Disclosed herein is a process for producing para-xylene comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a feedstock comprising toluene with a first catalyst under effective vapor phase toluene disproportionation conditions to disproportionate said toluene and produce a first product comprising benzene, unreacted toluene and greater than equilibrium amounts of para-xylene; and (b) contacting a feedstock comprising C.sub.9+ aromatic hydrocarbons and benzene with a second catalyst in the presence of 0 wt. % or more of hydrogen having a 0 to 10 hydrogen/hydrocarbon molar ratio under effective C.sub.9+ transalkylation conditions to transalkylate said C.sub.9+ aromatic hydrocarbons and produce a second product comprising xylenes.

Provided here are zirconium-substituted hierarchical zeolite compositions and methods of preparing such catalytic compositions. One such method involves subjecting the zirconium-substituted zeolite to a framework modification process using a single template to produce a framework-modified zeolite, followed by subjecting the framework-modified zeolite to an ion exchange process to produce a hierarchical zeolite composition. Also provided are methods of catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks using these zirconium-substituted hierarchical zeolite compositions.

A multi-functional composite catalyst includes a catalyst support material, a preformed catalyst material at least partially secured in the catalyst support, and at least one catalytically active compound supported by the catalyst support, the preformed catalyst material, or both. The catalyst support material may include fumed silica, alumina, fumed alumina, fumed titania, or combinations of these. A catalytic activity of the catalytically active compound may be different than a catalytic activity of the preformed catalyst material. The composite catalyst may be catalyst for producing propene from 2-butene and may include a zeolite as the preformed catalyst material and a metal oxide, such as tungsten oxide, as the catalytically active material. A method of making the composite catalyst may include aerosolizing a catalyst precursor mixture that includes a preformed catalyst material, catalyst support precursor, and catalytically active compound precursor, and drying the aerosolized catalyst precursor mixture.

A catalyst including cobalt, a carrier including silica, and a selective promoter including zirconium. The cobalt and the selective promoter are disposed on the surface of the carrier, and the outer surfaces of the active component cobalt and the selective promoter zirconium are coated with a shell layer including a mesoporous material. A method for preparing the catalyst, including: 1) soaking the carrier including silica into an aqueous solution including a zirconium salt, aging, drying, and calcining a resulting mixture to yield a zirconium-loaded carrier including silica; 2) soaking the zirconium-loaded carrier including silica into an aqueous solution including a cobalt salt, aging, drying, calcining a resulting mixture to yield a primary cobalt-based catalyst; 3) preparing a precursor solution of a mesoporous material; and 4) soaking the primary cobalt-based catalyst into the precursor solution of the mesoporous material; and crystalizing, washing, drying, and calcining a resulting mixture.

Provided here are zirconium-substituted hierarchical zeolite compositions and methods of preparing such catalytic compositions. One such method involves subjecting the zirconium-substituted zeolite to a framework modification process using a single template to produce a framework-modified zeolite, followed by subjecting the framework-modified zeolite to an ion exchange process to produce a hierarchical zeolite composition. Also provided are methods of catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks using these zirconium-substituted hierarchical zeolite compositions.

The present invention provides an amphiphilic molecular sieve containing a hydrophilic group on the outside and a lipophilic group on the inside and a production method thereof. The production method comprises: dispersing the ZSM-5 spherical nano-molecular sieve into toluene, adding thereto an organosilane containing a hydrophilic group and reacting at 40-80 C. for 2-16 h, to obtain a molecular sieve containing a hydrophilic group; placing the molecular sieve containing a hydrophilic group in an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and reacting at 50-90 C. for 10-50 min, to obtain a molecular sieve containing a hydrophilic group on the outside; dispersing the molecular sieve containing a hydrophilic group on the outside into toluene, adding thereto an organosilane containing a lipophilic group and reacting at 40-80 C. for 2-12 h, to obtain the amphiphilic molecular sieve containing a hydrophilic group on the outside and a lipophilic group on the inside. The present invention also provides an amphiphilic molecular sieve obtained by the above production method, which contains a hydrophilic group on the outside and a lipophilic group on the inside.

The present invention provides an amphiphilic molecular sieve containing a lipophilic group on the outside and a hydrophilic group on the inside and a production method thereof. The production method comprises: dispersing the nano-ZSM-5 molecular sieve into toluene, adding an organosilane containing a lipophilic group and reacting at 60-100 C. for 4-16 h, to obtain a molecular sieve containing a lipophilic group; placing the molecular sieve containing a lipophilic group in a mixed solution of sodium hydroxide solution and ethanol and reacting at 60-95 C. for 20-60 min, to obtain a molecular sieve containing a lipophilic group on the outside; dispersing the molecular sieve containing a lipophilic group on the outside into toluene, adding an organosilane containing a hydrophilic group and reacting at 60-100 C. for 4-16 h, to obtain the amphiphilic molecular sieve containing a lipophilic group on the outside and a hydrophilic group on the inside. The present invention also provides a molecular sieve obtained by the above production method, which does not destroy the characteristics of the original molecular sieve and has hydrophilic and lipophilic amphiphilic properties.

The present invention pertains to the use of mesoporous ZSM-22 zeolite in a process for the cracking or conversion of a feed comprised of hydrocarbons, such as, for example, that obtained from the processing of crude petroleum, to a mixture high in propylene. Further, the present invention concerns the field of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes and relates to the preparation and employment of additives based on zeolites having increased mesoporosity, such as altered ZSM-22. More particularly the present invention discloses a process for improving the production of propylene in FCC units.

A process of producing a catalyst based on pentasil-type crystalline aluminosilicate is described, including the steps of (a) treating hydrous aluminum oxide with an aqueous, acid-containing medium, (b) mixing the hydrous aluminum oxide treated with aqueous, acid-containing medium from step (a) with an H-zeolite and (c) calcining the mixture obtained in step (b). In addition, a catalyst is disclosed which is obtained by such a process, as well as its use in CMO and OTO processes.

The present invention relates to a catalyst for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins, wherein the catalyst comprises one or more zeolites of the MFI, MEL and/or MWW structure type and particles of one or more metal oxides, the one or more zeolites of the MFI, MEL and/or MWW structure type comprising one or more alkaline earth metals selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and combinations of two or more thereof, wherein the catalyst displays a water uptake of 9.0 wt.-% or less, as well as to a process for the production thereof and to its use, in particular in a process for converting oxygenates to olefins.