US 12,145,136 B2
Conversion of heavy aromatics to lighter aromatics with low ring saturation and hydrocarbon cracking
Micaela Taborga Claure, Miami, FL (US); Doron Levin, Highland Park, NJ (US); Joseph E. Gatt, Annandale, NJ (US); Scott Weigel, Allentown, PA (US); and Pedro M. Serna Merino, Branchburg, NJ (US)
Assigned to EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/907,748
Filed by ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/018700
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/216176, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0135668 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B01J 29/035 (2006.01); B01J 29/00 (2006.01); C10G 45/54 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 29/035 (2013.01) [B01J 29/005 (2013.01); C10G 45/54 (2013.01); C10G 2400/28 (2013.01); C10G 2400/30 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catalyst comprising:
a metallic function derived from a metal constrained within cages and/or channels of a microporous material, wherein the cages and/or channels of the microporous material are defined by 8 tetrahedral atoms or fewer; and
an acidic function derived from an additional zeolite having cages and/or channels defined by 10 or more tetrahedral atoms,
wherein the metal containing microporous material and the additional zeolite providing the acidic function are coupled by a binder.