetalation and desulfurization whens aid
crude oil comprises a total nickel and vanadium content of between
about 1/2 ppm and about 75 ppm. Also, the oil stock to be treated
in accordance herewith may be comprised of a portion of an above
defined crude oil with a portion of an above defined residua
oil.
The catalyst material of the present invention is a
cobalt-molybdenum impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel having a
surface area of greater than about 50 m.sup.2 /g and up to about
300 m.sup.2 /g and higher and a pore volume of greater than about
0.3 cc/g and up to about 1.3 cc/g and higher.
The impregnated cobalt and molybdenum may be in the salt or oxide
form or in elemental form with little or no effect upon the
efficiency of the present process. The preferred form, however, is
the oxide form of cobalt and molybdenum with the impregnated
catalyst being comprised of from about 1 to about 5 weight percent
cobalt oxide (CoO) and from about 8 to about 20 weight percent
molybdenum oxide (MoO.sub.3). A particularly preferred composition
would have from about 2 to about 4 weight percent CoO and from
about 10 to about 15 weight percent MoO.sub.3.
These catalyst materials may be made according to procedures well
known in the art (exemplified hereinafter) and may be, if desired,
dehydrated, at least partially, before use in the present process.
Such dehydration can be accomplished by heating to a temperature in
the range of 200.degree. to 600.degree.C in an inert atmosphere,
such as air, nitrogen, etc. and at atmospheric or subatmospheric
pressures for between 1 and 48 hours. Dehydration can also be
performed at lower temperatures merely by placing the catalyst in a
vacuum, but a longer time is required to obtain a like degree of
dehydration under the latter conditions.
The operating parameters in the present process are critical to
achieving the desired results of degrees of demetalation and
desulfurization of the oil stock being treated thereby without
substantial loss in yield. For example, the liquid hourly space
velocity (LHSV) required for the instant invention is from about
0.1 to about 2, with a preferred range of from about 0.25 to about
1. The temperature of the present demetalation/desulfurization
process must be within the range of from about 600.degree.F to
about 1,000.degree.F, with a preferred temperature range of from
about 675.degree.F to about 800.degree.F. The pressure of the
reaction system of the present process must be between about 1,000
psig and about 3,000 psig, with a preferred pressure range being
from about 1,800 psig to about 3,000 psig.
In order to more fully illustrate the process of the present
invention, the following specific examples, which in no sense limit
the invention, are presented.
EXAMPLE 1
A quantity of magnesium aluminate spinel was prepared by the
following method:
Into a 1000 ml. two-neck flask, equipped with a reflux condenser
and septum, was added 500 ml. anhydrous methanol and 12.2 grams of
magnesium metal. The resulting reaction was complete in about 3
hours.
Into a 3,000 ml. four-neck flask, equipped with a heating mantle,
stirrer, check valve and septum, was added 204 grams of aluminum
isopropoxide and 1,500 ml. of isopropanol. This mixture was heated
and stirred until nearly all of the isopropoxide was dissolved.
While the stirring was continued in the 3,000 ml. flask, it and the
1,000 ml. flask were connected by means of syringe needles and
plastic small-bore tubing.
The reflux condenser on the 1,000 ml. flask was then replaced with
a septum, into which a syringe needle was placed, said needle being
connected to a source of nitrogen pressure. Nitrogen pressure was
then applied so that the contents of the 1,000 ml. flask was
transferred to the 3,000 ml. flask. This was accomplished in a way
that heat evolution and boiling were kept at a minimum. Heating and
stirring of the total contents of the 3,000 ml. flask was then
continued for about 2-3 hours.
The contents of the 3,000 ml. flask were then cooled and the
precipitate was filtered and spread on a paper. The alkoxide was in
this manner allowed to hydrolyze in air moisture for 2-3 days.
The solid material product was then calcined in a furnace
programmed for a temperature increase of 1.degree.C per minute. It
was kept at 650.degree.C for two days, resulting in a lumped form
(-10/+20 mesh) of magnesium aluminate spinel having a surface area
of about 150 m.sup.2 /g.
A solution of 11.3 grams of Co(NO.sub.3).6H.sub.2 O in 40 cc of
water was brought in contact with 100 grams of the above spinel
under vacuum. After 10 minutes of contact, the resulting product
was dried in a vacuum oven at 230.degree.F overnight. The resulting
dried product was then contacted with a solution of 13.6 grams of
(NH.sub.4).sub.2 MoO.sub.3 in 40 cc of water under vacuum. Again,
the resulting product was dried in a vacuum oven at 230.degree.F
overnight. The dried product was then calcined for 8 hours at
1,000.degree.F, giving a lumped form (-10/+20 mesh) of
cobaltmolybdenum impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel having the
following properties determined by chemical and physical
analysis:
MoO.sub.3, wt. % = 10.20 CoO, wt. % = 3.24 Ni, wt. % = 0.03 V, wt.
% = < 0.01 Fe, wt. % = 0.04 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, wt. % = 59.2
SiO.sub.2, wt. % = < 0.1 Ash, wt. % = 99.3 Surface Area, m.sup.2
/g = 124 Real Density = 3.27 Particle Density = 0.678 Pore Volume,
cc/g = 1.169 Pore Size Distribution in Angstrom Units
______________________________________ < 30 30-50 50-100 100-200
200-300 >300 4% 2% 9% 9% 6% 70%
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EXAMPLE 2
A quantity of magnesium aluminate spinel was prepared as in Example
1 except that it was extruded as a 1/32 inch extrudate prior to
calcination. The extruded spinel was then impregnated with
cobalt-molybdenum as in Example 1 giving an extruded form (1/32
inch extrudate) of cobalt-molybdenum impregnated magnesium
aluminate spinel having the following properties:
MoO.sub.3, wt. % = 11.50 CoO, wt. % = 4.20 Ni, wt. % = 0.03 V, wt.
% = <0.01 Fe, wt. % = 0.04 Mg, wt. % = 12.1 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3,
wt. % = 62.9 Ash, wt. % = 96.3 Surface Area, m.sup.2 /g = 206 Real
Density = 3.44 Particle Density = 1.23 Pore Volume, cc/g = 0.622
Pore Size Distribution in Angstrom Units
______________________________________ <30 30-50 50-100 100-200
200-300 >300 21% 17% 29% 12% 7% 15%
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EXAMPLe 3
The cobalt-molybdenum impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel
materials prepared in Examples 1 and 2, along with two commercially
available resid processing catalyst materials, hereinafter
described, were tested for comparison purposes in a laboratory test
simulating a standard fixed bed resid hydrodesulfurization process.
The catalyst materials being tested were each evaluated in said
test in a short-term, i.e. 10 days on stream, run using Kuwait
atmospheric resid which had a sulfur content of 3.54 weight percent
and a total vanadium and nickel content of 54 ppm (hereinafter
"Resid X"), or a sulfur content of 3.56 weight percent and a total
vanadium and nickel content of 51 ppm (hereinafter "Resid Y"). Test
conditions such as temperature, pressure, liquid hourly space
velocity and hydrogen circulation are listed in Table I
hereinafter.
Properties of the two commercially available catalysts, designated
"catalyst A" and "catalyst B," are listed below:
Property Catalyst A Catalyst B
______________________________________ MoO.sub.3, wt. % 13.40 12.10
CoO, wt. % 3.40 3.54 Ni, wt. % 0.18 0.04 V, wt. % <0.01 <0.01
Fe, wt. % 0.06 0.06 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, wt. % 82.7 85.2 SiO.sub.2,
wt. % 4.91 1.69 Surface Area, m.sup.2 /g 286 268 Particle Density
1.28 1.374 Real Density 3.42 3.644 Pore Volume, cc/g 0.491 0.453
Pore Size Distribution in Angstrom Units <30 7% 7% 30-50 28% 34%
50-100 62% 56% 100-200 1% 1% 200-300 0% 0% >300 2% 2%
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The results of the test are recorded in Table I.
TABLE I
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Catalyst Example 1 (with Resid X) Example 2 (with Resid Y)
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Operating Conditions Temperature, .degree.F. 700 750 800 800 674
724 775 675 724 774 Pressure, psig. 2000 2000 2000 1000 2000 2000
2000 1000 1000 1000 LHSV, V (oil)/hr/ 0.70 0.72 0.71 0.24 0.74 0.74
0.75 0.39 0.39 0.40 V(catalyst) Hydrogen Circulation, 4013 3756
3562 3877 4703 4223 3883 4296 3993 3525 SCF/B. Hydrogen
Consumption, 302 568 743 872 306 506 735 293 432 566 SCF/B. Yield
of C.sub.5.sup.+, wt. % 98.4 97.8 96.3 94.1 97.8 97.0 95.8 97.7
96.9 95.4 Properties of Yield Sulfur, wt. % 1.86 1.18 0.56 0.51
1.58 0.81 0.32 1.58 0.96 0.44 % Desulfurization 48.3 67.4 84.8 86.5
55.6 77.2 91.0 55.6 73.0 87.6 Nickel, ppm 5.0 1.6 0.3 0.4 5.0 2.3
0.1 5.3 2.6 0.2 Vanadium, ppm 8.4 1.2 0.3 0.2 13.0 5.1 0.1 13.0 5.6
0.1 % Demetalation 75 95 99 99 65 86 99+ 64 84 99
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Catalyst Catalyst A (with Resid Y) Catalyst B (with Resid
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X) Operating Conditions Temperature, .degree.F. 676 725 774 676 727
776 700 750 800 Pressure, psig. 2000 2000 2000 1000 1000 1000 2000
2000 2000 LHSV 0.74 0.72 0.74 0.38 0.41 0.40 0.75 0.75 0.75
Hydrogen Circulation, SCF/B. 4437 3649 3669 4523 3126 4129 5000
5000 5000 Hydrogen Consumption, SCF/B. 336 599 1154 260 486 711 459
759 880 Yield of C.sub.5.sup.+, wt. % 97.3 96.9 96.5 97.0 96.5 94.8
98.2 97.5 96.2 Properties of Yield Sulfur, wt. % 1.18 0.62 0.40
1.04 0.48 0.34 .91 .53 .45 % Desulfurization 66.8 82.6 88.8 70.8
86.5 90.4 74.3 85.0 87.3 Nickel, ppm 7.0 5.9 3.5 8.9 5.4 3.6 7.3
5.4 3.7 Vanadium, ppm 20.0 16.0 8.4 23.0 14.0 9.2 20 14 10 %
Demetalation 47 57 77 37 62 75 49 64 80
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EXAMPLES 4-7
A quantity of magnesium aluminate spinel (Example 4) and a quantity
of cobalt-molybdenum impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel
(Example 5) were prepared as in Example 1. Further, a quantity of
platinum impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel (Example 6) and a
quantity of molybdenum impregnated magnesium aluminate spinel
(Example 7) were prepared for comparison as follows:
Material of Example 6
A 100 gram quantity of the spinel of Example 4 was washed with 150
cc of 1:10 acetic acid:acetone mixture, followed by washing with
acetone. It was then suspended in 200 cc of acetone and 1.3 grams
of H.sub.2 PtCl.sub.6.6H.sub.2 O dissolved in 25 cc of acetone was
slowly added to the suspension. After 15 minutes, the acetone of
the total suspension was driven off slowly by carefully heating it
on a hot plate. The final product was dried for 8 hours at
250.degree.F and calcined for 8 hours at 1,050.degree.F.
Material of Example 7
A 13.6 gram quantity of (NH.sub.4).sub.2 MoO.sub.3 dissolved in
40cc of water was mixed with 100 grams of the spinel of Example 4
under vacuum. The resulting product was dried overnight in a vacuum
oven at 230.degree.F and calcined for 8 hours at
1,000.degree.F.
EXAMPLE 8
A Shaker Bomb test under severe resid hydrotreating conditions was
conducted using the catalyst materials of Examples 4-7 wherein a
batch-type reaction vessel was filled with catalyst material, oil
(Resid X, hereinbefore defined) and hydrogen and brought quickly to
the desired temperature and pressure (see Table II) while being
agitated at 200 rpm. The particular Shaker Bomb apparatus used is
described fully by J. W. Payne et al. in Industiral and Engineering
Chemistry, volume 50, 1958, page 47. The test conditions and
results are summarized in Table II.
It is readily observed from the data presented in Table II that the
catalyst for use in the present invention, i.e. Example 5, provides
substantially better demetalation and desulfurization than other
similar but different catalyst compositions, i.e. Examples 4, 6 and
7.
TABLE II
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Catalyst Example 4 Example 5 Example 6 Example 7
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Operating Conditions Temperature, .degree.F. 800 800 700 800
Pressure, psig 2000 2000 2000 2000 Oil/Catalyst, weight ratio 20 20
20 20 Properties of Yield Gravity, .degree.API 26.1 28.4 13.9 25.0
Viscosity, KV.sub.100 8.25 12.13 -- -- Sulfur, wt. % 2.66 0.81 3.14
1.89 Hydrogen, wt. % 11.60 12.40 11.25 11.90 Nickel, ppm 4.2 0.4 --
2.4 Vanadium, ppm 16.0 0.3 -- 5.3 % Desulfurization 28 78 13 49 %
Demetalation 62 99 -- 87
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