Methods for producing a total product in the presence of sulfur

Abstract

Methods of producing a total product are described. A method includes continuously contacting a feed with a hydrogen source in the presence of one or more inorganic salt catalysts and steam to produce a total product, wherein the feed has at least 0.02 grams of sulfur, per gram of feed; and producing a total product that includes coke and the crude product. The crude product has a sulfur content of at most 90% of the sulfur content of the feed.

1 . A method of producing a total product, comprising: 
 continuously contacting a feed with a hydrogen source in the presence of one or more inorganic salt catalysts and steam to produce a total product, wherein the feed has at least 0.02 grams of sulfur, per gram of feed; and    producing a total product that includes coke and the crude product, wherein the crude product has a sulfur content of at most 90% of the sulfur content of the feed and the content of coke is at most 0.2 grams, per gram of feed.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the inorganic salt catalysts comprises one or more alkaline-earth metals and/or one or more compounds of one or more alkaline-earth metals.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the inorganic salt catalysts comprises one or more alkali metals and/or one or more compounds of one or more alkali metals.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the inorganic salt catalyst comprises one or more alkali metals, one or more compounds of one or more alkali metals, one or more alkaline-earth metals, one or more compounds of one or more alkaline-earth metals or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the inorganic salt catalysts is limestone and/or dolomite.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the inorganic salt catalysts is supported, and the support comprises limestone, carbon, coke, nonvolatile charcoal, activated carbon, fly ash, dolomite, clay, TiO 2 , ZrO 2 , aluminosilicate, spent hydroprocessing catalyst, metals and/or compounds of metals recovered from the a total product/feed mixture, one or more metals from Columns 5-10 of the Periodic Table, one or more compounds of one or more metals from Columns 5-10 of the Periodic Table, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the inorganic salt catalysts comprises one or more metal sulfides.  
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the inorganic salt catalysts comprises nickel sulfide and/or vanadium sulfide.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein contacting conditions comprise controlling temperature in a range from about 300° C. to about 1000° C.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein contacting conditions comprise controlling temperature in a range from about 400° C. to about 900° C.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein contacting conditions comprise controlling temperature in a range from about 500° C. to about 800° C.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the hydrogen source comprises methane, hydrogen gas, hydrocarbons having a carbon number of at most 6, or combinations thereof.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the contacting zone is a circulating fluidized bed and/or a circulating fluidized riser.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the feed has a total asphaltenes content of at least 0.01 grams of asphaltenes per gram of feed.  
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the feed has a total residue content of at least 0.01 grams per gram of feed.  
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the feed has at least 0.5 grams of hydrocarbons having a boiling point below 538° C., per gram of feed.  
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the contacting is performed in the presence of hydrogen sulfide.  
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing the total product to a separation zone, wherein the total product is separated into crude product and/or gas.  
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the total product comprises syngas.  
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the total product comprises carbon oxide gases and hydrogen.  
   
   
       21 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the total product includes a crude product and the crude product has greater than 0 grams, but less than 0.01 grams of the inorganic salt catalysts.  
   
   
       22 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the total product comprises a crude product, and the method further comprises fractionating the crude product into one or more distillate fractions, and producing transportation fuel from at least one of the distillate fractions.