Patent ID: 8500992

Claim:
A process for cracking a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock, comprising: mixing, at a temperature selected from 375° C. to 500° C. and a total pressure selected from 69 MPa to 27.5 MPa: a) a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock containing at least 20 wt. % hydrocarbons having a boiling point of greater than 538° C. as determined in accordance with ASTM Method D5307; b) hydrogen; and c) a catalyst comprising a material comprised of a first metal and a second metal where the first metal is selected from the group consisting of Cu, Fe, Ni, Co, Bi, Ag, Mn, Zn, Sn, Ru, La, Ce, Pr, Sm, Eu, Yb, Lu, Dy, Pb, and Sb, where the second metal is selected from the group consisting of Mo, W, V, Sn, and Sb, where the second metal is different from the first metal, wherein at least a portion of the material of the catalyst has a structure according to a formula selected from the group consisting of formula (I), formula (VI), formula (VII), and formula (VIII): where M is either the first metal or the second metal, and at least one M is the first metal and at least one M is the second metal and at least a portion of the material of the catalyst having a structure of formula (I) has a structure according formula (V): where M is either the first metal or the second metal, at least one M is the first metal, at least one M is the second metal, and x is at least 2; where M is either the first metal or the second metal, at least one M is the first metal and at least one M is the second metal, and X is selected from the group consisting of SO 4 , PO 4 , oxalate (C 2 O 4 ), acetylacetonate, acetate, citrate, tartrate, Cl, Br, I, ClO 4 , and NO 3 , and x is at least 2; where M is either the first metal or the second metal, at least one M is the first metal and at least one M is the second metal, and X is selected from the group consisting of SO 4 , PO 4 , oxalate (C 2 O 4 ), acetylacetonate, acetate, citrate, tartrate, Cl, Br, I, ClO 4 , and NO 3 , and x is at least 2; where M is either the first metal or the second metal, at least one M is the first metal and at least one M is the second metal, and X is selected from the group consisting of SO 4 , PO 4 , oxalate (C 2 O 4 ), acetylacetonate, acetate, citrate, tartrate, Cl, Br, I, ClO 4 , and NO 3 , and x is at least 2; where the hydrocarbon-containing feedstock, catalyst, and hydrogen form a mixture upon mixing; and while mixing the mixture at the selected temperature and selected total pressure, separating a vapor comprising a hydrocarbon-containing product from the mixture, where the hydrocarbon-containing product is comprised of one or more hydrocarbon compounds that are liquid at STP.