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  • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
  • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
  • C10G2400/00—Products obtained by processes covered by groups C10G9/00 - C10G69/14
  • C10G2400/10—Lubricating oil

Definitions

• Lubricating oil with a high viscosity index can be prepared from high boiling mineral oil fractions by com verting the latter by means of hydrogen in the presence of a phosphorus-containing catalyst.
• the invention therefore relates to a process for the preparation of lubricating oil with a high viscosity index, in which a high boiling mineral oil fraction is contacted at elevated temperature and pressure, in the presence of hydrogen, with a catalyst consisting of nickel and/or cobalt, molybdenum and/or tungsten in metallic, oxidic and/or sulfidic form, and of phosphorus oxide supported on a carrier consisting of refractory oxide.
• Suitable starting materials for the process according to the invention are high boiling hydrocarbon mixtures, e.g., heavy petroleum fractions and heavy fractions obtained by pyrolysis of coal, bituminous shale or tar sand. Petroleum fractions boiling at least in part above the boiling range of lubricating oil may be used toadvantage.
• feed for the present process use is preferably made of a distillate fraction recovered by vacuum distillation from a residual oil fraction obtained by atmospheric distillation.
• the boiling range of such a vacuum distillate is usually between 350 C. and 550 C.
• deasphalted residual petroleum fractions are particularly preferred.
• the process according to the invention is carried out at elevated temperature and pressure and in the presence of hydrogen or a hydrogen containing gas.
• Pure hydrogen may be used, but this is not advisable.
• a gas with a hydrogen content of 70% or more by volume is perfectly suitable.
• a hydrogen containing gas originating from a catalytic reforming plant Such a gas not only has a high hydrogen content but also contains low-boiling hydrocarbons, for example, methane, and a small quantity of propane.
• the temperature and pressure used in the present process may vary between very wide limits, depending on the desired degree of conversion. In general, the temperature selected will not be below 350 C. and not above 550 C. At temperatures below 350 C. the rate of conversion is reduced, whereas at temperatures above 550 3,684,695 Patented Aug. 15, 1972 'ice cracking occurs to such an extent that only a limited quantity of the desired product is obtained. A temperature between 400 C. and 550 C. is preferred. Pressures lower than 725 p.s.i. are less desirable since they reduce the life of the catalyst while involving the risk of two high an aromatics content in the product, as a result of which the viscosity index is adversely affected. A pressure above 3600 p.s.i. would require a very costly installation. For this reason it is preferable to use a pressure between 1450 and 2900 p.s.i.
• the liquid hourly space velocity and the hydrogen/oil ratio may likewise be selected between very wide limits. It is preferred, however, to select a liquid hourly space velocity between 0.1 and 10 kg. of oil per hour per liter of catalyst. A liquid hourly space velocity of less than 0.1 kg./hour per liter of catalyst would require an uneconomically large reactor for a given degree of conversion, whereas a liquid hourly space velocity of more than 10 kg. per hour per liter of catalyst would give only a low degree of conversion into the desired product.
• the hydrogen/oil ratio is preferably between and 5000 standard liters (liters at 14.5 p.s.i. and at 0 C.) per kg. of oil.
• the catalyst used in the process according to the invention contains at least two hydrogenative metal components, a carrier and phosphorus.
• One of the metal components consists of nickel and/ or its compounds.
• the catalyst should contain molybdenum and/or its compounds. Important factors in this respect are the quantity of hydrogenative metal component expressed as a percentage of the total catalyst, as well as the ratio between nickel on the one hand and molybdenum on the other.
• the metal component should preferably not be used in too small quantities since this would have an adverse effect on the desired hydrogenating action.
• a very high load of metal component would cause the pores of the porous catalyst support to become clogged in such a manner that part of the surface of the catalyst would be rendered inaccessible to the material to be converted.
• a catalyst containing between 3% and 16% by weight of nickel and between 6% and 24% by weight of molybdenum is pre-eminently suitable for the process according to the invention. For this reason it is preferred to apply the above-mentioned percentages by weight of hydrogenative metal components to the catalyst before using the latter for the present process.
• the amount of phosphorus applied to the catalyst may likewise vary between wide limits. It has been found, however, that the activity of the catalyst depends on the percentage by weight of phosphorus present in the catalyst. Good activity of the catalyst is ensured by a phosphorus content of between 1% and 12% by weight, based on P 0 For this reason it is preferred to use a catalyst having such a phosphorus content. More preferably, the phosphorus content is selected between 2% and 9% by weight calculated as P 0 on the total catalyst and it has been found that the maximum activity of the catalyst is obtained at a phosphorus content between 3% and 7% by weight, likewise calculated as P 0 on the total catalyst.
• Activity in this specification means the temperature required for obtaining under given operating conditions (pressure, liquid hourly space velocity, H /oil ratio) and starting from a given feed, a product with a predetermined viscosity index. The higher the activity of the catalyst used the lower will be the temperature required.
• any refractory oxide material may be employed as carrier for the catalyst to be used.
• Suitable materials are, for example, alumina (aluminum oxide), silica (silicium oxide), magnesia (magnesium oxide), titanium oxide and mixtures and compounds of these metal oxides.
• alumina or a mixture of silica and magnesia as carrier material permits the preparation of catalysts with a particularly good activity, selectivity and stability. For this reason use is preferably made of these carrier materials.
• alumina usually contains small quantities of impurities, for example, silica and sodium. It has been found that alumina containing between 0.5% and 3% by weight of silica and up to 0.005% by weight of sodium is an excellent carrier material for the catalyst. This alumina is therefore preferred.
• the sodium content may be reduced to the required level by ion exchange with a solution of an ammonium salt.
• a mixture of between 50% and 90% by weight of silica and between and 50% by weight of magnesia is preferred.
• the selectivity of the catalyst is understood to mean the product volume of lubricating oil with a specified viscosity index under given conditions (temperature, pressure, liquid hourly space velocity and H /oil ratio).
• This stability of the catalyst is the extent to which the catalyst retains its activity during prolonged use in the process according to the invention.
• fluorine is added thereto. It has been found that a considerable improvement is even obtained by adding only 1% by weight of fluorine. If more than 6% by weight is added there is a risk, however, that the selectivity of the catalyst may be adversely affected. For this reason it is preferred to add between 1% and 6% by weight of fluorine to the catalyst.
• the catalyst may be prepared in any manner desired, for example, by impregnating the carrier with one or more aqueous solutions of compounds of the other components, followed by drying and calcination.
• a preferred catalyst contains a carrier, nickel, molybdenum and phosphorus.
• a catalyst can be prepared very conveniently by impregnating a catalyst carrier with an aqueous phosphoric acid solution, drying the impregnated carrier and subsequent 1y impregnating it with an aqueous solution of a molybdate and a nickel salt, whereupon the catalyst is ob tained by drying and calcination.
• catalysts of even better activity, stability and selectivity can be prepared by impregnation with an aqueous solution of a phosphomolybdate and a nickel salt rather than in a separate step with phosphoric acid and with a molybdate and nickel salt containing solution.
• the catalysts which are used to advantage in the process according to the invention are prepared as follows:
• a catalyst carrier is impregnated with an aqueous solution of an acid or non-acid phosphomolybdate and a nickel salt, whereupon the impregnated carrier is dried and calcined.
• nickel salt use is preferably made of nickel hexamine dichloride ([Ni(NH ]Cl or nickel formate, although any water-soluble nickel salt, such as nickel nitrate and nickel chloride may be employed.
• phosphomolybdate and acid phosphomolybdate use is preferably made of ammonium 2-phospho-5-molybdate and acid ammonium 2-phospho-5-molybdate, re-
• ammonium hydroxide to the solutions of these components, the quantity to be added being such that the pH of these solutions is between 7 and 12.
• the catalyst preferably contains flurorine.
• This element may be applied to the catalyst by any suitable method.
• These components have the advantage that they do not leave behind less desirable cations such as Na, K and Ca ions on the catalyst after calcination.
• the catalyst is completed by calcination. This treatment is preferably carried out at a temperature between 450 C. and 850 C., for between 0.5 and 5 hours.
• the phosphorus and the metals viz, nickel and/or cobalt and molybdenum and/or tungsten, are probably present in the catalyst in the form of oxides, although the possibility cannot be excluded that they have combined, at least in part, with the catalyst carrier.
• a very good and hence preferred sulfiding method consists in contacting the catalyst at a temperature of between 259 C. and 450 C., a pressure of between 435 and 1 015 p.s.i., a hourly space velocity of between 1 and 10 kg. of oil per hour per liter of catalyst and a hydrogen/oil ratio of between 50 and 500 standard liters of H per kg. of oil with an oil which contains sulfur compounds, preferably with a gas oil which contains sulfur compounds.
• This treatment is preferably given in the same reaction vessel in which the hydrogenative conversion to lubricating oil is carried out.
• the starting material for the production of lubricating oil with a high viscosity index is introduced into the reactor at a suitable temperature, pressure, hourly space velocity and H /oil ratio and passed over the catalyst which is preferably present in one or more beds of particles with a size between 1 and 3 mm.
• reaction product After passing through the reactor the reaction product is cooled and separated into a hydrogen-rich gas and a liquid product.
• the hydrogen-rich gas is preferably recycled, at least in part to the reactor.
• the liquid product contains hydrocarbons boiling below the boiling range of lubricating oil and hydrocarbons boiling within the boiling range of lubricating oil, i.e., from about 350 to 550 C.
• the hydrocarbons boiling below the boiling range of lubricating oil are preferably separated from the higher boiling residue by fractional distillation.
• the cut point of this distillation is preferably so chosen that the higher boiling residue has an initial boiling point from 350 C. to 400 C.
• this residue In addition to excellent lubricating components, this residue normally contains parafiins which solidify at a slightly reduced temperature and thus have an adverse effect on the pour point of the desired lubricating oil.
• This treatment can be carried out in any manner desired.
• the dewaxing is preferably carried out by means of a mixture of methylethylketone and toluene at a temperature between 1*0 C. and -30 C. and a volume ratio of solvent to oil between 1:1 and 10:1.
• the dewaxed residue has a high viscosity index, for example, a viscosity index between 100 and 140, depend ing on the conditions under which the hydrogenative con version of the starting material took place. For this reason it is eminently suitable for use as multigrade lubricating oil or multigrade lubricating oil component. Moreover this dewaxed residue permits the preparation by means of vacuum distillation of one or more lubricating oils or lubricating oil components with high viscosity indices and mutually difierent viscosities, which oils or components in their turn may be worked up into excellent rnultigrade lubricating oils by blending them together or with other components. p
• Example I A catalyst A for the hydrogenative conversion of heavy hydrocarbon oils to lubricating oil with a high viscosity index was prepared as follows:
• the impregnated carrier was subsequently dried for 2 hours.
• the dried catalyst carrier was impregnated three times for 10 minutes at a temperature of 22 C. with the solution of ammonium paramolybdate, nickel hexamine dichloride and ammonium hydroxide described above, the carrier being dried bet-ween the impregnating steps, each time for 2 hours at 200 C. After the final impregnating step, the impregnated carrier was dried for 16 hours at 120 C. and calcined for 2 hours at a temperature of 650 C.
• the catalyst thus prepared had the following composition:
• a catalyst B for the hydrogenative conversion of heavy hydrocarbon oils to lubricating oil with a high viscosity index was prepared in the following manner:
• alumina extrudates which were identical to the alumina extrudates used in Example I, were subsequently impregnated for 10 minutes with the aqueous mixture containing phosphomolybdate, nickel hexamine dichloride and ammonium hydroxide. This impregnation was repeated six times, the impregnated carrier being dried between the steps, each time at 200 C. for 2 hours. After the final impregnation, the carrier was dried for 2 hours at 120 C. and subsequently calcined for 2 hours at 650 C. y t The catalyst thus produced had the following composiion:
• Example III A catalyst C was prepared by impregnating a quantity of 150 g. of catalyst B for 1 hour at 20 C. with a mixture of 11 ml. of 40% hydrogen fluoride and 90 ml. of water.
• Molybdenum oxide (M00 1-. 19.4
• Example IV A residual oil fraction obtained from a North African crude oil and deasphalted by means of a liquid propane was used to test the activity, the selectivity and the stability of catalysts A, B and C.
• This oil fraction had the following properties:
• Viscosity index VI ASTM D-2270 after dewaxing at --19 C.: 77
• a hydrocracking process for preparing high viscosity index lubricating oils which comprises contacting a high boiling hydrocarbon feedstock under hydrocracking conditions with a catalyst comprising at least two hydrogenative components in the form of metals, oxides or sulfides, said components consisting of 3-16% w. nickel and 624% w. molybdenum, and 29% w.
• phosphorus oxide on a refractory oxide support selected from the group consisting of alumina and silica-magnesia to form a reaction effiuent; cooling and separating the efiluent into a hydrogen-rich gas and a liquid product; then further separating the liquid product into a light fraction boiling below the lubricating oil range and a higher boiling residue having an initial boiling point from 350 C. to 400 C.; and recovering from the residue at least one lubricating oil fraction boiling in the range from about 350 to 550 C.
• hydrocracking conditions are a temperature between 400 C. and 500 C., a pressure between 1450 and 2900 p.s.i., a liquid hourly space velocity between 0.1 and 10 kg. of oil per hour per liter of catalyst, and a hydrogen/oil ratio between and 5000 standardliters of hydrogen per kg. 0 oil. e
• therefractory oxide support is alumina and contains between 0.5% and 3% w. silica and not more than 0.005% w. sodium.
• the refractory oxide support consists of between 50-90% w. silica and between 1050% w. magnesia.
• a lubricating oil fraction having a viscosity index of about is produced by contacting a deasphalted residual oil with .a catalyst comprising 316% w. nickel, 6-24% w. molybdenum, 2-9% w. phosphorus oxide, and 16% w. fluorine on an alumina support under hydrocracking conditions, and then dewaxing the lubricating oil fraction recovered from the residue.
• the catalyst is prepared by impregnating the alumina. with an aqueous solution of phosphomolybdate and a nickel salt to achieve the desired metals and phosphorus content, and then drying and calcining the composite.

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