Patent ID: 11884886
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A process for the production of a middle distillate from a paraffinic hydrocarbon feedstock, the method comprising feeding the hydrocarbon feedstock into a hydrocracking reactor and over a metal loaded large pore zeolite catalyst having a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of from about 2 to about 200 contained in the reactor wherein the metal is a noble metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, and iridium, wherein a significant fraction of the feedstock is C25+ hydrocarbons, characterized in that the process is performed at a temperature of about 260° C. or less, and a pressure of about atmospheric pressure.