Methods for producing a total product at selected temperatures

Abstract

Method of producing a total product are described. A method includes providing a feed and a supported inorganic salt catalyst to a contacting zone. Contact of the supported inorganic salt catalyst with the feed in the presence of a hydrogen source and steam in the contacting zone at a temperature of at most 1000° C. and a total operating pressure of at most 4 MPa produces the total product.

1 . A method of producing a total product, comprising:
 providing a feed to a contacting zone;   providing a supported inorganic salt catalyst to the contacting zone;   contacting the supported inorganic salt catalyst with the feed in the presence of a hydrogen source and steam in the contacting zone at a temperature of at most 1000° C. and a total operating pressure of at most 4 MPa; and   producing the total product.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the contacting temperature is at most 900° C. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the contacting temperature is at most 800° C. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the contacting temperature is at most 700° C. 
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the contacting temperature is between about 400° C. to about 900° C. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the pressure is at most 3.5 MPa. 
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the pressure is at most 3 MPa. 
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the pressure is at most 2 MPa. 
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a particle size of the supported catalyst ranges from about 20 micrometers to about 500 micrometers. 
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the inorganic salt catalyst of the supported inorganic salt catalyst comprises one or more alkaline-earth metals and/or one or more compounds of one or more alkaline-earth metals. 
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the inorganic salt catalyst of the supported inorganic salt catalyst comprises one or more alkali metals and/or one or more compounds of one or more alkali metals. 
   
   
       12 . 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. 
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein 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. 
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the support comprises one or more sulfides of one or more metals from Columns 5-10 of the Periodic Table. 
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising regenerating at least a portion of the supported inorganic catalyst. 
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein regenerating at least a portion of the supported inorganic salt catalyst comprises applying an oxygen source and heat to the supported inorganic salt catalyst after at least a portion of the supported inorganic catalyst has been contacted with the feed. 
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein contacting zone is a circulating fluidized bed and/or a circulating fluidized riser. 
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the feed has a total asphaltenes content of at least 0.01 grams per gram of feed. 
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the feed has a total residue content of at least 0.01 grams per gram of feed. 
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the contacting is performed in the presence of hydrogen sulfide. 
   
   
       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.