	US 12,545,844 B2
	Hydrocracking catalyst and process using molecular sieve SSZ-91
Viorel Duma, Hercules, CA (US); Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen, Spring, TX (US); and Hyungjae Alexander Yoon, Richmond, CA (US)
Assigned to CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/261,948
Filed by CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 17, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/050354 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 18, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/153265, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,786, filed on Jan. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0084205 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. C10G 47/20 (2006.01); B01J 29/76 (2006.01); B01J 29/78 (2006.01)

CPC C10G 47/20 (2013.01) [B01J 29/7661 (2013.01); B01J 29/7861 (2013.01); B01J 2229/16 (2013.01); B01J 2229/186 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1007 (2013.01); C10G 2300/104 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1051 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1059 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1074 (2013.01); C10G 2300/302 (2013.01); C10G 2300/304 (2013.01)]

9 Claims

1. A hydrocracking process for making middle distillate product and unconverted oil, comprising

contacting a hydrocarbon feed with a hydrocracking catalyst under hydrocracking conditions to produce a product comprising middle distillates and unconverted oil;

wherein, the hydrocracking catalyst comprises an SSZ-91 molecular sieve, one or more Group 6 metals selected from Mo, W, or a combination thereof, and one or more Group 8 to 10 metals selected from Ni, Co, or a combination thereof;

wherein,

the hydrocracking catalyst excludes noble metal;

the middle distillate product comprises diesel fuel having a lower cloud and pour point as compared with a diesel product produced using a hydrocracking catalyst that does not include an SSZ-91 molecular sieve;

the middle distillate yield in the 380-700° F. range is at least about 55 wt. %; and,

the unconverted oil product comprises unconverted oil having a lower viscosity index and/or a lower viscosity as compared with an unconverted oil product produced using a hydrocracking catalyst that does not include an SSZ-91 molecular sieve.