Claims
- 1. A process for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon oil feedstock, said process comprising hydrotreating said feedstock at a temperature of from about 500.degree. F. to about 1200.degree. F., a pressure of from about 0 psig to about 4000 psig, and a space velocity of from about 0.1 to about 10 hr.sup.-1 WHSV in the presence of a carbon-reactive oxidant and a catalyst composition comprising activated carbon possessing a pore volume in the 100 A to 400 A pore diameter range of at least about 0.08 cc/g and an average pore diameter of from about 15 A to about 100 A, wherein said oxidant reacts with the activated carbon to form at least 1% additional carbon surface area during said hydrotreating.
- 2. The process of claim 1 wherein said oxidant is selected from the group consisting of H.sub.2 O, CO.sub.2, and O.sub.2.
- 3. The process of claim 2 wherein said oxidant comprises steam.
- 4. The process of claim 3 wherein a steam-carbon reaction promoter is added.
- 5. The process of claim 4 wherein said steam-carbon reaction promoter is selected from the group consisting of KOH and K--Ca--O.sub.x.
- 6. The process of claim 4 wherein said steam-carbon reaction promoter is selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ca, Ni, V, Ba, Mg, Mn, Zn, and P compounds.
- 7. The process of claim 1 wherein said catalyst composition further comprises a) a molybdenum or tungsten component, and b) a cobalt or nickel component, and said activated carbon possesses a pore volume in the 100 A to 400 A pore diameter range of at least about 0.2 cc/g.
- 8. The process of claim 1 wherein said activated carbon possesses an average pore diameter of from about 40 A to about 90 A.
- 9. The process of claim 1 wherein said activated carbon possesses a pore area in the 100 A to 400 A pore diameter range of at least about 18 square meters per gram.
- 10. The process of claim 1 wherein said activated carbon possesses a pore area in the 100 A to 400 A pore diameter range of at least about 50 square meters per gram.
- 11. The process of claim 1 wherein said activated carbon possesses an Alpha value of from about 3 to about 6.
- 12. The process of claim 1 in which the hydrocarbon oil feedstock is characterized by a distillation boiling point range such that the fraction boiling at over 650.degree. F. comprises at least 70% of the hydrocarbon oil.
- 13. The process of claim 1 wherein said process is carried out in a fixed bed type reactor.
- 14. The process of claim 1 wherein said hydrotreating conditions include a temperature of from about 500.degree. F. to about 1200.degree. F., a pressure of from about 0 psig to about 4000 psig, a space velocity of from about 0.1 to about 10 hr-1 WHSV, and a steam partial pressure of at least 50 psig.
- 15. The process of claim 1 wherein said hydrotreating conditions include a temperature of from about 600.degree. F. to about 1000.degree. F., a pressure of from about 500 psig to about 2500 psig, a space velocity of from about 0.2 to about 5 hr-1 WHSV, and a steam partial pressure ranging from about 100 psig to about 1000 psig.
- 16. The process of claim 1 wherein said hydrotreating conditions include a temperature of from about 700.degree. to about 900.degree. F., a pressure of from about 1000 psig to about 2000 psig, a space velocity of from about 0.3 to about 1.0 hr-1 WHSV, and a steam partial pressure of from about 100 psig to about 500 psig.
- 17. The process of claim 1 wherein said hydrotreating conditions include a temperature of from about 500.degree. F. to about 1200.degree. F., a pressure of from about 0 psig to about 4000 psig, a space velocity of from about 0.1 to about 10 hr-1 WHSV, and an O.sub.2 partial pressure of at least 50 psig where hydrogen is flushed from the reactor before O.sub.2 is added.
- 18. The process of claim 1 wherein said hydrotreating conditions include a temperature of from about 500.degree. F. to about 1200.degree. F., a pressure of from about 0 psig to about 4000 psig, a space velocity of from about 0.1 to about 10 hr-1 WHSV, and a CO.sub.2 partial pressure of at least 50 psig.
- 19. The process of claim 1 wherein said hydrotreating includes demetallation, desulfurization, reduction of pentane insoluble asphaltenes, and the reduction of carbon residue of the feedstock.
- 20. The process of claim 19 wherein said demetallation is characterized by at least a 50% reduction in the combined content of nickel and vanadium compounds present in the feedstock.
- 21. The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrotreating conditions include a hydrogen circulation rate of from about 300 SCF H.sub.2 /bbl to about 6000 SCF H.sub.2 /bbl of feedstock.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This case is a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/728,663, filed Jul. 11, 1991 and U.S. application Ser. No. 07/747,829, filed Aug. 21, 1991, both now abandoned, the contents of each being incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
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