The present disclosure relates to a method for treating a catalyst that is useful for producing mono-alkylaromatic compounds, the method comprises the steps of (a) contacting the untreated catalyst with water to produce water-contacted catalyst, and (b) drying the water-contacted catalyst with a drying gas without steam being formed at a temperature of less than 300° C. to produce a treated catalyst. The treatment is effective to improve the activity and catalyst selectivity. A process for producing a mono-alkylaromatic compound comprising such a catalyst treatment is also disclosed.

Methods and systems for producing a hydrocarbon are provided. The method can include cracking one or more C.sub.2-C.sub.10 hydrocarbons in the presence of a catalyst under conditions sufficient to produce an effluent containing ethylene, propylene, gasoline, and a coked-catalyst, wherein the catalyst includes a first catalytic component having an average pore size of less than 6.4 Å and a second catalytic component having an average pore size of 6.4 Å or more, separating the effluent to provide a recovered coked-catalyst and a cracked product; and regenerating the recovered coked-catalyst to produce heat and the catalyst.

A method for preparing a NaY molecular sieve having a high silica-to-alumina ratio, wherein deionized water, a silicon source, an aluminum source, an alkali source, and ILs as a template agent are mixed to obtain an initial gel mixture; the initial gel mixture is maintained at a proper temperature and aged, then fed into a high pressure synthesis kettle for crystallization; the solid product is separated and dried, to obtain the NaY molecular sieve having a high silica-to-alumina ratio, wherein the ILs is a short-chain alkylimidazolium ionic liquid, the template agent is less volatile, and the resultant high-silicon Y molecular sieve has a high crystallinity and a silica-to-alumina ratio of 6 or more.

Process for the preparation of a catalyst and a catalyst comprising the use of more than one silica source is provided herein. Thus, in one embodiment, the invention provides a particulate FCC catalyst comprising about 5 to about 60 wt % one or more zeolites, about 15 to about 35 wt % quasicrystalline boehmite (QCB), about 0 to about 35 wt % microcrystalline boehmite (MCB), greater than about 0 to about 15 wt % silica from sodium stabilized basic colloidal silica, greater than about 0 to about 30 wt % silica from acidic colloidal silica or polysilicic acid, and the balance clay and the process for making the same. This process results in attrition resistant catalysts with a good accessibility.

Disclosed in the present application is a high-silica Y molecular sieve having FAU topology. The anhydrous chemical constitution of the molecular sieve is as shown in formula I: kM.mR1.nR2.(Si.sub.xAl.sub.y)O.sub.2 Formula I; wherein, M is at least one of alkali metal elements; R1 and R2 represent organic templating agent agents; k represents the numbers of moles of the alkali metal element corresponding to per mole of (Si.sub.xAl.sub.y)O.sub.2, k=0˜0.20; m and n represent the numbers of moles of templating agents R1 and R2 corresponding to per mole of (Si.sub.xAl.sub.y)O.sub.2, m=0˜0.20, n=0.01˜0.20; x, y respectively represents the mole fraction of Si and Al, 2x/y=7-40, and x+y=1; R1, R2 are independently selected from one of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds and their derivatives, and quaternary ammonium compounds. Also disclosed in the present application is a synthesis method for the high-silica Y molecular sieve having FAU topology.

Disclosed in the present application is a high-silica Y molecular sieve having FAU topology. The anhydrous chemical constitution of the molecular sieve is as shown in formula I: kM.mR1.nR2.(Si.sub.xAl.sub.y)O.sub.2 Formula I; wherein, M is at least one of alkali metal elements; R1 and R2 represent organic templating agent agents; k represents the numbers of moles of the alkali metal element corresponding to per mole of (Si.sub.xAl.sub.y)O.sub.2, k=0˜0.20; m and n represent the numbers of moles of templating agents R1 and R2 corresponding to per mole of (Si.sub.xAl.sub.y)O.sub.2, m=0˜0.20, n=0.01˜0.20; x, y respectively represents the mole fraction of Si and Al, 2x/y=7-40, and x+y=1; R1, R2 are independently selected from one of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds and their derivatives, and quaternary ammonium compounds. Also disclosed in the present application is a synthesis method for the high-silica Y molecular sieve having FAU topology.

A process for dehydrating methanol to dimethyl ether product in the presence of a solid Brønsted acid catalyst which is an aluminosilicate zeolite or a heteropolyacid and a promoter which is (i) a ketone of formula R.sup.1COR.sup.2 (Formula I) in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are each a C.sub.1-C.sub.11 alkyl group and furthermore R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the carbonyl carbon atom to which they are bonded may form a cyclic ketone; or (ii) a ketal derivative of a ketone of Formula I; and the molar ratio of promoter to methanol is maintained at 0.5 or less.

The Invention discloses a method for improving the quality of oil products and increasing the yield of low-carbon olefins by catalytic cracking of bio-oil, which takes bio-oil or mixed oil of bio-oil and hydrocarbon oil as raw oil for catalytic cracking reaction. With this method, the octane number of the gasoline in product is obviously increased, simultaneously, the content of propylene and other low-carbon olefins in product is also improved.

A catalyst for hydrocarbon catalytic cracking of the invention contains: a catalyst (a) containing faujasite-type zeolite (A) having a unit cell size in a range of 2.435 nm to 2.455 nm, a matrix component, and rare earths; and a catalyst (b) containing faujasite-type zeolite (B) having a unit cell size in a range of 2.445 nm to 2.462 nm, a matrix component, phosphorus, and magnesium.

A catalyst for hydrocarbon catalytic cracking of the invention contains: a catalyst (a) containing faujasite-type zeolite (A) having a unit cell size in a range of 2.435 nm to 2.455 nm, a matrix component, and rare earths; and a catalyst (b) containing faujasite-type zeolite (B) having a unit cell size in a range of 2.445 nm to 2.462 nm, a matrix component, phosphorus, and magnesium.