Methods and systems for producing pyrolysis products from a mixed plastics stream are described herein. The method may include conducting pyrolysis of a plastic feedstock to produce a stream of plastic pyrolysis oil; feeding a catalytic cracking feed stream and a catalyst from a catalyst regenerator into a fluidized bed reactor, where the catalytic cracking feed stream comprises the plastic pyrolysis oil; cracking the catalytic cracking feed stream in the fluidized bed reactor to produce a product stream and a spent catalyst; and transporting the spent catalyst to the catalyst regenerator and regenerating the catalyst in the catalyst regenerator. The product stream comprises olefins having a carbon number of C.sub.2-C.sub.4 and distillate fuel.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a chlorinated alkane at a high conversion rate (yield) and with high selectivity. Provided is a method for producing an alkane, the method including the step of subjecting an alkene to a chlorination reaction, the chlorination reaction step being performed using zeolite as a catalyst.

Methods for interconverting olefins in an olefin-rich hydrocarbon stream include contacting the olefin-rich hydrocarbon stream with a catalyst system in an olefin interconversion unit to produce an interconverted effluent comprising ethylene and propylene. The contacting may be conducted at a reaction temperature from 450° C. to 750° C., a reaction pressure from 1 bar to 5 bar, and a residence time from 0.5 seconds to 1000 seconds. The catalyst system includes a framework-substituted beta zeolite. The framework-substituted beta zeolite has a *BEA aluminosilicate framework that has been modified by substituting a portion of framework aluminum atoms of the *BEA aluminosilicate framework with beta-zeolite Al-substitution atoms independently selected from the group consisting of titanium atoms, zirconium atoms, hafnium atoms, and combinations thereof.

A hydroprocessing catalyst with improved performance has been produced that involves an intimately mixed unsupported metal oxide with a zeolite or other acid function. The intimate mixing allows an intimate interaction between the unsupported metal oxide and the acid function. The hydroprocessing catalyst may be used alone or may be incorporated with a portion of a conventional hydrocracking catalyst.

Methods for removing impurities from a hydrocarbon stream using a guard bed material are disclosed. The guard bed material includes compositions which comprises a zeolite and a mesoporous support or binder. The zeolite has a Constraint Index of less than 3. The mesoporous support or binder comprises a mesoporous metal oxide having a particle diameter of greater than or equal to 20 μm at 50% of the cumulative pore size distribution (d.sub.50), a pore volume of less than 1 cc/g, and an alumina content of greater than 75%, by weight. Also disclosed are processes for producing mono-alkylated aromatic compounds (e.g., ethylbenzene or cumene) using impure feed streams that are treated by the disclosed methods to remove impurities which act as catalyst poisons to downstream alkylation and/or transalkylation catalysts.

The present invention is directed to methods of producing THC from CBD utilizing non-harsh methodology and resulting in substantially increased yields, as well as devices built upon these novel methods. The methods and devices are material efficient, and in certain embodiments, solvent-free. In particular, in certain embodiments, these methods and related devices are suitable for commercial production of THC from CBD. Furthermore, in certain embodiments, the present invention provides methods of producing THC from CBD in manner that affords tunability to select the ratio of THC-8 to THC-9.

The invention relates to a process for preparing a specific hydroxy compound by means of decarboxylation of a specific carboxylic acid compound or a salt of said carboxylic acid compound, to a method for preparing a diaryl carbonate, a bisphenol or a polycarbonate, a diaryl carbonate or bisphenol, a polycarbonate, and to a method for adjusting the isotope ratio of C14 to C12 in a polymer. A specific solvent is used during decarboxylation.

A modified Y-type molecular sieve contains 0.5-2 wt. % of Na.sub.2O based on the total amount of the modified Y-type molecular sieve. In the modified Y-type molecular sieve, the ratio between the total acid amount measured by pyridine and infrared spectrometry and total acid amount measured by n-butyl pyridine and infrared spectrometry is 1-1.2. The total acid amount measured by pyridine and infrared spectrometry of the modified Y-type molecular sieve is 0.1-1.2 mmol/g. The acid center sites of the molecular sieve of the modified Y-type molecular sieve are distributed in the large pore channels. The molecular sieve is used in the hydrocracking reaction process of a wax oil.

Disclosed herein is a fluid catalyst cracking (FCC) catalyst composition that includes a first component and a second component. The first component includes zeolite Y and a first matrix that includes a metal passivating constituent. The second component includes beta zeolite and a second matrix. Also disclosed herein are methods of preparing the FCC catalyst composition and method of using the FCC catalyst composition.

The present invention relates to a method of post-synthetic downsizing zeolite-type crystals and/or agglomerates thereof to nanosized particles, and in particular a heating-free and chemical-free method. The present invention also relates to nanosized particles of zeolite-type material capable of being obtained by the method of the invention and to the use of such particles as a catalyst or catalyst support for heterogeneous catalyst, or as molecular sieve, or as a cation exchanger.