A process may include contacting an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in an XTO reactor with a catalyst composite under conditions effective to convert the oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock to olefin products. The catalyst composite may include at least 10 weight percent of a modified molecular sieve. The modified molecular sieve may include at least 0.05 weight percent of an alkaline earth metal or a rare earth metal based on a weight of the modified molecular sieve. The modified molecular sieve may include at least 0.3 weight percent of P based on the weight of the modified molecular sieve.

A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, used for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, the molar ratio between silicon and aluminum (Si/Al ratio) in the crystalline aluminosilicate is not more than 100, the molar ratio between the phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate and the aluminum of the crystalline aluminosilicate (P/Al ratio) is not less than 0.01 and not more than 1.0, and the amount of gallium and/or zinc is not more than 1.2% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate.

A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 360° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, and the amount of phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate is within a range from 0.1 to 1.9% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate; and a method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the method involving bringing a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 360° C., into contact with the above-mentioned catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

The invention concerns a process for preparing a catalyst comprising at least one metal M from the platinum group, tin, a phosphorus promoter, a halogenated compound, a porous support and at least one promoter X1 selected from the group constituted by gallium, indium, thallium, arsenic, antimony and bismuth. The promoter or promoters X1 and the phosphorus are introduced during one or more sub-steps a1) or a2), the sub-step a1) corresponding to synthesis of the precursor of the main oxide and sub-step a2) corresponding to shaping the support. The tin is introduced during at least one of sub-steps a1) and a2). The product is dried and calcined before depositing at least one metal M from the platinum group. The ensemble is then dried in a stream of neutral gas or a stream of gas containing oxygen, and then is dried. The invention also concerns the use of a catalyst obtained by said process in catalytic reforming or aromatics production reactions.

Disclosed are a phosphorus-containing high-silica molecular sieve, its preparation and application thereof, wherein the molecular sieve comprises about 86.5-99.8 wt % of silicon, about 0.1-13.5 wt % of aluminum and about 0.01-6 wt % of phosphorus, calculated as oxides and based on the dry weight of the molecular sieve, the molecular sieve has an XRD pattern with at least three diffraction peaks, the first strong peak is present at a diffraction angle of about 5.9-6.9°, the second strong peak is present at a diffraction angle of about 10.0-11.0°, and the third strong peak is present at a diffraction angle of about 15.6-16.7°. The phosphorus-containing high-silica molecular sieve shows an improved hydrocracking activity in the presence of nitrogen-containing species when used in the preparation of hydrocracking catalysts.

The present invention relates to a method for producing long-chain alkylbenzene by reacting an aromatic hydrocarbon and a long-chain olefin, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of a solid acid catalyst, the aromatic hydrocarbon is selected from the group consisting of benzene, toluene and xylene, the long-chain olefin is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.8-C.sub.26 alkenes, the catalyst is a HMCM-22 type molecular sieve solid acid catalyst modified with heteroatom(s), the heteroatom(s) is/are selected from the group consisting of boron, gallium, indium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese and phosphorus, and the molar ratio of silicon atoms to heteroatoms in the solid acid catalyst is in the range of 1:0.01-0.03. The invention also relates to a method for regenerating the solid acid catalyst used in the reaction.

The invention relates to catalysts and their use in processes for dehydrocyclization of light paraffinic hydrocarbon feedstock to higher-value hydrocarbon, such as aromatic hydrocarbon, to dehydrocyclization catalysts useful in such processes, and to the methods of making such catalysts. One of more of the dehydrocyclization catalysts comprising a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite having a constraint index of less than or equal to about 12, at least one Group 3 to Group 13 metal of the IUPAC Periodic Table and phosphorous.

The present invention relates to a method for producing long-chain alkylbenzene by reacting an aromatic hydrocarbon and a long-chain olefin, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of a solid acid catalyst, the aromatic hydrocarbon is selected from the group consisting of benzene, toluene and xylene, the long-chain olefin is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.8-C.sub.26 alkenes, the catalyst is a HMCM-22 type molecular sieve solid acid catalyst modified with heteroatom(s), the heteroatom(s) is/are selected from the group consisting of boron, gallium, indium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese and phosphorus, and the molar ratio of silicon atoms to heteroatoms in the solid acid catalyst is in the range of 1:0.01-0.03. The invention also relates to a method for regenerating the solid acid catalyst used in the reaction.

Disclosed are novel supported nanoparticle compositions, precursors, processes for making supported nanoparticle compositions, processes for making catalyst compositions, and processes for converting syngas. The catalyst composition can comprise nanoparticles comprising metal oxide(s), such as manganese cobalt oxide. This disclosure is particularly useful for converting syngas via the Fischer-Tropsch reactions to make olefins and/or alcohols.

A latent curing catalyst includes zirconium phosphate fine particles containing a curing accelerator. The zirconium phosphate fine particles containing the curing accelerator do not have a sharp crystalline peak at a diffraction angle (2θ) in a range of 10° to 40° in powder X-ray diffraction and have a broad halo pattern.