Fluid catalytic cracking process

Abstract

A fluid catalytic cracking process for the preparation of cracked products by contacting in a reactor a hydrocarbon feedstock with a cracking catalyst, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock comprises a paraffinic feedstock and triglycerides.

1 . A fluid catalytic cracking process for the preparation of cracked products by contacting in a reactor a hydrocarbon feedstock with a cracking catalyst, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock comprises a paraffinic feedstock and triglycerides. 
   
   
       2 . A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the paraffinic feedstock comprises at least 50 wt % of paraffins. 
   
   
       3 . A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the weight ratio between the paraffinic feedstock and the triglycerides present in the hydrocarbon feedstock is in the range of from 20:1 to 1:5. 
   
   
       4 . A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock comprises up to 90 wt % of a conventional FCC feedstock. 
   
   
       5 . A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock comprises vegetable oil. 
   
   
       6 . A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the paraffinic feedstock is a hydrowax. 
   
   
       7 . A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the paraffinic feedstock is a Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbon stream. 
   
   
       8 . A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the cracking catalyst comprises a large pore size zeolite. 
   
   
       9 . A process according to  claim 8 , wherein the large pore zeolite is USY. 
   
   
       10 . A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the cracking catalyst further comprises a medium pore zeolite. 
   
   
       11 . A process according to  claim 10 , wherein the medium pore size zeolite is ZSM-5. 
   
   
       12 . A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the paraffinic feedstock comprises at least 70 wt % of paraffins. 
   
   
       13 . A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the weight ratio between the paraffinic feedstock and the triglycerides present in the hydrocarbon feedstock is in the range of from 5:1 to 1:2. 
   
   
       14 . A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock comprises up to 70 wt % of a conventional FCC feedstock. 
   
   
       15 . A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock comprises palm oil. 
   
   
       16 . A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock comprises rapeseed oil. 
   
   
       17 . A process according to  claim 2 , wherein the weight ratio between the paraffinic feedstock and the triglycerides present in the hydrocarbon feedstock is in the range of from 20:1 to 1:5. 
   
   
       18 . A process according to  claim 2 , wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock comprises up to 90 wt % of a conventional FCC feedstock. 
   
   
       19 . A process according to  claim 3 , wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock comprises up to 90 wt % of a conventional FCC feedstock. 
   
   
       20 . A process according to  claim 2 , wherein the weight ratio between the paraffinic feedstock and the triglycerides present in the hydrocarbon feedstock is in the range of from 5:1 to 1:2.