Patent ID: 8834708
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B01J,C10G

Abstract:
1. A process, comprising: providing a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock to a mixing zone, where the hydrocarbon-containing feedstock is selected to contain at least 20 wt. % hydrocarbons having a boiling point of greater than 538° C. as determined in accordance with ASTM Method D5307; providing at least one metal-containing catalyst to the mixing zone, wherein any metal-containing catalyst provided to the mixing zone has an acidity as measured by ammonia chemisorption of at most 200 μmol ammonia desorbed from the catalyst per gram of catalyst and wherein at least one metal-containing catalyst provided to the mixing zone comprises a metal or an element of Column 6, 14, or 15 of the Periodic Table or a compound thereof and a metal or an element of Column(s) 3 or 7-15 of the Periodic Table or a compound thereof; continuously or intermittently providing hydrogen to the mixing zone; blending the hydrogen, hydrocarbon-containing feedstock, and the metal-containing catalyst in the mixing zone at a temperature of from 375° C. to 500° C. and at a pressure of from 3.4 MPa to 27.5 MPa to produce: continuously or intermittently separating at least a portion of the vapor from the mixing zone while retaining in the mixing zone at least a portion of the hydrocarbon-depleted feed residuum comprising hydrocarbons that are liquid at the temperature and pressure within the mixing zone, wherein the vapor separated from the mixing zone comprises a first hydrocarbon-containing product containing one or more hydrocarbon compounds that are liquid at STP; and apart from the mixing zone, contacting the first hydrocarbon-containing product with hydrogen and a catalyst comprising a Column 6 metal of the Periodic Table or a compound thereof at a temperature of from 270° C. to 425° C. and a pressure of from 3.4 MPa to 27.5 MPa to produce a second hydrocarbon-containing product.