Patent ID: 8772560

Claim:
A process for the conversion of paraffins, olefins and aromatics in a mixed feedstock into isoparaffins, comprising feeding FCC gasoline having paraffin, iso-paraffin, olefin, naphthenes and aromatics into the fixed bed down flow reactor containing a modified mordenite catalyst comprising noble metals in the range of 0.1 to 1 wt %, under hydrogen flow, at a temperature in the range of 225-375° C., at a pressure in the range of 5-35 bar, at a space velocity of 1-6 h −1 , followed by cooling of the gaseous product at the reactor tail to obtain the desired product, wherein the mordenite zeolite based catalyst comprises: Zeolite: in the range of 59-60 wt %; Pseudo extrude: in the range of 39-40 wt %; Pt: in the range of 0.1-1.0 wt %; and Pd: in the range of 0-1.0 wt %, and said catalyst has the following characteristics: Si/Al: in the range of 16-80; BET surface area (m2/g): n the range of 200-350; Micropore area (m2/g): in the range of 155-250; External pore area (m2/g): in the range of 90-135; Pore volume (cc/g): in the range of 0.30-0.50 Acidity (m·mol/g·catal): in the range of 1.40-1.60; Strong (>120 kJ/mol): in the range of 0.40-0.60; Medium (120-80 kJ/mol): in the range of 0.45-0.50; Weak (<80 kJ/mol): in the range of 0.40-0.60; and Pt dispersion (%): in the range of 60-80.