Accordingly, the present invention provides a catalyst composition suitable for converting light naphtha comprising one or more of C5 to C8 carbon atoms to aromatic compounds ranging from C6 to C10 carbon atoms, said catalyst composition comprising: (a) a medium pore size zeolite; (b) 0.1 to 5.0 wt % of zinc; and (c) 0.1 to 5 wt % of gallium. Also, the present invention provides a process for converting light naphtha comprising one or more of C5 to C8 carbon atoms to aromatic compounds ranging from C6 to C10 carbon atoms, said process comprising the step of contacting a feedstock comprising the light naphtha with a catalyst composition comprising (a) a medium pore size zeolite; (b) 0.1 to 5.0 wt % of zinc; and (c) 0.1 to 5 wt % of gallium in presence of carrier gas at temperatures ranging from 400 to 600 C.

A bottoms cracking catalyst composition, comprising: about 30 to about 60 wt % alumina; greater than 0 to about 10 wt % of a dopant, measured as the oxide; about 2 to about 20 wt % reactive silica; about 3 to about 20 wt % of a component comprising peptizable boehmite, colloidal silica, aluminum chlorohydrol, or a combination of any two or more thereof, and about 10 to about 50 wt % of kaolin.

A microspherical fluid catalytic cracking catalyst includes zeolite, and alkali metal alkaline earth metal ion.

A process for preparing a catalytic cracking catalyst includes steps of mixing raw materials including a rare earth-containing NaY molecular sieve obtained by contacting a NaY molecular sieve with a rare-earth salt solution or a mixed solution of rare-earth salt solution and ammonium salt solution, filtering, and water-washing, an inorganic oxide binder and a natural mineral, slurrying and shaping into shaped bodies; hydrothermally calcining shaped bodies in an atmosphere condition where a pressure is externally applied and an aqueous solution containing an acidic substance or an alkaline substance is externally added; and then ammonium-exchanging to remove the alkali metal. The present invention optimizes and shortens the preparation process of the catalyst, which can reduce the preparation cost, and the prepared catalyst has excellent heavy oil conversion ability, higher gasoline and diesel yield, lower coke selectivity, and relatively reduces the used amount of the molecular sieve in the catalyst.

The present technology provides a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst composition that includes a Y-zeolite that includes a rare earth element or oxide thereof and an alumina matrix, wherein the alumina matrix includes y-AhCb or pseudo-boehmite and a dopant; and the dopant is selected from a Group IIIB metal, Group IVB metal, Group IV A element, Group VA element, an oxide thereof, or a combination of two or more thereof.

This invention describes methods of alkylating isobutane which include a catalytic reaction system comprising a crystalline zeolite catalyst and a rare earth-modified molecular sieve adsorbent (RE-MSA). The crystalline zeolite catalyst comprises sodalite cages and supercages, a Si/Al molar ratio of 20 or less, less than 0.5 weight percent alkali metals; and up to 5 wt % of Pt, Pd and or Ni, and acid-site density (including both Lewis and Bronsted acid sites) of at least 100 mole/gm. The RE-modified molecular sieve adsorbent (Re-MSA) comprising sodalite cages and supercages, a Si/Al molar ratio of 20 or less, less than 1 wt % of alkali metals, RE (rare earth elements) in the range of 10 to 30 wt % and transition metals selected from groups 9-11 in the range from 2 wt % to 10 wt; and acid-site density of no more than 30 mole/gm. The invention also includes methods of making RE-MSA.

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.

A microspherical fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst includes Y zeolite and a gamma-alumina.

Disclosed herein are a catalyst for hydrocracking reaction of high molecular weight components in bio-oil, a method for preparing the same and a method for bio-oil upgrading using the same. The catalyst includes a zeolite carrier; and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), ruthenium (Ru) and cerium (Ce) supported on the carrier. The catalyst promotes the hydrocracking of high molecular weight compounds contained in the bio-oil, but also inhibits the polymerization reaction of the decomposed product, thereby more effectively enhancing the hydrocracking reaction of the bio-oil.

Improved alkylation catalysts, alkylation methods, and methods of making alkylation catalysts are described. The alkylation method comprises reaction over a solid acid, zeolite-based catalyst and can be conducted for relatively long periods at steady state conditions. The alkylation catalyst comprises a crystalline zeolite structure, a Si/Al molar ratio of 20 or less, less than 0.5 weight percent alkali metals, and further having a characteristic catalyst life property. Some catalysts may contain rare earth elements in the range of 10 to 35 wt %. One method of making a catalyst includes a calcination step following exchange of the rare earth element(s) conducted at a temperature of at least 575 C. to stabilize the resulting structure followed by an deammoniation treatment. An improved method of deammoniation uses low temperature oxidation.