Processes for regenerating an at least partially deactivated catalyst that can include a Group (10) element, an inorganic support, and a contaminant. The Group (10) element can have a concentration of from 0.06 wt % to 6 wt %, based on the weight of the inorganic support. The process can include (I) heating the deactivated catalyst using a heating gas mixture that includes H.sub.2O at a concentration >5 mol %, based on the total moles in the mixture to produce a precursor catalyst. The process can also include (II) providing an oxidative gas that includes ?5 mol % of H.sub.2O, based on the total moles in the oxidative gas, and (III) contacting the precursor catalyst at an oxidizing temperature with the oxidative gas for a duration of at least 30 seconds to produce an oxidized precursor catalyst. The process can also include (IV) obtaining a regenerated catalyst from the oxidized precursor catalyst.

A method for forming an olefin, the method including: introducing a hydrocarbon feed stream into a reactor including a dehydrogenation catalyst; reacting the hydrocarbon feed stream with a dehydrogenation catalyst in the reactor to form a high temperature dehydrogenated product, the high temperature dehydrogenated product including at least a portion of the dehydrogenation catalyst; separating at least a portion of the dehydrogenation catalyst from the high temperature dehydrogenated product in a primary separation device and a secondary separation device downstream of and in fluid communication with the primary separation device; following the exit of high temperature dehydrogenation product from the secondary separation device, combining the high temperature dehydrogenation product with a quench stream to cool the high temperature dehydrogenation product and form an intermediate temperature dehydrogenation product, wherein the quench stream includes a hydrocarbon; and cooling the intermediate temperature dehydrogenation product to form a cooled dehydrogenation product.

A method for producing olefins using a circulating fluidized bed process, includes: supplying a propane-containing hydrocarbon mixture and a dehydrogenation catalyst into a riser, which is a fast fluidization regime, to cause a dehydrogenation reaction; separating, from a propylene mixture, the catalyst which is a product of the dehydrogenation reaction; removing unseparated hydrocarbon compounds remaining in the catalyst separated in the separating; continuously regenerating the catalyst by mixing the catalyst stripped in the removing with a gas containing oxygen; circulating the catalyst regenerated in the continuously regenerating to the supplying and resupplying it into the riser; and preparing propylene by cooling, compressing, and separating the propylene mixture which is a reaction product separated in the separating.

A hydrocarbon can be contacted with dehydrogenation catalyst particles to produce an effluent that can include coked catalyst particles and dehydrogenated hydrocarbon(s). A first stream rich in coked catalyst particles and a second stream rich in dehydrogenated hydrocarbon(s) and containing entrained catalyst particles can be separated from the effluent. The second stream can be contacted with a first quench medium to produce a cooled stream. The cooled stream can be contacted with a second quench medium within a quench tower. A gaseous stream that includes the dehydrogenated hydrocarbon(s), a first quench medium stream, and a slurry stream that includes the second quench medium and the entrained catalyst particles can be separated from the tower. The first quench medium can be recycled. The entrained catalyst particles can be separated from the slurry to provide recovered second quench medium and recovered entrained catalyst particles. The recovered second quench medium can be recycled.

Increase propane dehydrogenation activity of a partially deactivated dehydrogenation catalyst by heating the partially deactivated catalyst to a temperature of at least 660 C., conditioning the heated catalyst in an oxygen-containing atmosphere and, optionally, stripping molecular oxygen from the conditioned catalyst.

Methods for regenerating a sulfur-contaminated catalyst are disclosed. Such methods may employ a step of washing the sulfur-contaminated catalyst with an aqueous solution containing an alkali metal, followed by contacting the washed catalyst with a halogen solution containing chlorine and fluorine.

A process is presented for the management of sulfur on a catalyst. The catalyst is a dehydrogenation catalyst, and sulfur accumulates during the dehydrogenation process. Sulfur compounds are stripped from the spent catalyst and the catalyst is cooled before the regeneration process. The process includes controlling the amount of sulfur that needs to be removed from the catalyst before regeneration.

A process is presented for the dehydrogenation of paraffins. The process utilizes heated air for the combustion of a fuel within the dehydrogenation reactor to provide the heat of reaction for oxidative dehydrogenation. The nitrogen in the air is utilized as a diluent. A paraffin feedstream is mixed with a fuel, and the fuel/paraffin feedstream is mixed with an oxidant air stream at the inlet of dehydrogenation reactor.

Methods for treating or rejuvenating a spent catalyst are disclosed. Such methods can employ a step of halogenating the spent catalyst, followed by decoking the halogenated spent catalyst.

The present invention relates to a catalyst used in a dehydrogenation reaction of a linear hydrocarbon gas in a range of C3 to C4, and provides a dehydrogenation catalyst which is deposited on a carrier obtained by changing the phase of platinum, an auxiliary metal and an alkali metal, wherein the platinum and the auxiliary metal are present as a single complex within a certain thickness from the outer edges of the catalyst in an alloy form.