CA2606249A1 - Compositions and processes for reducing nox emissions during fluid catalytic cracking - Google Patents

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CA2606249A1
CA2606249A1 CA002606249A CA2606249A CA2606249A1 CA 2606249 A1 CA2606249 A1 CA 2606249A1 CA 002606249 A CA002606249 A CA 002606249A CA 2606249 A CA2606249 A CA 2606249A CA 2606249 A1 CA2606249 A1 CA 2606249A1
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Abstract

Compositions for reduction of NOx generated during a catalytic cracking process, preferably, a fluid catalytic cracking process, are disclosed. The compositions comprise a fluid catalytic cracking catalyst composition, preferably containing a Y-type zeolite, and a NOx reducing zeolite having a pore size ranging from about 2 to about 7.2 Angstoms and a SiO2 to Al2O3 molar ratio of less than about 500 and being stabilized with a metal or metal ion selected from the group consisting of zinc, iron and mixtures thereof.
Preferably, the NOx reducing zeolite particles are bound with an inorganic binder to form a particulate composition. In the alternative, the NOx reducing zeolite particles are incorporated into the cracking catalyst as an integral component of the catalyst. Compositions in accordance with the invention exhibit improved effectiveness for the reduction of NOx emissions released from the regenerator of a fluid catalytic cracking unit operating under FCC
process conditions without a substantial change in conversion or yield of cracked products. Processes for the use of the compositions are also disclosed.

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COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR REDUCING NOX EMISSIONS
DURING FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING

CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation in part application of U.S. Patent Application Serial No.10/909,70b, filed August 2, 2004 and U.S. Patent Application Serial No.
10/909,709, filed August 2, 2004.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to NO,, reduction compositions and the method of use thereof to reduce NOX emissions in refinery processes, and specifically in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes. More particularly, the present invention relates to NO, reduction compositions and the method of use thereof to reduce the content of NO,, off gases released from a fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) regenerator during the FCC process without a substantial change in hydrocarbon conversion or the yield of valuable cracked products.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] In recent years there has been an increased concern in the United States and elsewhere about air pollution from industrial emissions of noxious oxides of nitrogen, sulfur and carbon. In response to such concerns, government agencies have placed limits on allowable emissions of one or more of these pollutants, and the trend is clearly in the direction of increasingly stringent regulations.
[0004] NO,, or oxides of nitrogen, in flue gas streams exiting from fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) regenerators is a pervasive problem. Fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) process heavy hydrocarbon feeds containing nitrogen compounds, a portion of which is contained in the coke on the catalyst as it enters the regenerator.
Some of this coke-nitrogen is eventually converted into NO,, emissions, either in the FCC
regenerator or in a downstream CO boiler. Thus, all FCCUs processing nitrogen-containing feeds can have a NO,, emissions problem due to catalyst regeneration.
[0005] In the FCC process, catalyst particles (inventory) are continuously circulated between a catalytic cracking zone and a catalyst regeneration zone. During regeneration, coke deposited on the cracking catalyst particles in the cracking zone is removed at elevated teinperatures by oxidation with oxygen containing gases such as air.
The removal of coke deposits restores the activity of the catalyst particles to the point where they can be reused in the cracking reaction. In general, when coke is burned with a deficiency of oxygen, the regenerator flue gas has a high CO/CO2 ratio and a low level of NOX, but when burned with excess oxygen, the flue gas has a high level of NOx and a reduced CO content. Thus, CO and NO,, or mixtures of these pollutants are emitted with the flue gas in varying quantities, depending on such factors as unit feed rate, nitrogen content of the feed, regenerator design, mode of operation of the regenerator, and composition of the catalyst inventory.
[0006] Various attempts have been made to limit the amount of NOX gases emitted from the FCCU by treating the NO,; gases after their formation, e.g., post-treatment of NOX
containing gas streams as described in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,434,147, 4,778,664, 4,735,927, 4,798,813, 4,855,115, 5,413, 699, and 5,547,648.
[0007] Another approach has been to modify the operation of the regenerator to partial burn and then treat the NOx precursors in the flue gas before they are converted to NOx, e.g., U.S. Patent Nos. 5,173,278, 5,240,690, 5,372,706, 5,413,699, 5,705,053, 5,716,514, and 5,830,346.
[0008] Yet another approach has been to modify the operation of the regenerator to reduce NOX emissions, e.g., U.S. Patent 5,382,352, or modify the CO combustion promoter used, e.g., U.S. Patents 4,199,435, 4,812,430, and 4,812,431.
Enrichment of air with oxygen in a regenerator operating in partial burn mode has also been suggested, e.g., U.S. Patent 5,908,804.
[0009] Additives have also been used in attempts to deal with NO,, emissions.
U.S.
Patent Nos. 6,379,536, 6,280,607, 6,129,834 and 6,143,167 disclose the use of NOX
removal compositions for reducing NOx emissions from the FCCU regenerator.
U.S.
Patent Nos. 6,165,933 and 6,358,881 also disclose a NOx reduction composition, which promotes CO combustion during the FCC catalyst regeneration process step while simultaneously reducing the level of NOX emitted during the regeneration step.
NO,, reduction compositions disclosed by these patents may be used as an additive which is circulated along with the FCC catalyst inventory or incorporated as an integral part of the FCC catalyst.
[0010] U.S. Patent Nos. 4,973,399 and 4,980,052 disclose reducing emissions of NO, from the regenerator of the FCCU by incorporating into the circulating inventory of cracking catalyst separate additive particles containing a copper-loaded zeolite.
[0011] Many additive compositions heretofore used to control NOx emissions have typically caused a significant decrease in hydrocarbon conversion or the yield of valuable cracked products, e.g., gasoline, light olefins and liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs), while increasing the production of coke. It is a highly desirable characteristic for NOX
additives added to the FCCU not to affect the cracked product yields or change the overall unit conversion. The operation of the FCCU is typically optimized based on the unit design, feed and catalyst to produce a slate of cracked products and maximize refinery profitability. This product slate is based on the value model of the specific refinery. For example, during the peak summer driving season many refiners want to maximize gasoline production, while during the winter season refiners may want to maximize heating oil production. In other cases a refinery may find it profitable to produce light olefins products that can be sold in the open market or used in an associated petrochemical plant as feedstocks.
[0012] When a NOx reduction additive increases col<e production, the FCCU may have insufficient air capacity to burn the extra coke and may result in a lower feed throughput in the unit. If the additive increases the production of low value dry gas, the production of more valuable products may decrease. An increase in dry gas may exceed the ability of the unit to handle it, thus forcing a reduction of the amount of feed processed. While an additive that increases light olefins production may be desirable if the refinery values these products and the unit has the equipment necessary to process the extra light hydrocarbons, the additive may reduce profitability if the refinery's goal is to maximize gasoline production. Light olefins are typically made in the FCCU at the expense of gasoline production. Even an additive which increases unit conversion may be undesirable if it affects product yields, causes the unit to reach an equipment limitation, and/or decreases the amount of feed that can be processed.
[0013] Consequently, any change to the FCCU that affects the product slate or changes the ability to process feed at the desired rate can be detrimental to the refinery profitability. Therefore, there exists a need for NOx control compositions which do not significantly affect product yields and overall unit conversion.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0014] It has now been discovered that certain metal-stabilized zeolites exhibit increased activity and stability to reduce NO,, emissions during a catalytic cracking process.
Incorporation of the metal-stabilized zeolite components with an inventory of a catalytic cracking catalyst, in particular a cracking catalyst inventory containing an active Y-type zeolite, being circulated throughout a fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) during a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process provides superior NO, control performance without substantially changing or affecting the hydrocarbon conversion or the yield of cracked petroleum products produced during the FCC process.
[0015] In accordance with the present invention, the NO,, reduction compositions of the invention typically comprise a particulate composition containing particles of a zeolite component which has the ability to reduce NOX during an FCC process and which has been stabilized with a metal selected from the group consisting of zinc, iron and mixtures thereof. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the particulate zeolite component is ferrierite. In a even more preferred embodiment of the invention, the zeolite particles are bound with an inorganic binder. The binder preferably comprises silica, alumina or silica-alumina. The zeolite may be exchanged with hydrogen, ammonium, alkali metal and combinations thereof. The preferred alkali metal is sodium, potassium or combinations thereof.
[0016] In one aspect of the invention, NOX reduction additive compositions based on a metal-stabilized zeolite are provided. The compositions are added to a circulating inventory of the catalytic cracking catalyst as a separate admixture of particles to reduce NOx emissions released from the FCCU regenerator during the FCC process.
[0017] In another aspect of the invention, NO, reduction catalyst compositions which comprise a metal-stabilized zeolite incorporated as an integral component of an FCC
catalyst, preferably, containing a Y-type zeolite active cracking component, are provided.
[0018] In yet another aspect of the invention, improved NO,, reduction compositions are provided which compositions reduce NO,, emissions from the FCCU regenerator during the FCC process while substantially maintaining hydrocarbon conversion and the yield of cracked petroleum products and minimizing an increase in the production of coke.
[0019] It is another aspect of the present invention to provide a process for the reduction of the content of NO,, in the off gas of the FCCU regenerator during the FCC
process using NO, reduction compositions in accordance with the present invention.
[0020] Another aspect of the invention is to provid'e improved FCC processes for the reduction of the content of NOx in the off gases of the FCCU regenerator without substantially affecting hydrocarbon conversion or the yield of petroleum products produced during the FCC process.
[0021] These and other aspects of the present invention are described in further detail below.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0022] Although several nitrogen oxides are known which are relatively stable at ambient conditions, for, purposes of the present invention, NO,, will be used herein to represent nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide (the principal noxious oxides of nitrogen) as well as N204, N205 and mixtures thereof.
[0023] The present invention encompasses the discovery that the use of certain zeolite containing NOX reduction compositions in combination with a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst, preferably a catalyst comprising an active Y-type zeolite, is very effective for the reduction of NO,, emissions released from the FCCU regenerator under FCC
process conditions without a substantial change in hydrocarbon feed conversion, or the yield of cracked products. Compositions of the invention generally comprise at least one metal stabilized zeolite component having the ability to reduce NO, emissions from the regenerator of a FCCU under FCC conditions. The zeolite is stabilized with a metal or (metal ion) selected from the group consisting of zinc, iron and mixtures thereof, to provide a NOx reducing zeolite. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the zeolite is bound with an inorganic binder to form a particulate NO,s reduction composition. The particulate NO, reduction composition may be added to the circulating inventory of the catalytic cracking catalyst as a separate particle additive. In another embodiment of the invention, the zeolite is incorporated as an integral component of the cracking catalyst, wherein the zeolite is stabilized with the desired metal prior to or after incorporation in the craclcing catalyst composition.
[0024] For purposes of the present invention, the phrase "a substantial change in hydrocarbon feed conversion or the yield of cracked products" is defined herein to mean in the alternative (i) less than a 30% relative change, preferably less than a 20% relative change and most preferably less than a 10% relative change in the yield of LCO
(light cycle oils), bottoms and gasoline in combination with LPG as compared to the baseline yield of the same or substantially the same products; or (ii) less than a 10%
relative change, preferably less than a 6.5% relative change and most preferably less than a 5%
relative change in the hydrocarbon feed conversion as compared to the baseline conversion. The conversion is defined as 100% times (1 - bottoms yield - LCO
yield).
When the NOX reduction composition is used as a separate additive, the baseline is the mean conversion or yield of a product in the FCCU, operating with the same or substantially the same feed and under the same or substantially the same reaction and unit conditions, but before the additive of the present invention is added to the catalyst inventory. When the NOx reduction composition is integrated or incorporated into the cracking catalyst particles to provide an integral NO,, reduction catalyst system, a significant change in the hydrocarbon conversion or yield of cracked products is determined using a baseline defined as the mean conversion or yield of a product in the same or substantially the same FCCU operating with the same or substantially the same feed, under the same or substantially the same reaction and unit conditions, and with a cracking catalyst inventory comprising the same or substantially the same cracking catalyst composition as that containing the NO,t reduction composition, except that the NOx reduction composition is replaced in the cracking catalyst with a matrix component such as kaolin or other filler. The percent changes specified above are derived from statistical analysis of operating data obtained from the Davison Circulating Riser (DCR) as described in the following publications: 1) G. W. Young, G. D. Weatherbee, and S. W.
Davey, "Simulating Commercial FCCU yields with the Davison Circulating Riser (DCR) pilot plant unit," National Petroleum Refiners Association (NPRA) Paper AM88-52; and 2) G. W. Young, "Realistic Assessment of FCC Catalyst Performance in the Laboratory,"
in Fluid Catalytic Cracking: Science and Technology, J. S. Magee and M. M.
Mitchell, Jr. Eds., Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, Volume 76, p. 257, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam 1993, ISBN 0-444-89037-8.
[00251 Zeolites useful in the present invention include zeolites having that ability to reduce NO,; emissions during a catalytic cracking process under catalytic cracking conditions, in particularly, during a FCC process under FCC conditions. In general, the NO,, reducing zeolites include zeolites having a pore size ranging from about 2 to about 7.2 Angstroms with Si02 to A1203 molar ratio of less than about 500, preferably less than 250, most preferably less than 100. Preferably, the zeolite is selected from the group consisting of ferrierite, ZSM-11, beta, MCM-49, mordenite, MCM-56, Zeolite-L, zeolite Rho, errionite, chabazite, clinoptilolite, MCM-22, MCM-35, MCM-61, Offretite, A, ZSM-12, ZSM-23, ZSM-18, ZSM-22, ZSM-57, ZSM-61, ZK-5, NaJ, Nu-87, Cit-1, SSZ-35, SSZ-48, SSZ-44, SSZ-23, Dachiardite, Merlinoite, Lovdarite, Levyne, Laumontite, Epistilbite, Gmelonite, Gismondine, Cancrinite, Brewsterite, Stilbite, Paulingite, Goosecreekite, Natrolite, omega or mixtures thereof. In a more preferred embodiment of the invention, the NOx reducing zeolite component is a zeolite selected from the group consisting of ferrierite, beta, MCM-49, mordenite, MCM-56, Zeolite-L, zeolite Rho, errionite, chabazite, clinoptilolite, MCM-22, Offretite, A, ZSM-12, ZSM-23, omega and mixtures thereof. In the most preferred embodiment of the invention, the zeolite is ferrierite.
[0026] In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the zeolite comprising the NO,z reduction composition of the invention has a surface area of at least 100 m2/g, preferably at least 200 m2/g and most preferably at least 300 m2/g. In another embodiment of the invention, the zeolite is exchanged with a material selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, ammonium, alkali metal and combinations thereof, prior to incorporation into the binder to form a particulate NO, reduction composition, or FCC catalyst or stabilization with the metal or metal ion. The preferred alkali metal is one selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium and mixtures thereof.
[0027] The NOT reduction cornposition comprises at least one NOX reducing zeolite stabilized with a stabilizing amount, e.g., from about 1.0 to about 25 weight percent, preferably from about 5 to about 15 weight percent, most preferably from about 8 to about 12 weight percent, measured as the metal oxide, based on total weight of the NOx reduction composition, of a metal or metal ion selected from the group consisting of zinc, iron and mixtures thereof.
[0028] Tyically, the stabilization of the zeolite is accomplished in any manner sufficient to deposit the desired stabilizing metal or metal ion in or on the zeolite component. It is preferred that the stabilizing metal or inetal ion is deposited in such a manner such that the metal or metal ions reside in the pores of the zeolite or are incorporated within the frameworlc of the zeolite. As will be understood by one skilled in the art, this may be accomplished by various methods.
[0029] The metal or metal ions may be incorporated witllin the framework of the zeolite by synthesizing the zeolite in the presence of the metal or metal ion. For example, the metal component may also be added to the synthesis gel during preparation of the zeolite.
In the alternative, the metal or metal ion component may be added along with other reactants as a component used to synthesize the zeolite or partially substituted or exchanged for one of the other reactants, such as aluminum ion, used to synthesize the zeolite. The stabilizing metal or metal ion may also be incorporated into the pores of the zeolite using conventional methods such as, e.g. ion exchange, impregnation or the like, to form the NOJZ reduction composition of the invention.
[0030] A typical solid-state exchange may be accomplished by blending a finely ground metal salt with the zeolite and heating the two components together at a time and temperature sufficient to allow the exchange to occur. The blend may then be water-washed to remove any unexchanged metal ion and/or any remaining salt to provide the metal exchanged zeolite.
[0031] The stabilizing metal or metal ion component may also be impregnated or exchanged, typically by solution exchange, on a particulate NO,, reduction composition formed by binding the NOx reducing zeolite with an inorganic binder to form particles.
While the present invention is not limited to any particular process of preparation of the particulate composition, typically the particulate NO,, reduction compositions of the invention are prepared by forming an aqueous slurry containing the NOx reducing zeolite, inorganic binder, and optional rnatrix materials, in an amount sufficient to provide at least 10.0 weiglit percent of NOX reducing zeolite component and at least 5.0 weight percent of binder material in the final composition and, thereafter, spray drying the aqueous slurry to form particles. The spray-dried particles are optionally dried at a sufficient temperature for a sufficient time to remove volatiles, e.g., at about 90*C to about 3200C
for about 0.5 to about 24 hours. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the zeolite containing aqueous slurry is milled prior to spray-drying to reduce the mean particle size of materials contained in the slurry to 10 gm or less, preferably 5 m or less, most preferably 3 m or less. The aqueous slurry may be milled prior to or after incorporation of the binder and/or matrix materials as desired.
[0032] The spray-dried composition may be calcined at a temperature and for a time sufficient to remove volatiles and provide sufficient hardness to the binder for use in the FCCU under FCC process conditions, preferably from about 320'C to about 900 C
from about 0.5 to about 6 hours.
[0033] Optionally, the dried or calcined composition is washed or exchanged with an aqueous solution of ammonia or ammonium salt (e.g., ammonium sulfate, nitrate, chloride, carbonate, phosphate and the like), or an inorganic or organic acid (e.g., sulfuric, nitric, phosphoric, hydrochloric, acetic, formic and the like) to reduce the amount of alkaline metals, e.g. sodium or potassium, in the finished product.
[0034] Impregnation of the particulate NO, reduction composition may typically be accomplished by dissolving a soluble metal salt in water and thereafter impregnating the particulate composition with the solution.
[0035] It is also within the scope of the present invention that the stabilizing metal or metal ion component may added to the feed slurry during preparation of the particulate NO,, reduction composition. That is, the NOX reducing zeolite, binder and any matrix components may be combined with the stabilizing metal component to form the feed slurry followed by formation of a particulate composition, typically by spray drying as described hereinabove. It is further within the scope of the present invention that the stabilizing metal or metal ion component may be iinpregnated or exchanged, typically by solution exchange, on the NOX reducing zeolite prior to binding the NO,, reducing zeolite pai-ticle with an inorganic binder to form the particulate NOX reduction composition as described herein above.
[0036] Where the NO,, reduction composition is used as an integral component of the cracking catalyst, the stabilizing metal or metal ion may be exchanged or impregnated onto the NOa reducing zeolite before or after incorporation of the zeolite as a component of the catalyst. Without intending to limit the incorporation of the NOx reducing zeolite component within the cracking catalyst to any specific method of cracking catalyst manufacturing, typically, the zeolite component, any additional zeolites, the cracking catalyst zeolite, usually USY or REUSY-type, and any matrix materials are slurried in water. The slurry is milled to reduce the mean particle size of solids in the slurry to less than 10 m, preferably to less than 5 m, most preferably less than 3 m. The milled slurry is combined with a suitable binder, i.e., a silica sol binder, and optional matrix material, e.g. clay. The slurry is then mixed and spray-dried to form a catalyst. The spray-dried catalyst is optionally washed using an aqueous solution of ammonium hydroxide, an arnmonium salt, an inorganic or organic acid, and water to remove the undesirable salts. The washed catalyst may be exchanged with a water soluble rare-earth salt, e.g., rare-earth chlorides, nitrates and the like.
{0037] Alternatively, the NOX reducing zeolite component, optional additional zeolites, the cracking catalyst zeolite, any matrix materials, a rare-earth water soluble salt, clay and alumina sol binder are slurried in water and blended. The slurry is milled and spray-dried. The spray-dried catalyst is calcined at about 2500C to about 900'C. The spray-dried catalyst may then optionally be washed using an aqueous solution of ammonium hydroxide, an ammonium salt, an inorganic or organic acid, and water to remove the undesirable salts. Optionally, the catalyst may be exchanged with a water-soluble rare-earth salt after it has been washed, by any of the methods known in the art.
It is within the scope of the invention that the stabilizing metal component may be added to the catalyst feed slurry at any step before formation of the final catalyst composition.
[0038] Typically, the stabilizing metal or metal ion will be exchanged or impregnated on the NO, reducing zeolite or a final catalyst composition containing the NO, reducing zeolite using solution exchange, solid-state exchange or any other conventional methods.
In a typical solution phase exchange, the zeolite is slurried up in an aqueous solution containing the desired metal component. The pH and temperature of the solution are controlled to maximize the exchange of the metal component on the zeolite. The material may then be filtered and water-washed to remove any unexchanged metal ion and/or any remaining salt. If the metal is added by impregnation, a soluble metal salt would be dissolved in water and the zeolite impregnated with the solution.
Additionally, the exchange or impregnation may be carried out on a NOx reducing zeolite that contains alkali metal or alkaline earth metal ions or on a zeolite that has been converted to its hydrogen form.
[0039] The amount of NO, reducing zeolite used in the NO,; reduction compositions of the invention will vary depending upon several factors, including but not limited to, the mode of combining the NO,; reducing zeolite with the catalytic cracking catalyst and the type of cracking catalyst used. Where the compositions of the invention are separate additive compositions and comprise a particulate composition formed by binding particles of the NO,, reducing zeolite with a suitable inorganic binder, generally the amount of the NO,, reducing zeolite component present in the particulate compositions is at least 10, preferably at least 30, most preferably at least 40 and even more preferably at least 50, weight percent based on the total weight of the composition.
Typically, the particulate additive composition contains from about 10 to about 85, preferably from about 30 to about 80, most preferably, from about 40 to about 75, weight percent of the NOX reducing zeolite component based on the total weight of the additive composition.
[0040] Binder materials useful to prepare the particulate NO,, reduction compositions of the invention include any inorganic binder which is capable of binding a zeolite powder to form particles having properties suitable for use in the FCCU under FCC
process conditions. Typical inorganic binder materials useful to prepare compositions in accordance with the present invention include, but are not limited to, alumina, silica, silica-alumina, aluminum phosphate and the like, and mixtures thereof.
Preferably, the binder is selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, silica-alumina and mixtures thereof. More preferably, the binder comprises alumina. Even more preferably, the binder comprises an acid or base peptized alumina. Most preferably, the binder comprises an alumina sol, e.g., aluminum chlorohydrol. Generally, the amount of binder material present in the particular additive coinpositions comprises from about 5 to about 50 weight percent, preferably from about 10 to about 30 weight percent, inost preferably from about 15 to about 25 weight percent, of the additive composition of the invention.
[0041] Additional materials optionally present in the particulate compositions of the present invention include, but are not limited to, fillers (e.g., kaolin clay) or matrix materials (e.g., alumina, silica, silica-alumina, yttria, lanthana, ceria, neodymia, samaria, europia, gadolinia, titania, zirconia, praseodymia and mixtures thereof). When used, the additional materials are used in an amount which does not significantly adversely affect the performance of the compositions to reduce NO,, emissions released from the FCCU
regenerator under FCC conditions, the hydrocarbon feed conversion or the product yield of the cracking catalyst. In general the additional materials will comprise no more than about 70 weight percent of the compositions. It is preferred, however, that the compositions of the invention consist essentially of the NOX reducing zeolite and an inorganic binder.
[0042] Pai-ticulate additive compositions of the invention should have a particle size sufficient to permit the composition to be circulated throughout the FCCU
simultaneously with the inventory of cracking catalyst during the FCC process.
Typically the composition of the invention will have a mean particle size of greater than 45 pm. Preferably, the mean particle size is from about 50 to about 200 m, most preferably from about 55 to about 150 m, even more preferred from about 60 to about 120 pm. The cornpositions of the invention typically have a Davison attrition index (DI) value of less than about 50, preferably less than about 20, most preferably less than about 15.
[0043] Particulate compositions of the invention may be circulated in the form of separate particle additives along with the main craclcing catalyst throughout the FCCU.
Generally, the particulate additive composition is used in an amount of at least 0.1 weight percent of the FCC catalyst inventory. Preferably the amount of the additive composition used ranges from about 0.1 to about 80 weight percent, most preferably from about 1 to about 75 weight percent of the FCC catalyst inventory. Advantageously, when used in combination with specially formulated high activity cracking catalyst, e.g.
the high activity cracking catalyst such as described and disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/833,603, filed April 13, 2001, said document herein incorporated by reference, the use of additive levels as high as 80 weight percent of the FCC
catalyst inventory allows for the effective reduction of NOx emissions from the FCCU
regenerator without a loss of cracking activity due to dilution of the cracking catalyst inventory.

[0044] As will be understood by one skilled in the art, separate particulate compositions of the invention may be added to the FCCU in the conventional manner, e.g., with make-up catalyst to the regenerator or by any other convenient method.
[0045] When integrated into the FCC catalyst particles, the NO, reduction component typically represents at least 0.1 weight percent of the FCC catalyst particle.
Preferably, the amount of the NOx reduction component used ranges from about 0.1 to about weight percent, most preferably from about I to about 50 weight percent, of the FCC
catalyst particles.
[0046] As stated herein above, the integrated FCC catalyst will typically comprise the NOX reducing zeolite component along with the craelcing catalyst zeolite, inorganic binder materials and optionally, matrix, fillers, and other additive components such as metals traps (for example, traps for Ni and V) to make up the craclcing catalyst. The craclcing catalyst zeolite, usually a Y, USY or REUSY-type, provides the majority of the cracking activity and is typically present in a range from about 10 to about 75, preferably from about 15 to about 60 and most preferably from about 20 to about 50 weight percent based on the total weight of the composition. Inorganic binder materials useful to prepare integrated catalyst compositions in accordance with the present invention include any inorganic material capable of binding the components of the integrated catalyst to form particles having properties suitable for use in the FCCU under FCC
process conditions. Typically, the inorganic binder materials include, but are not limited to, alumina, silica, silica-alumina, aluminum phosphate and the like, and mixtures thereof.
Preferably, the binder is selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, silica-alumina. Generally, the amount of binder material present in the integrated catalyst composition is less than 50 weight percent based on the total weight of the catalyst composition. Preferably, the inorganic binder materials is present in the integrated catalyst in an amount ranging from about 5 to about 45 weight percent, more preferably from about 10 to about 30 weight percent and most preferably from about 15 to about 25 weight percent, based on the total weight of the composition.
[0047] The matrix materials optionally present in the integrated catalyst compositions of the present invention include, but are not limited to alumina, silica-alumina, rare earth oxides such as lanthana, transition metal oxides such as titania, zirconia, and manganese oxide, group 2A oxides such as magnesium and barium oxides, clays such as kaolin, and mixtures thereof. The matrix and/or fillers are typically present in the integral catalyst in an amount of less than 50 weight percent based on the total weight of the catalyst composition. Preferably, the matrix and/or fillers are present in an amount ranging from about I to about 45 weight percent based on the total weight of the catalyst composition.
[00481 The particle size and attrition propei-ties of the integral catalyst affect fluidization properties in the unit and determine how well the catalyst is retained in the commercial FCC unit. The integral catalyst composition of the invention typically has a mean particle size of about 45 to about 200 pm, more preferably from about 50 pm to about 150 m. The attrition properties of the integral catalyst, as measured by the Davison Attrition Index (DI), have a DI value of less than 50, more preferably less than 20 and most preferably less than 15.
[0049] In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the FCC cracking catalyst contains a Y-type zeolite. The NOx reducing zeolite may be added as a separate additive particle to a circulating inventory of the cracking catalyst or incorporated directly into the Y-type zeolite containing cracking catalyst as an integral component of the catalyst.
In either case, the Y-type zeolite is present in an amount sufficient to provide adequate cracking activity in the FCCU, as will be readily determined by one skilled in the art.
Preferably, the Y-type zeolite is present in an amount sufficient to provide a ratio of NOX reducing zeolite to Y-type zeolite of less than 2, preferably less than 1, in the total catalyst inventory.
[0050] Somewhat briefly, the FCC process involves the cracking of heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks to lighter products by contact of the feedstock in a cyclic catalyst recirculation cracking process with a circulating fluidizable cracking catalyst inventory consisting of pai-ticles having a mean size ranging from about 50 to about 150 m, preferably from about 60 to about 120 m. The catalytic craclcing of these relatively high molecular weight hydrocarbon feedstocks results in the production of a hydrocarbon product of lower molecular weight. The significant steps in the cyclic FCC process are:
(i) the feed is catalytically cracked in a catalytic cracking zone, normally a riser cracking zone, operating at catalytic cracking conditions by contacting feed with a source of hot, regenerated cracking catalyst to produce an effluent comprising cracked products and spent catalyst containing colce and strippable hydrocarbons;
(ii) the effluent is discharged and separated, normally in one or more cyclones, into a vapor phase rich in cracked product and a solids rich phase comprising the spent catalyst;
(iii) the vapor phase is removed as product and fractionated in the FCC
main column and its associated side columns to form gas and liquid cracking products including gasoline;
(iv) the spent catalyst is stripped, usually with steam, to remove occluded hydrocarbons from the catalyst, after which the stripped catalyst is oxidatively regenerated in a catalyst regeneration zone to produce hot, regenerated catalyst which is then recycled to the cracking zone for cracking further quantities of feed.
[0051] Conventional FCC catalysts include, for example, zeolite based catalysts with a faujasite cracking component as described in the seminal review by Venuto and Habib, Fluid Catalytic Cracking with Zeolite Catalysts, Marcel Dekker, New York 1979, ISBN
0-8247-6870-1, as well as in numerous other sources such as Sadeghbeigi, Fluid Catalytic Cracking Handbook, Gulf Publ. Co. Houston, 1995, ISBN 0-88415-290-1.
Preferably, the FCC catalyst is a catalyst comprising a Y-type zeolite active cracking component. In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the FCC
catalysts consist of a binder, usually silica, alumina, or silica-alumina, a Y-type zeolite active component, one or more matrix aluminas and/or silica-aluminas, and fillers such as kaolin clay. The Y-type zeolite may be present in one or more forms and may have been ultra stabilized and/or treated with stabilizing cations such as any of the rare-earths.
[0052] Typical FCC processes are conducted at reaction temperatures of 480'C
to 600'C
with catalyst regeneration temperatures of 600*C to 800'C. As it is well known in the art, the catalyst regeneration zone may consist of a single or multiple reactor vessels. The compositions of the invention may be used in FCC processing of any typical hydrocarbon feedstock. Suitable feedstocks include petroleum distillates or residuals of crude oils having a boiling point range of about 150'C to about 900'C, preferably, about 200*C to about 8000C, which when catalytically cracked provide a gasoline or other petroleum product. Synthetic feeds having boiling points of about 200 C to about 8000C, such as oil from coal, tar sands or shale oil, can also be included.
[0053] In order to remove coke from the catalyst, oxygen or air is added to the regeneration zone. This is performed by a suitable sparging device in the bottom of the regeneration zone, or if desired, additional oxygen is added to the dilute or dense phase of the regeneration zone.
[0054] Additive compositions in accordance with the invention dramatically reduce, i.e., by at least 10%, preferably, at least 20%, the emissions of NOX in the FCCU
regenerator effluent during the catalyst regeneration, while substantially maintaining the hydrocarbon feed conversion or the yield of cracked products, e.g., gasoline and light olefins, obtained from the cracking catalyst. In some cases, NO, reduction of 70% or greater is readily achievable using the compositions and method of the invention without significantly affecting the cracked products yields or feed conversion. However, as will be understood by one skilled in the FCC art, the extent of NO,, reduction will depend on such factors as, for example, the composition and amount of the additive utilized; the design and the manner in which the catalytic cracking unit is operated, including but not limited to oxygen level and distribution of air in the regenerator, catalyst bed depth in the regenerator, stripper operation and regenerator temperature, the properties of the hydrocarbon feedstoclc cracked, and the presence of other catalytic additives that may affect the chemistry and operation of the regenerator. Thus, since each FCCU
is different-in soine or all of these respects, the effectiveness of the process of the invention may be expected to vary from unit to unit. NOx reduction compositions of the invention also prevent a significant increase in the production of coke during the FCC
process.
[0055] It is also within the scope of the invention that NO,, reduction compositions of the invention may be used alone or in cornbination with one or more additional NO,, reduction component to achieve NO,, reduction more efficiently than the use of either of the compositions alone. Preferably, the additional NOx reduction component is a non-zeolitic material, that is, a material that contains no or substantially no (i.e., less than 5 weight percent, preferably less than 1 weight percent) zeolite.

[0056] It is also contemplated within the scope of the present invention that additive compositions in accordance witli the present invention may be used in combination with other additives conventionally used in the FCC process, e.g., SOX reduction additives, gasoline-sulfiir reduction additives, CO combustion promoters, additives for the production of light olefins, and the like.
[0057] The scope of the invention is not in any way intended to be limited by the examples set forth below. The examples include the preparation of additives useful in the process of the invention and the evaluation of the invention process to reduce NOx in a catalytic cracking environment. The examples are given as specific illustrations of the claimed invention. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the specific details set forth in the examples.
[0058] All parts and percentages in the examples, as well as the remainder of the specification which refers to solid compositions or concentrations, are by weight unless otherwise specified. Concentrations of gaseous mixtures are by volume unless otherwise specified.
[0059] Further, any range of numbers recited in the specification or claims, such as that representing a particular set of properties, units of measure, conditions, physical states or percentages, is intended to literally incorporate expressly herein by reference or otherwise, any number falling within such range, including any subset of numbers within any range so recited.

EXAMPLES
[00631 The performance evaluation of Additives A through H for the reduction of NO
emissions from an FCC unit was conducted by using the DCR. In each of the experiments, the DCR was operated under "full burn" regeneration conditions, where "full burn" is defined as the condition wherein the amount of air added to the regenerator is sufficient to convert all the coke species on the spent FCC catalyst to CO2 before leaving the regenerator. The testing was performed witli 1 1 excess 02 in the regenerator, and with the regenerator operating at 705 C.

[0064] A composition comprising 75% ferrierite and 25% Alumina Sol was prepared as follows: An aqueous slurry was prepared which contained 25% A1203 from aluminum chlorohydrol solution (23% solids), 75% ferrierite (Si02/A12 03 = 20, Na20 +
K20 = 6-lOwt%), and enough additional water to make a slurry that contained about 42-44%
solids. The slurry was milled to an average particle size of less than 3.0 m and then spray dried. The spray-dried product was calcined for 20 to 40 minutes at 400 to 450 C.
The calcined catalyst was washed with an ammonium sulfate solution, followed by water, to decrease the K20 level to less than 1.0 wt%. The catalyst was designated as Additive A, the properties of which are shown in Table I below.

[0065] A composition comprising 73% ferrierite, 2.5% ZnO and 24.5% Alumina Sol was prepared as follows: An aqueous slurry was prepared which contained 6520 g of aluminum chlorohydrol solution (23% solids), 4500 g (dry basis) of ferrierite (Si02/Al2O3 = 20, Na20 + K20 < 0.5wt f ), 250 g of ZnCIZ and enough additional water to make a slurry that contained about 44% solids. The slurry was milled in a Drais mill to an average particle size of less than 2.5 m and then spray dried in a Bowen spray dryer.
The spray-dried product was calcined for 1.5 hours at 593 C. The catalyst was designated as Additive B, the properties of which are shown in Table 1 below.

[0066] A composition comprising 72.1% ferrierite, 3.9% ZnO and 24% Alumina Sol was prepared as follows: An aqueous slurry was prepared which contained 6520 g of aluminum chlorohydrol solution (23% solids), 4500 g (dry basis) of ferrierite (Si0a/A1203 = 20, NazO + K20 < 0.5wt%), 400 g of ZnC12 and enough additional water to make a slurry that contained about 44% solids. The slurry was milled in a Drais mill to an average particle size of less than 2.5 m and then spray dried in a Bowen spray dryer.
The spray-dried product was calcined for 1.5 hours at 593 C. This catalyst was designated as Additive C, the properties of which are shown in Table 1 below.

[0067] A composition comprising 70.7% ferrierite, 5.8% ZnO and 23.5% Alumina Sol was prepared as follows. An aqueous slurry was prepared which contained 6520 g of aluminum chlorohydrol solution (23% solids), 4500 g (dry basis) of ferrierite (Si02/A1203 = 20, Na20 + K20 < 0.5wt%), 600 g of ZnC12 and enough additional water to make a slurry that contained about 44% solids. The slurry was milled in a Drais mill to an average particle size of less than 2.5 m and then spray dried in a Bowen spray dryer.
The spray-dried product was calcined for 1.5 hours at 593 C. The catalyst was designated as Additive D, the properties of which are shown in Table 1 below.

[0068] A composition comprising 69.5% ferrierite, 7.4% ZnO and 23.1% Alumina Sol was prepared as follows: An aqueous slurry was prepared which contained 6520 g of aluminum chlorohydrol solution (23% solids), 4500 g (dry basis) of ferrierite (Si02/Al203 = 20, Na20 + K20 < 0.5wt%), 800 g of ZnCI2 and enough additional water to malce a slurry that contained about 44% solids. The slurry was milled in a Drais mill to an average particle size of less than 2.5 m and then spray dried in a Bowen spray dryer.
The spray-dried product was calcined for 1.5 hours at 593 C. The catalyst was designated as Additive E, the properties of which are shown in Table 1 below.

[0069] A composition comprising 67% ferrierite, 10.7% ZnO and 22.3% Alumina Sol was prepared as follows: An aqueous slurry was prepared which contained 6520 g of aluminum chlorohydrol solution (23% solids), 4500 g (dry basis) of ferrierite (Si02/Al a03 = 20, Na20 + K20 < 0.5wt%), 1200 g of ZnC12 and enough additional water to make a slurry that contained about 44% solids. The slurry was milled in a Drais mill to an average particle size of less than 2.5 rn and then spray dried in a Bowen spray dryer.
The spray-dried product was calcined for 1.5 hours at 593 C. The catalyst was designated as Additive F, the properties of which are shown in Table I below.

[0070] An Additive G was prepared as follows: A sample of 732.2 gms dry basis of Additive D, prepared as shown in Example 4, was impregnated with a solution prepared with 172.9 g Zn (Acetate)2- 2 H20, 281 ml H20 and 209.4 ml of a 30% NH4OH
solution.
lt was oven dried for 4 hours at 287 C, reimpregnated with a solution of the same composition, and dried for 4 hours at 287 C. The sample was then calcined for 2 hours at 593 C. Additive G had the properties as shown in Table I below.

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[0071] A composition comprising 62.5% ferrierite, 10.7% ZnO, 4.5% Catapal C
alumina and 22.3% Alumina Sol was prepared as follows: An aqueous slurry was prepared which contained 6520 g of aluminum chlorohydrol solution (23% solids), 4200 g (dry basis) of ferrierite (Si02/A1203 = 20, Na20 + K20 < 0.5wt%), 300 g (dry basis) Catapal C
alumina, 1200 g of ZnC12 and enough additional water to make a slurry that contained about 44%
solids. The slurry was milled in a Drais mill to an average particle size of less than 2.5 m and then spray dried in a Bowen spray dryer. The spray-dried product was calcined for 1.5 hours at 593 C. The catalyst is designated as Additive H, the properties of which are shown in Table 2 below.

[0072] A composition comprising 65% ferrierite, 15% Clay and 20% Alumina Sol was prepared as follows: An aqueous slurry was prepared which contained 4344 g of aluminum chlorohydrol solution (23% solids), 3250 g (dry basis) of ferrierite, 650 g (dry basis) clay and enough additional water to make a slurry which contained about 40%
solids. The slurry was milled in a Drais mill to an average particle size of less than 2.5 m and then spray dried in a Bowen spray dryer. The spray-dried product was calcined for 1.5 hours at 593 C. The catalyst, with the properties as shown in Table 2, was designated as Additive I.

[0073] Ferrierite was exchanged with zinc ions using a solid-state exchange procedure as follows: Zinc chloride (228 g) was ground into a fine powder and then blended with 2500 g of ferrierite powder. The blend was calcined for 2 hours at 325 C. The calcined blend was slurried into 9000 g of water maintained at 80 C, mixed for 0.16 hours and then filtered. The filter cake was then washed three times with water maintained at 8.0 C, dried and then calcined at 593 C for 1.5 hours. The final zinc solid-state exchanged product contained 2.80% ZnO.
[0074] A composition comprising 65% Zn/ferrierite, 15% Clay and 20% Alumina Sol was prepared as follows: An aqueous slurry was prepared which contained 2608 g of aluminum chlorohydrol solution (23% solids), 1950 g(dry basis) of zinc solid state exchanged ferrierite and enough additional water to make a slurry which contained about 40% solids. The slurry was milled in a Drais mill to an average particle size of less than 2.5 rn and then spray dried in a Bowen spray dryer. The spray-dried product was calcined for 1.5 hours at 593 C. The catalyst was designated as Additive J and had the properties shown in Table 2 below.

[0075] A Ferrierite catalyst bound with silica sol was prepared using the following procedure: An aqueous slurry containing 29% Ferrierite (Si02/A1203 = 20) was milled in a Drais mill. The milled Ferrierite slurry (4160 g) was combined with 1200 g Natka clay (dry basis) and 6000 g silica sol binder (10% solids). The silica so]
binder was prepared from sodium silicate and acid alum. The catalyst slurry was then spray dried in a Bowen spray dryer. The resulting spray dried product was washed with ammonium sulfate solution, followed by water to give a catalyst with a Na20 level of less than 0.1 wt%. The catalyst was designated as Additive K and had the properties as shown in Table 2 below.

[0076] Additive K, prepared in Example 11, was exchanged with zinc ions by the following process: The Zn-exchange was carried out by adding 150 g of the spray dried catalyst to a zinc nitrate solution containing 12.4 g of Zn(N03)2.6 H20 in 1500 g water.
The mixture was stirred for 0.5 hours at 70 C. The slurry was then filtered and the catalyst washed three times with water maintained at 70 C to remove the excess zinc nitrate. The catalyst was designated as Additive L and had the properties as shown in Table 2 below.

Table 2 Properties of Additives H through L

Additive H Additive I Additive J Additive K Additive L
Si02 % 54.90 65.82 65.31 76.24 76.00 A1203 % 33.79 32.97 31.82 21.68 21.55 ZnO % 10.7 - 1.86 - 0.59 Na20 % 0.09 0.08 0.05 0.05 0.03 RE203 % 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 SO4 % 0.093 0.13 0.02 0.23 0.16 Surface in2/g 86 265 233 206 209 Area Zeolite m2/g 68 206 184 161 155 [0077] Additives A through H were evaluated in the DCR to determine the effectiveness of the additives for the reduction of NO emissions released from an FCC unit.
In each of the experiments, the DCR was operated under "full burn" regeneration conditions, where "full burn" is defined as the condition wherein the amount of air added to the regenerator is sufficient to convei-t all the coke species on the spent FCC catalyst to CO2. The testing was performed with 1% excess 02 in the regenerator, and with the regenerator operating at 705 C.
[0078] A commercial FCC feed having the properties as shown in Table 3 below was used for testing. The DCR was charged initially witli a blend of approximately 1596 g of an equilibrium cracking catalyst having the properties as shown in Table 4 and 4 g of a commercial sample of a Pt-based combustion promoter (CP -3, obtained from Grace Davison), which had been deactivated for 20 hours at 788 C without any added Ni or V
using the Cyclic Propylene Steaming method (CPS). The description of the CPS
method has been published in L. T. Boock, T. F. Petti, and J. A Rudesill, "Contaminant-Metal Deactivation and Metal-Dehydrogenation Effects During Cyclic Propylene Steaming of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Catalysts," Deactivation and Testing of Hydrocarbon Processing Catalysts, ACS Symposium Series 634, p. 171 (1996), ISBN 0-8412-3411-6.
[00791 After stabilization of the unit, the baseline NO emissions data were collected using an on-line Multigas 2030 FTIR gas analyzer. Subsequently a second blend containing the additive was injected into the DCR. For Additives A, E, F, G
and H, this blend contained approximately 86 g of the additive that had been hydrothermally deactivated in a fluidized bed reactor with 20% steam in N2 for 24 hours at 760 C without the addition of Ni or V and 0.215 g of the CPS-deactivated CP -3. For Additives B, C
and D, this blend contained approximately 90 g of the additive that had been hydrotherrnally deactivated in a fluidized bed reactor with 20% steam in N2 for 24 hours at 760 C without the addition of Ni or V, 109.5 g of the equilibrium cracking catalyst and 0.25 g of the CPS-deactivated CPO-3. As observed in Table 5, Additives B
through H
show better NO,, reduction performance in the DCR than Additive A at similar amounts.
This confirms that the addition of Zn to ferrierite improves its NOx reduction performance after deactivation. The NO, reduction performance increases with increasing Zn levels until a maximum is reached in the 10% ZnO range.
[00801 The yields for the runs with Additives A, E and F are shown in Table 6 below to illustrate the point that none of these NO,, reduction additives affect FCC
yields.

Table 3 Properties of Feed Used in DCR Tests for the Evaluation of Additives A-J
API Gravity @60 F 25.5 Sulfur, wt.% 0.369 Total Nitrogen, wt.% 0.12 Basic Nitrogen, wt.% 0.05 Conradson Carbon, wt.% 0.68 K Factor 11.94 Refractive Index 1.503 Simulated Distillation, vol.%, F

Table 4 Properties of equilibrium cracking catalyst used in DCR
evaluation of Additives A-J and M-T

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[0081] Additives I and J were evaluated for the reduction of NO,t emissions from an FCC
unit in the DCR. The testing was performed with the DCR operating under the same conditions, equilibrium catalyst and feed as in Example 13. The DCR was charged initially with a blend of approximately 1895.25 g of the equilibrium cracking catalyst and 4.75 g of CPS-deactivated CP -3. After stabilization of the unit, the baseline NO
emissions data were collected using an on-line Multigas 2030 FTIR gas analyzer.
Subsequently a blend of approximately 105 g of Additive I or J, 94.5 g of the equilibrium catalyst and 0.5 g of the CPS-deactivated CP -3 was injected into the DCR and the run was continued for approximately 10 hours on the additive. As shown in Table 7, Additive J was only slightly more effective in reducing NO, emissions than Additive I
after 1 hour but shows a bigger NO, reduction performance advantage after 7 hours. From this data, it can be concluded that the addition of pre-exchanged Zn to ferrierite stabilizes the NO,t reduction activity and provides improved NOx reduction performance as compared to the non stabilized additive.

Table 7 NO reduction performance of Additives I and J in the DCR

NO emissions NO emissions NO emissions 7 Sample Additive with equilibrium with Additive 1 hour with Additive on-stream level catalyst/0.25% after 1 hour NO on-stream after 7 hours -stream CP -3 on-stream on-stream NO
Reduction Reduction (wt.%) (ppm) (ppm) (%) (ppm) ( 10) Additive I 5 173 36 79 75 57 Additive J 5 1S0 34 81 59 67 [0082] Additives K and L were evaluated for their NO,, reduction performance in the DCR using the same operating conditions as in Examples 13 and 14. A commercial FCC
feed was used for testing and its properties are shown in Table 8 below. The DCR was charged initially with a blend of approximately 1800 g of a commercially available cracking catalyst, SUPERNOVA DMR+ obtained from Grace Davison hydrothermally deactivated in a fluidized bed reactor with 100% steam for 4 hours at 816 C
without the addition of Ni or V. After stabilization of the unit, the baseline NO
emissions data were collected using an on-line Lear-Siegler S02/NO Analyzer (SM8100A).
Subsequently, a blend of 100 g of catalyst was added to the DCR consisting of 95.25 g of the hydrothermally deactivated SuperNova DMR+ catalyst and 4.75 g of the CPS- CP -3.
NO emissions were continuously collected through out this time frame and once the unit was again stabilized, a blend containing 0.525 g of the deactivated CP-3 with 105 g of Additive K or L and 105 g of the deactivated SuperNova DMR+ catalyst was added to the DCR. As observed in Table 9, Additive L is better at reducing NO emissions from the DCR than the Additive K. This shows that post-exchange of Zn onto ferrierite contained in a particle with a silica sol binder improves the NO reduction performance of ferrierite.

Table 8 Properties of the feed used in DCR tests for the evaluation of Additives K and L.

API Gravity @ 60 F 23.2 Sulfur, wt.% 0.023 Total Nitrogen, wt. / 0.13 Basic Nitrogen, wt.% 0.04 Conradson Carbon, wt.% 0.03 K Factor 11.4 Simulated Distillation, vol.%, F

Table 9 NO reduction performance of Additives K and L in the DCR.
Average NO emissions NO emissions after Sample Additive level with catalyst/CP-3 added 2 hours on stream NO reduction (wt.%) (ppm) (ppm) (%) Additive K 5.0 276 114 59 Additive L 5.0 279 84 70 [0083] A composition comprising 75% clay and 25% alumina sol was prepared as follows: An aqueous slurry was prepared that contained 2174 g of aluminum chlorohydrol solution (23% solids), 1500 g (dry basis) of clay and enough additional water to make a slurry which contained about 40% solids. The slurry was milled in a Drais mill to an average particle size of less than 2.5 .m and then spray dried in a Bowen spray dryer. The spray-dried product was calcined for 1.5 hours at 593 C. The catalyst was designated as Additive M and had the properties as shown in Table 10 below.

[0084] A coinposition comprising 71% clay, 6% ZnO and 23% alumina sol was prepared as follows: An aqueous slurry was prepared that contained 6520 g of aluminum chlorohydrol solution (23% solids), 4500 g (dry basis) of clay, 620 g ZnC12 and enough additional water to make a slurry which contained about 45% solids. The slurry was milled in a Drais mill to an average particle size of less than 2.5 m and then spray dried in a Bowen spray dryer. The spray-dried product was calcined for 1.5 hours at 593 C.
The catalyst was designated as Additive N amd had the properties as shown in Table 10 below.

[0085] ZnO supported on alumina was prepared as follows: 1000 g (dry basis) of HiQ
alumina (obtained from Alcoa) was impregnated, to incipient wetness, with 165 g ZnC12 dissolved in water. The material was then calcined for 2 hours at 593 C. The catalyst was designated Additive 0 and had the properties as shown in Table 10 below.

[0086] In order to simulate the pick-up of Si02 and sodium ions of the ZnO/alumina catalyst during deactivation in an FCC unit, the catalyst was impregnated first with a Si02 compound and then with sodium salt. 500 g (dry basis) Additive 0 was impregnated, to incipient wetness, with 85 g tetraethylorthosilicate dissolved in ethanol.

The catalyst was dried at room temperature overnight and then impregnated with an aqueous solution containing 4.3 g of sodium carbonate. The material was then calcined for 2 hours at 593 C. Subsequently, this sample was subjected to hydrothermal deactivation in a fluidized bed reactor for 4 hours at 816 C with 100% steam.
The catalyst was designated Additive P and had the properties as shown in Table 10 below.

Table 10 Properties of Additives M through P

Additive M Additive N Additive 0 Additive P
A1203 wt.% 56.18 54.00 87.90 82.5 Si02 wt.% 42.07 40.97 0.34 5.1 ZnO wt.% 0.04 5.11 11.77 10.79 Na20 wt.% 0.08 0.10 0.02 0.44 Fe203 wt.% 1.40 1.31 - 0.03 SO4 wt.% - 0.02 0.14 -Surface Area m2/g 52 60 142 117 [0087] The performance of HiQ A1203 and Additives M through P for reduction of NO
emissions were evaluated in the DCR using the same conditions, feed and catalyst as shown in Examples 13 and 14. The DCR was initially charged with a blend of 1596 g of the equilibrium cracking catalyst and 4 g of CPS-deactivated CP -3. Upon stabilization of the unit, a blend of 85.12 g of the additive and 0.215 g of deactivated CP -3 was charged to the DCR and the run was continued for approximately 2 hours on each additive. Results were recorded in Table 11 below.

[0088] As shown in Table 11, it can be inferred that addition of ZnO to different supports does not improve their NOx reduction activity in the DCR, meaning that the intrinsic NOX reduction activity of Zn is very low under realistic FCC
conditions. This data shows that the increased NOX reduction activity observed with the addition of Zn to ferrierite in Examples 13 and 14 is primarily due to the stabilizing effect of Zn on ferrierite.

Table 11 NO reduction performance of Additives M through P in the DCR
Additive NO emissions with NO emissions with Sample level equilibrium catalyst/ Additive after 2 NO reduction 0.25% CP-3 hours on-stream (wt.%) ppm ppm ( 10) Additive M 5.1 199 156 22 Additive N 5.1 257 198 23 Additive 0 5.1 186 56 70 Additive P 5.1 157 139 11 HiQ AI2O3 5.1 194 59 70 [0089] A composition comprising 75% ferrierite, 25% Alumina sol was prepared as described in Example 1. The spray dried product was calcined 1.5 hours at 593 C.
About 125 g of this material was subsequently impregnated with 17.7 g of YC13' dissolved in 100 ml deionized water, oven dried at 287 C overnight and then calcined for 2 hours at 538 C. The resulting sample was designated as Additive Q and had the properties as shown in Table 12 below.

[0090] A composition comprising 75% Ferrierite, 25% Alumina sol was prepared as described in Example 1. The spray dried product was calcined 1.5 hours at 593 C.
About 125 g of this material was subsequently impregnated with 33.2 g of MgC12. 6 H20 dissolved in 87 ml deionized water; oven dried at 287 C overnight, and then calcined for 2 hours at 593 C. The resulting sample was designated as Additive R and had the properties as shown in Table 12 below.

[0091] A composition comprising 73% ferrierite, 3% Fe203 and 24% Alumina Sol was prepared as follows: An aqueous slurry was prepared which contained 6520 g of aluminum chlorohydrol solution (23% solids), 4500 g (dry basis) of ferrierite (Si02/Al203 = 20, NaZ0 + K20 < 0.5wt%), 445 g of FeC12' 4H20 and enough additional water to make a slurry that contained about 44% solids. The slurry was milled in a Drais mill to an average particle size of less than 2.5 m and then spray dried in a Bowen spray dryer.
The spray-dried product was calcined for 1.5 hours at 593 C. The catalyst was designated as Additive S and had the properties as shown in Table 12 below.

[0092] A composition comprising 67% ferrierite, 11% Fe203 and 22% Alumina Sol was prepared as follows: An aqueous slurry was prepared which contained 6520 g of aluminum chlorohydrol solution (23% solids), 4500 g (dry basis) of ferrierite (SiOa/A1203 = 20, Na20 + K20 < 0.5wt%), 1782 g of FeC12' 4H20 and enough additional water to make a slurry that contained about 44% solids. The slurry was milled in a Drais mill to an average particle size of less than 2.5 m and then spray dried in a Bowen spray dryer.
The spray-dried product was calcined for 1.5 hours at 593 C. The catalyst was designated as AdditiveT and had the properties as shown in Table 12 below.

Table 12 Properties of Additives Q through T.

Additive Q Additive R Additive S Additive T
Si02 by difference Wt.% 62.42 61.88 66.74 58.24 A1203 Wt.% 30.20 30.60 29.57 30.20 Fe203 Wt.% - 2.99 10.92 Mg0 Wt.% - 4.78 - 0.06 Y203 Wt.% 4.79 - - -Na20 Wt.% 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.09 K20 Wt.% 0.37 0.33 0.16 0.09 SO$ Wt.% 1.86 1.75 0.29 0.16 Total Surface area m2/g 307 256 277 228 Zeolite Surface area m2/g 226 174 22 139 Deactivated properties: (24 hours/ 760 C/ 20%
steam) Total Surface area m2/g 284 244 278 256 Zeolite Surface area m2/g 197 171 210 184 [0092] The performance of Additives Q through T was evaluated for the reduction of NO
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reduction performance on ferrierite and showed improved NO, reduction performance over either Mg or Y in stabilized ferrierite.

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Claims (41)

1. An improved process of reducing NO, emissions from the regeneration zone of a fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) during fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) of a hydrocarbon feedstock into lower molecular weight components, said process comprising a) contacting a hydrocarbon feedstock with a circulating inventory of an FCC
cracking catalyst in a FCCU in the presence of an effective NO, reducing amount of a NO,, reduction composition coinprising a NO x reducing zeolite having a pore size ranging from about 2 to about 7.2 Angstroms and a SiO2 to Al2O3 molar ratio of less than about 500, said zeolite being stabilized with a stabilizing amount of a metal or metal ion selected from the group consisting of zinc, iron and mixtures thereof and having the ability to reduce NO x emissions during a FCC process and said FCCU having a regeneration zone and being operated under FCC process conditions; and b) reducing the amount of NO x emissions released from the regeneration zone of the FCCU as compared to the amount of NO x emissions released in the absence of the NO x reduction composition.
2. The process of Claim 1 wherein the FCC cracking catalyst comprises a Y-type zeolite.
3. The process of Claim 1 wherein step (b) is accomplished without a substantial change in the hydrocarbon feedstock conversion or yield of cracked hydrocarbons as compared to the hydrocarbon feedstock conversion or yield of cracked hydrocarbons obtained from the cracking catalyst alone.
4. The process of Claim 1 wherein the NO x reducing zeolite is selected from the group consisting of ferrierite, ZSM-11, beta, MCM-49, mordenite, MCM-56, Zeolite-L, zeolite Rho, errionite, chabazite, clinoptilolite, MCM-22, MCM-35, MCM-61, Offretite, A, ZSM-12, ZSM-23, ZSM-18, ZSM-22, ZSM-57, ZSM-61, ZK-5, NaJ, Nu-87, Cit-1, SSZ-35, SSZ-48, SSZ-44, SSZ-23, Dachiardite, Merlinoite, Lovdarite, Levyne, Laumontite, Epistilbite, Gmelonite, Gismondine, Cancrinite, Brewsterite, Stilbite, Paulingite, Goosecreekite, Natrolite, omega or mixtures thereof.
5. The process of Claim 4 wherein the NO x reducing zeolite is ferrierite, beta, MCM-49, mordenite, MCM-56, Zeolite-L, zeolite Rho, errionite, chabazite, clinoptilolite, MCM-22, Offretite, A, ZSM-12, ZSM-23, omega and mixtures thereof.
6. The process of Claim 5 wherein the NO x reducing zeolite is ferrierite.
7. The process of Claim 1 wherein the NO x reduction composition is present as a separate particulate additive.
8. The process of Claim 7 wherein the particulate NO x reduction composition has a mean particle size of greater than 45 µm.
9. The process of Claim 8 wherein the NO x reduction composition further comprises from about 5 to about 50 weight percent of an inorganic binder selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, silica-alumina, alumina phosphate and mixtures thereof.
10. The process of Claim 9 wherein the amount of NO x reducing zeolite present in the particulate NO x reduction composition is at least 30 weight percent of the composition.
11. The process of Claim 10 wherein the amount of the NO x reducing zeolite present in the NO x reduction composition is at least 40 weight percent of the composition.
12. The process of Claim 11 wherein the amount of the NO x reducing zeolite present in the NO x reduction composition is at least 50 weight percent of the composition.
13. The process of Claim 9 wherein the amount of the NO x reducing zeolite present in the NO x reduction composition ranges from about 10 to about 85 weight percent of the composition.
14. The process of Claim 13 wherein the amount of the NO x reducing zeolite present in the NO x reduction composition ranges from about 30 to about 80 weight percent of the composition.
15. The process of Claim 14 wherein the amount of the NO x reducing zeolite present in the NO x reduction composition ranges from about 40 to about 75 weight percent of the composition.
16. The process of Claim 9 wherein the inorganic binder is alumina.
17. The process of Claim 16 wherein the alumina is an-acid or base peptized alumina.
18. The process of Claim 17 wherein the alumina is aluminum chlorohydrol.
19. The process of Claim 9 wherein the amount of inorganic binder present in the NO x reduction composition ranges from about 10 to about 30 weight percent of the composition.
20. The process of Claim 19 wherein the amount of inorganic binder present in the NO x reduction composition ranges from about 15 to about 25 weight percent of the composition.
21. The process of Claim 1 wherein the NO x reducing zeolite component has a SiO2 to Al2O3 molar ratio of less than 250.
22. The process of Claim 9 wherein the NO x reduction composition further comprises a matrix material selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, silica-alumina, titania, zirconia, yttria, lanthana, ceria, neodymia, samaria, europia, gadolinia, praseodymia, and mixtures thereof.
23. The process of Claim 22 wherein the matrix material is present in an amount less than 70 weight percent.
24. The process of Claim 1 or 3 further comprising recovering the cracking catalyst from said contacting step and treating the used catalyst in a regeneration zone to regenerate said catalyst.
25. The process of Claim 1 or 3 wherein the cracking catalyst and the particulate additive composition are fluidized during contacting said hydrocarbon feedstock.
26. The process of Claim 1 or 3 further comprising contacting the hydrocarbon feed with at least one additional NO x reduction composition.
27. The process of Claim 8 wherein the NO x reduction composition has a mean particle size from about 50 to about 200 µm.
28. The process of Claim 27 wherein the particulate NO x reduction composition has a mean particle size from about 55 to about 150 µm.
29. The process of Claim 8 wherein the particulate NO x reduction composition has a Davison attrition index (DI) value of less than 50.
30. The process of Claim 29 wherein the particulate NO x reduction composition has a DI
value of less than 20.
31. The process of Claim 30 wherein the particulate NO x reduction composition has a DI
value of less than 15.
32. The process of Claim 7 wherein the FCC cracking catalyst comprises a Y-type zeolite and the amount of the NO x reduction composition in the catalyst inventory is that amount sufficient to provide a ratio of NO x reducing zeolite component to Y-type zeolite in the total catalyst inventory of less than 2.
33. The process of Claim 32 wherein the ratio of NO x reducing zeolite component to Y-type zeolite in the total catalyst inventory is less than 1.
34. The process of Claim 33 wherein step (b) is accomplished without a substantial change in the hydrocarbon feedstock conversion or yield of cracked hydrocarbons as compared to the hydrocarbon feedstock conversion or yield of cracked hydrocarbons obtained from the cracking catalyst alone.
35. The process of Claim I wherein the NO x reduction composition is incorporated into the FCC cracking catalyst as a component of the cracking catalyst.
36. The process of Claim 35 wherein the amount of the NO x reduction composition present in the FCC cracking catalyst is at least 0.1 weight percent of the cracking catalyst.
37. The process of Claim 36 wherein the amount of the NO x reduction composition present in the FCC cracking catalyst ranges from about 0.1 to about 70 wt% of the cracking catalyst.
38. The process of Claim 37 wherein the amount of the NO x reduction composition ranges from about 1 to about 50 wt% of the cracking catalyst.
39. The process of Claim 35 further comprising contacting the hydrocarbon feed with at least one additional NO x reduction composition.
40. The process of Claim 7 or 35 wherein the NO x reducing zeolite is stabilized with zinc metal or zinc ions.
41. The process of Claim 6 wherein the NO x reducing zeolite is stabilized with zinc metal or zinc ions.
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