WO1999041336A1 - Production of lubricating oils by a combination catalyst system - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a process for preparing lubricating oil basestocks. More particularly, a hydrocarbon feedstock is dewaxed by contacting the feedstock with an amorphous isomerization catalyst followed by a crystalline molecular sieve dewaxing catalyst.
- 5,149,421 discloses a process for catalytically dewaxing a hydrocarbon feed by contacting the feed in the presence of hydrogen with a layered catalyst containing an intermediate pore size sikco uminophosphate molecular sieve and a hydrogenation component, and an intermediate pore size aluminosilicate zeolite.
- U.S. 4,919,788 describes a process for producing a lubricating oil basestock with a target pour point and high VI by dewaxing a feed with a catalyst containing at least one large pore zeolite having a hydrogenation- dehydrogenation component to isomerize waxy paraffinic components and selectively dewaxing the effluent by preferential removal of straight chain, waxy components.
- the selective dewaxing component can be solvent or selective cat dewaxing.
- Selective cat dewaxing can be accomplished by a zeolite such as ZSM-22 or ZSM-23.
- EP 188,898 Bl relates to a process for dewaxing a feedstock by contacting the feed with a crystalline zeolites having a Constraint Index less than 2 associated with a hydrogenation/dehydrogenation component in a first stage followed by contacting the effluent from the first stage with a second stage catalyst containing a crystalline zeolite having a Constraint Index greater than 2 also associated with a hydrogenation/dehydrogenation component.
- WO 96/07715 describes a process for producing a high VI lubricant from a waxy feed by a process in which the waxy feed is catalytically dewaxed primarily by isomerization using a low acidity large pore zeolite isomerization catalyst containing a noble metal hydrogenation component followed by a second catalytic dewaxing step using a constrained intermediate pore crystalline molecular sieve containing a metal hydrogenation/dehydrogenation component.
- EP 744,452 relates to a process for producing lubricating base oils by contacting hydrocracker bottoms with a catalyst comprising Pt and or Pd on a refractory oxide carrier in the presence of hydrogen, separating the effluent from step 1 into a light and heavy distillate fraction and catalytically dewaxing the heavy distillate fraction.
- the present invention relates to a process for economically producing a lubricating oil basestock with excellent low temperature properties by dewaxing a feedstock using a first amorphous isomerization catalyst followed by a crystalline molecular sieve dewaxing catalyst.
- the process for producing a lubricating base oil having good low temperature properties comprises:
- amorphous silica-alumina based isomerization catalyst having a pore volume less than 0.99 ml/gm (H 2 0), an alumina content in the range of 35-55 wt% based on silica- alumina and an isoelectric point in the range of 4.5 to 6.5, and a metal hydrogenation component in the presence of hydrogen to at least partially isomerize waxy paraffins in the hydrocarbon feedstock, and
- the isomerization catalyst and the dewaxing catalyst can be contained in a single reactor in a layered configuration provided that the feedstock first contacts the isomerization catalyst.
- the isomerization catalyst and dewaxing catalyst may be in separate reactors provided that the feedstock first contacts the isomerization catalyst.
- Figure 1 is a partial diagrammatic view showing a layered catalyst in a single reactor in a process scheme for making lubricating oils.
- Figure 2 is a schematic flow diagram showing a two reactor system for making lubricating oils.
- Figure 3 is a graph showing VI as a function of pour point for a Catalyst A/Catalyst B stacked bed configuration vs. Catalyst B alone.
- Figure 4 is a graph showing yield as a function of pour point for a Catalyst A/Catalyst B stacked bed configuration vs. Catalyst B alone.
- Figure 5 is a graph showing VI as a function of pour point for a Catalyst A Catalyst C stacked bed configuration vs. Catalyst A/Catalyst C composite vs. Catalyst C/alumina.
- Figure 6 is a graph showing 350°C+ yield as a function of pour point for a Catalyst A/Catalyst C stacked bed configuration vs. Catalyst A Catalyst C composite vs. Catalyst C/ umina.
- Figure 7 is a graph showing VI as a function of pour point for a Catalyst A first, Catalyst C second stacked bed configuration vs. a Catalyst A second, Catalyst C first stacked bed configuration.
- Figure 8 is a graph showing 350°C+ yield as a function of pour point for a Catalyst A first, Catalyst C second stacked bed configuration vs. a Catalyst A second, Catalyst C first stacked bed configuration.
- Figure 9 is a graph of VI versus Pour Point (°C) for three feeds for Catalyst C.
- Figure 10 is a graph of VI versus Pour Point (°C) for three feeds for Catlayst E.
- a hydrocarbon feedstock is dewaxed by first contacting the feedstock with an isomerization catalyst and the effluent from this step contacted with a catalytic dewaxing catalyst to produce a lubricating oil basestock having good low temperature properties. While the waxy paraffinic components of a typical hydrocarbon feedstock possess good VI characteristics, it is necessary to remove or isomerize most of the waxy paraffins in order to achieve a basestock having good low temperature properties, e.g., a low pour point and a low Brookfield viscosity. Multi-ring aromatics and poly- - 6 -
- cyclic naphthenes possess poor VI and pour point properties, and it desirable to selectively remove these species from the lubricating basestock boiling range.
- the present process rninimizes the amount of cracking to light products not suitable as lubricating oil basestocks by selectively converting a portion of the waxy paraffins to iso-paraffins and completes pour point reduction by catalytic dewaxing by selective hydrocracking. By controlling the amount of cracking to light products, the yield of lube oil basestock is maximized.
- the process according to the invention can process a wide variety of wax-containing feedstocks including feeds derived from crude oils, shale oils and tar sands as well as synthetic feeds such as those derived from the Fischer- Tropsch process.
- Typical wax-containing feedstocks for the preparation of lubricating base oils have initial boiling points of about 315°C or higher, and include feeds such as reduced crudes, hydrocrackates, raffinates, hydrotreated oils, atmospheric gas oils, vacuum gas oils, coker gas oils, atmospheric and vacuum resids, deasphalted oils, slack waxes and Fischer-Tropsch wax.
- Such feeds may be derived from distillation towers (atmospheric and vacuum), hydrocrackers, hydrotreaters and solvent extraction units, and may have wax contents of up to 50% or more.
- feeds may be solvent dewaxed prior to the process of the invention.
- Hydrocracking, hydrotreating and solvent extraction are well known in the art.
- Typical hydrocracking catalysts have a large pore size, and contain an acidic functionality as well as a hydrogenation component. Examples include amorphous materials such as alumina and sihca-alumina and crystalline alumino- silicate materials such as zeolite X, zeolite Y, and ZSM-20.
- Hydrocracking accomplishes ring opening as well as saturation of aromatic compounds to yield hydrocracked products of a more paraffinic character.
- conditions include hydrogen pressures of from 10,335 to 17, 238 kPa (1,500 to 2,500 psia), temperature of from 343 to 427° C, liquid hourly space velocity of 0.5 to 2 and hydrogen treat gas rate of 356 to 1780 m 3 /m 3 (2,000 to 10,000 ScfTbbl).
- Hydrotreating of feeds is directed to heteroatom removal as well as saturation of aromatics. Since nitrogen and sulfur containing compounds may be detrimental to dewaxing catalysts, feeds are hydrotreated to lower nitrogen- and sulfur-containing species to less than about 20 ppmw, preferably less than 10 ppmw. The nitrogen- and sulfur-containing species are converted under hydrotreating conditions to hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, which are typically removed by, e.g., stripping prior to the dewaxing steps.
- Typical hydrotreating catalysts are non-noble metal Group VH3 and/or Group VT ⁇ metals on a weakly acidic inorganic support such as dumina. Examples of hydrotreating catalysts include Co/Mo, Ni/Mo or Co/Ni/Mo all on dumina. Hydrotreating reaction conditions are described in EP 225,053 Bl.
- Waxy feeds secured from naturd petroleum sources contain quantities of sulfur and nitrogen compounds which are known to deactivate wax hydroisomerization catdysts. To prevent this deactivation it is preferred that the feed contain no more than 10 ppm sulfur, preferably less than 2 ppm sulfur and no more than 2 ppm nitrogen, preferably less than 1 ppm nitrogen.
- the feed is preferably hydrotreated to reduce the sulfur and nitrogen content.
- Hydrotreating can be conducted using any typicd hydrotreating catdyst such as Ni Mo on dumina, Co Mo on dumina, Co/Ni/Mo on dumina, - 8 -
- Hydrotreating is performed at temperatures in the range 280°C to 400°C, preferably 340°C to 380°C at pressures in the range 500 to 3000 psi, hydrogen treat gas rate in the range of 500 to 5000 SCF/bbl and a flow velocity in the range 0.1 to 5 LHSV, preferably 1 to 2 LHSV.
- Solvent extraction is used to separate aromatics including heteroatom-containing species from paraffinic hydrocarbons.
- Typicd solvents include phenol, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and furfurd.
- the raffinate from solvent extraction which may be hydrotreated if desired to lower nitrogen and sulfur content can be used as a feedstock in the present invention.
- the feedstock can be solvent dewaxed prior to catdytic dewaxing by using typicd solvent dewaxers such as propane, butane, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone and mixtures thereof.
- typicd solvent dewaxers such as propane, butane, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone and mixtures thereof.
- the ketones can be combined with other solvents such as benzene, toluene and xylene.
- Solvent dewaxing typicdly involves mixing the feed with chilled dewaxing solvent to form an oil-solvent solution and precipitated wax is thereafter separated by, for example filtration.
- the temperature and solvent are selected so that the oil is dissolved by the chilled solvent while the wax is precipitated.
- a particularly suitable solvent dewaxing process involves the use of a cooling tower where solvent is pre-chilled and added incrementdly at several points dong the height of the cooling tower.
- the oil-solvent mixture is agitated during the chilling step to permit substantidly instantaneous mixing of the pre- chilled solvent with the oil.
- the pre-chilled solvent is added incrementdly dong the length of the cooling tower so as to maintain an average chilling rate at or below 10°F /minute, usually between about 1 to about 5°F/minute.
- the final temperature of the oil-solvent/precipitated wax mixture in the cooling tower will usually be between 0 and 50°F (-17.8°C to 10°C).
- the mixture may then be sent to a scraped surface chiller to separate precipitated wax from the mixture.
- the amount of solvent added will be sufficient to provide a liquid/solid weight ratio between the range of 5/1 and 20/1 at the dewaxing temperature and a solvent oil volume ratio between 1.5/1 to 5/1.
- the solvent dewaxed oil is typically dewaxed to a pour point less than about +10°C.
- the hydrocarbon feedstock is passed sequentially through a catalyst system containing a first amorphous hydroisomerization catdyst followed by a shape selective catdytic dewaxing catdyst. While both isomerization and catdytic dewaxing can be used to dewax a waxy feed, they accomplish dewaxing by differing reaction routes.
- the isomerization catdyst in the present process is an amorphous (non-crystalline) materid.
- crystalline materids such as dumino- silicates, duminophosphates and siticodumino phosphates
- selectivity for isomerization is achieved in part by controlling the nature of pore openings. Large pore zeolites having pore diameters greater than 7.0A and high silica to dumina ratios (low acidities) are employed for isomerization.
- isomerization selectivity is controlled by a combination of acidity, pore volume, dumina content and isoelectric point.
- a useful scde of acidity for catdysts is based on the isomerization of 2-methyl-2-pentene as described by Kramer and McVicker, J. Catdysis, 92, 355 (1985). In this scde of acidity, 2-methyl-2-pentene is subjected to the catdyst to be evduated at a fixed temperature, typicdly 200°C. In the presence - 11 -
- 2-methyl-2-pentene forms a carbenium ion.
- the isomerization pathway of the carbenium ion is indicative of the acidity of active sites in the catdyst.
- weakly acidic sites form 4-methyl-2-pentene whereas strongly acidic sites result in a skeletd rearrangement to 3-methyl-2-pentene with very strongly acid sites forming 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene.
- the mole ratio of 3-methyl- 2-pentene to 4-methyl-2-pentene can be correlated to a scde of acidity. This acidity scde ranges from 0.0 to 4.0.
- the isomerization catdysts useful in the present process have acidity vdues of from about 0.5 to 2.5, preferably 0.5 to 2.0.
- the acidity of metd oxide supports can be controlled by adding promoters and/or dopants, or by controlling the nature of the metd oxide support, e.g., by controlling the amount of silica incorporated into a sihca-dumina support.
- promoters and or dopants include hdogen, especidly fluorine, phosphorus, boron, yttria, rare- earth oxides and magnesia. Promoters such as hdogens generdly increase the acidity of metd oxide supports while mildly basic dopants such as yttria or magnesia tend to decrease the acidity of such supports.
- the amorphous isomerization catdyst is a sUica-diimina based catdyst having a pore volume less than 0.99 ml/gm (H2O), preferably less than
- pore volume refers to pore volume measured by drying the catdyst to about 500°C, weighing the dried catdyst, immersing it in water for 15 minutes, removing the materid from the water and centrifuging to remove surface water. Then the materid is weighed and the pore volume is determined from the differences in weight between the dried catdyst and the latter materid. - 12 -
- the sihca-dumina of the catdyst is further characterized as having an dumina content in the range of 35 to 55 wt%, preferably 35 to 50 wt%, most preferably 38 to 45 wt%, based on the isomerization catdyst.
- Another criteria of the sifrca-dumina used in the isomerization catdyst is that it has an isoelectric point from 4.5 to 6.5.
- the isoelectric point of a materid depends on the relative concentration and the acidity (pK a /pK D ) of surface species (G. A. Parks, Chem. Review, 177-198
- the silica-dumina based catdyst materid can be promoted or doped with e.g., yttria or with a rare earth oxide, e.g., La, Ce, etc., or with e.g., boria, magnesia.
- the isoelectric point will increase depending on the dopant and dopant level to a level not more than 2 points higher than that of the base silica-dumina.
- the isomerization catdyst dso contains a metd hydrogenation component which may be at least one of a Group VEB and Group VH3 metd, preferably a Group V ⁇ l metd, more preferably a Group VQI noble metd, especidly Pt, Pd, or mixtures thereof.
- the amount of metd hydrogenation component is from 0.1 to 30 wt%, based on isomerization catdyst, preferably from 0.3 to 20 wt%.
- the hydroisomerization process utilizing the catdyst of the present invention is conducted at temperatures between about 200°C to 400°C, preferably 250°C to 380°C, and most preferably 300°C to 350°C at hydrogen partial pressure between about 350 to 5000 psig (2.41 to 34.6 mPa), preferably 1000 to - 13 -
- isomerization of waxy components (n-paraffins and slightly branched paraffins) to isoparaffinic materials can be accomplished with a minimum of cracking to non-lube (boiling below 343°C) products. While these isoparaffinic materids may have a high VI, some individud species may dso may have pour points too high to meet the low temperature requirements of modern basestocks. Also, it is not feasible to isomerize dl of the waxy components in the feed. Thus there is a need to catdytically dewax the products from this first stage to lower the pour point to desired target range.
- Catdysts useful in the catdytic dewaxing step include crystdline 10 and 12 ring molecular sieves and a metd hydrogenation component.
- Crystalline molecular sieves include metdlo-, e.g., dumino silicates, dumino phosphates and silicoduminophosphates.
- crystdline dumino silicates include zeolites such as ZSM-5, ZSM-11, ZSM-12, Theta-1 (ZSM-22), ZSM-23, ZSM-35, ZSM-48 naturd and synthetic ferrierites, ZSM-57, Beta Mordenite and Offretite.
- Examples of crystalline dumino and silicodumino-phosphates include SAPO-11, SAPO-41, SAPO-31, MAPO-11 and MAPO-31. Preferred include ZSM-5, ZSM-22, ZSM-23, ferrierites, and SAPO-11.
- the dewaxing catdyst may dso contain an amorphous component.
- the acidity of the amorphous component is preferably from 0.5 to 2.5 on the Kramer/McVicker acidity scde described above.
- Examples of amorphous materids include silica-alumina, hdogenated u ⁇ na, acidic clays, silica- - 14 -
- magnesia yttria silica-dumina and the like. Especidly preferred is silica- dumina.
- the dewaxing catdyst may dso include a matrix or binder which is a materid resistant to process conditions and which is substantidly non-catalytic under reaction conditions.
- Matrix materids may be synthetic or naturdly occurring materids such as clays, silica and metd oxides.
- Matrix materids which are metd oxides include single oxides such as dumina, binary compositions such as silica-magnesia and ternary compositions such as sikca-dumina- zirconia.
- crystdline molecular sieve/metd hydrogenation component/amorphous component may be composited together.
- the crystalline molecular sieve and amorphous component can be in a layered configuration wherein it is preferred the top layer in the reaction vessel is the amorphous component and the lower layer is the crystalline molecular sieve. In this dternative configuration it is preferred that the metd hydrogenation component be present on both components.
- the metd hydrogenation component of the dewaxing catdyst may be at least one metd from the Group VIB and Group VIII of the Periodic Table (published by Sargent-Welch Scientific Company).
- Preferred metds are Group Vi ⁇ noble metds, especidly pdladium and platinum. Metds may be added to the catdyst by means well known in the art such as metd impregnation with a soluble sdt. - 15 -
- the dewaxing catdyst may contain, based on the weight of total catdyst, from 5 to 95 wt% of crystdline molecular sieve, from 0 to 90 wt% of amorphous component and from 0.1 to 30 wt% of metd hydrogenation component with the bdance being matrix materid.
- Process conditions in the catdytic dewaxing zone include a temperature of from 260 to 420°C, preferably 270 to 400° C, a hydrogen caring pressure of from 2.41 to 34.5 mPa (350 to 5000 psi), preferably 5.52 to 20.7 mPa, a liquid hourly space velocity of from 0.1 to 10 v/v/hr, preferably 0.5 to 3.0, and a hydrogen circulation rate of from 89 to 1780 m 3 /m 3 (500 to 10000 scfTbbl), preferably 178 to 890 m 3 /m 3 .
- the amount of dewaxing by selective hydrocracking to lower boiling materids will be a function of the nature of the isomerate from the isomerization zone, the dewaxing properties of the molecular sieve chosen and the desired target pour point. In generd, the lower the pour point chosen, the greater the conversion to lower boiling point non-lube products because more severe selective hydrocracking conditions will be required.
- the process of the invention may occur by using a single reactor containing two separated beds of isomerization and dewaxing catdyst, or make take place in separate reactors, e.g., a cascade reactor system in which the first reactor contains the isomerization catdyst and the second reactor the dewaxing catdyst optiondly with inter-reactor separation of the liquid and gaseous products with the liquid products being further processed in the dewaxing reactor.
- Either configurations offers advantages over a single catdyst system, including those in which the two respective dewaxing functions are combined into a single or composite catdyst. - 16 -
- Each catdyst phase may be used at its ided reactor conditions to obtained the desired find basestock properties. If the target properties are high VI and lower viscosities, then the reactor conditions can be made more severe in first bed of isomerization catdyst. This will result in lower lube basestock yields. On the other hand, if a higher yield is the desired result, then the severity of the conditions in the first isomerization catdyst bed should be reduced. This will result in lower VI and higher viscosities.
- the separate temperature control possible for the individud catdyst beds will dlow maintenance of the desired conversion rates over each respective catdyst. Also, separate temperature control allows the operator to rapidly and efficiently adjust operation of the separate beds to meet product quality/quantity objectives.
- the layered or stacked bed configuration permits much greater feed flexibility over traditional dewaxing. For example, feeds may have widely varying wax contents.
- the first isomerization bed increases the relative pour point reduction activity of the second dewaxing bed.
- Figure 1 is a schematic flow diagram showing a layered catdyst configuration.
- hydrogen gas enters reactor 10 through line 12.
- Heated feedstock is added to reactor 10 through line 14 where it is distributed over the reactor diameter by plate 16.
- feed contacts catdyst bed 18 - 17 -
- Catdyst bed 18 is heated to the desired temperature by hot gas such as steam or other heating means entering line 20 to heating coil 22 and exiting through line 24.
- Feedstock which is at least partly isomerized in catdyst bed 18, flows through separator 26. Separator 26 has sides with openings of such size as to admit hydrogen and feed but not catdyst. Isomerized feed is then conducted to a second distribution plate 28 through conduit 30.
- isomerized feed contacts catdytic dewaxing bed 32.
- Catdyst bed 32 is dso heated to the desired temperature by circulating hot gas entering through line 34 to heating coil 36 and exit line 38. The temperature in bed 32 may be different from bed 18 to achieve the desired conversion level and product quality.
- Dewaxed product then exits bed 32 by passing through separator 40 where it is collected in collector 42. Hydrogen gas exits reactor 10 by line 44.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic flow diagram showing another embodiment of the invention.
- Heated feedstock enters reactor 11 through line 15.
- Hydrogen gas is admitted to reactor 11 via line 17.
- Feedstock passes through distributor 19 to catdyst bed 21 containing amorphous isomerization catdyst.
- Reactor 11 is heated to maintain the desired temperature in catdyst bed 21 by heating coils (not shown).
- the at least partially isomerized feedstock is separated from catdyst via separator and is conducted through line 25 to heat exchanger 27.
- isomerized feedstock is passed to pump 29 and on to reactor 31 via line 35.
- Hydrogen gas from reactor 11 is conducted to reactor 31 by line 33. Make-up hydrogen can be added to line 33 if desired.
- isomerized feedstock passes through distributor 37 where it is then contacted with catdyst bed 39 containing dewaxing catdyst.
- Reactor 31 is heated to maintain the desired temperature in catdyst bed 39 by heating coils (not shown).
- the temperature in reactor 31 may be - 18 -
- the totd liquid product from either the layered catdyst system of Figure 1 or the two reactor system of Figure 2 may require post-treatment to adjust product quality parameters such as color, toxicity, or haze. Hydrofiriish- ing is commonly employed to adjust such product quality parameters. Process conditions for hydrofinishing are mild to niinimize product loss through cracking. Conventiond hydrofinishing catdysts include non-noble metd Group VIII and/or Group VI metds such as Ni Mo, Co/Mo, Ni/W, Ni/Co/Mo and the like on non-acidic or weakly acidic supports such as silica or dumina. The catdyst may be activated prior to use by sulfiding or other conventiond method.
- Reaction conditions in the hydrofinishing unit are mild and include a temperature of from 260°C to 360°C, preferably 290°C to 350°C, more preferably 290°C to 330°C, a hydrogen pill pressure of from 1000 to 2500 psig (7.0 to 17.3 mPa), preferably 1000 to 2000 psig (7.0 to 13.9 mPa), a space velocity of from 0.2 to 5.0 LHSV, preferably 0.7 to 3.0 LHSV, and a hydrogen to feed ratio of from 500 to 5000 SCF/bbl (89 to 890 m 3 /m 3 ), preferably 2000 to 4000 ScfTbbl (356 to 712 m 3 /m 3 ).
- the catdyst in the cold hydrofinishing unit may be the same as in the first hydroconversion unit. However, more acidic catdyst supports such as silica-dumina, zirconia and the like may be used in the cold hydrofinishing unit.
- a waxy hydrocracker bottoms feedstock designated as HCIS was hydroconverted over a 0.5% Pt/ 4.0% yttria on silica-dumina catdyst with a pore volume of 0.54 ml/gm (H 2 0), and dumina content of 45 wt% based on silica-dumina and an isoelectric point of 6.08 (designated as Catdyst D), over a Pd/Pt on ferrierite based catdyst (designated as Catdyst B), and over both catdysts in a cascaded reactor sequence.
- the reactor pressure was 1000 psig of hydrogen at a flow rate of 2500 scf bbl.
- the stacked bed configuration (cascaded reactor configuration) gives dewaxed product with higher VI than that obtained using the Catdyst B dewaxing catdyst done.
- This example is directed to a comparison of a 0.5% Pt/silica- dumina catdyst with a pore volume of 0.54 ml gm (H 2 0), and dumina content of 45 wt% based on silica-dumina and an isoelectric point of 5.41 (designated Catdyst A) with a 0.5% Pt/Theta-1 based catdyst (Catdyst C).
- the feed is a waxy lubes hydrocracker distillate which was processed at a reactor pressure of 1000 psig hydrogen and a hydrogen flow rate of 2500 scf/bbl. - 23 -
- the following example shows a comparison of the 350°C+ yields and VTs produced by a Catdyst A first, Catdyst C second, stacked bed configuration as compared to a "reversed stacked bed" with Catdyst A second and Catdyst C first. - 24 -
- the Catdyst A first configuration has an advantage in that keeping a lower zeolite bed temperature will extent useful run lengths or dlow a design with a higher zeolite bed space velocity and hence a smdler, less expensive reactor.
- a waxy hydrocracker bottoms feedstock designated as LVIS was hydroconverted over Catdyst A at a reactor pressure of 1000 psig of hydrogen at a flow rate of 2500 scf bbl.
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