Catalytic cracking of glyceride oils with deactivated phosphorus-containing ZSM-5 light olefins additives
A process is provided for the catalytic cracking of a glyceride oil feedstock with a catalyst composition containing a deactivated phosphorus-containing ZSM-5 light olefins selective additive.
1. A process for catalytic cracking of a glyceride oil, the process consisting of:
(a) contacting a feed consisting of a glyceride oil with a deactivated cracking catalyst discharged from a fluid catalytic cracking process, the catalyst having deactivating deposits accumulated thereon, at catalytic cracking conditions to obtain a product stream comprising hydrocarbons; and
(b) separating at least one hydrocarbon fraction from the product stream;
wherein the deactivating deposits comprise at least one metal contaminant; and the catalyst has a composition consisting of (i) 25 to 50 wt. % of ZSM-5; (ii) 3 to 15 wt. % of phosphorus, measured as P 2 O 5 ; (iii) 5 to 45 wt. % of a clay; and (iv) 5 to 20 wt. % of a binder.
2. The process of claim 1 , wherein the at least one metal contaminant comprises a metal selected from sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, vanadium, nickel, iron, and a mixture thereof.
3. The process of claim 1 , wherein the catalyst has an accumulation of at least 500 ppm of the at least one metal contaminant.
4. The process of claim 1 , wherein the catalyst has an accumulation of up to 50,000 ppm of the at least one metal contaminant.
5. The process of claim 1 , wherein the catalyst has been subjected to a steam treatment.
6. The process of claim 5 , wherein the steam treatment comprises steaming the catalyst under a steam and inert gas atmosphere at a temperature of at least 500° C.
7. The process of claim 1 , wherein the deactivating deposits further comprise coke, wherein the coke is present in a range from 0.1 wt. % to 5.0 wt. %, based on a total weight of the deactivated cracking catalyst.
8. The process of claim 1 , wherein the glyceride oil comprises at least 80 wt. % of triglycerides.
9. The process of claim 1 , wherein the glyceride oil is selected from rapeseed oil, colza oil, canola oil, tall oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil, hempseed oil, cottonseed oil, corn oil, olive oil, linseed oil, mustard oil, palm oil, peanut oil, castor oil, coconut oil, camellia oil, Jatropha oil, a microbial oil, animal fats, fish oil, lard, tallow, train oil, recycled fats from the food industry, and any combination thereof.
10. The process of claim 1 , wherein the catalytic cracking conditions include a temperature of from 450° C. to 650° C.; a pressure of from 100 kPa to 1100 kPa; and a catalyst-to-oil mass ratio of from 3 to 12.