Patent ID: 7413646
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: C10G,C10L,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a crude product, comprising: contacting a crude feed with a hydrogen source in the presence of an inorganic salt catalyst to produce a total product that includes the crude product, wherein the crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa, the crude feed has a residue content of at least 0.2 grams of residue per gram of crude feed, the inorganic salt catalyst comprises alkali metal salts, wherein at least one of the alkali metal salts is an alkali metal carbonate, and the alkali metals have an atomic number of at least 11, and at least one atomic ratio of an alkali metal having an atomic number of at least 11 to an alkali metal having an atomic number greater than 11 is in a range from about 0.1 to about 10; and controlling contacting conditions such that the crude product has a residue content of at most 30% of the residue content of the crude feed, wherein residue content is as determined by ASTM Method D5307.