USP 4568657 “Catalyst formed of natural clay for use in the hydrodemetallization and hydro conversion of heavy crudes….”

Author: Jose Guitian, co-author
Publication date: 1986

US Patent 4568657, Issued:  February  4, 1986 https://www.google.es/patents/US4568657

A natural active stable catalyst for use in the hydrodemetallization (HDM) and the hydroconversion (HC) of heavy crudes and residues and, in particular, a method for the preparation of the catalyst from natural clay and a process for the treatment of heavy crudes and residues with the catalyst. The catalyst is free of hydrogenating metals of Groups VIB and VIII of the Periodic Table and comprises primarily iron, silica and alumina derived from the composition of the natural clay.

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