Patent ID: 6103106
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: C10G

Abstract:
A process for the desulfurization of condensed ring sulfur heterocyclic compounds and the ring-opening of ring compounds including aromatics and naphthenes, of a petroleum or petrochemical feedstream containing said compounds, which process comprises contacting said stream with a catalyst system comprised of: (a) one or more catalysts comprised of an effective amount of a noble metal selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd, Ir, Ru, and Rh on an inorganic refractory support; and (b) a hydrogen sulfide sorbent material; at process conditions that favor aromatic hydrogenation and which include temperatures from about 40.degree. C. to 425.degree. C., and pressures from about 100 to 3,000 psig.