| abstract |
A hydrocarbon hydroprocess utilizing a catalytic composite of a porous carrier material, a nickel component, a Group VIII noble metal component and a Group IV-A metal component, in which process there is effected a chemical consumption of hydrogen. A specific example of one such catalyst is a composite of a crystalline aluminosilicate, a nickel component, a platinum component, and a germanium component, particularly for utilization in a hydrocracking process. Other hydrocarbon hydroprocesses are directed toward the hydrogenation of aromatic nuclei, the ring-opening of cyclic hydrocarbons, desulfurization, denitrification, hydrogenation, etc. The catalyst contains 0.01 to about 2.0 percent by weight of the noble metal component, 0.01 to about 5.0 percent by weight of the nickel component, and the atomic ratio of the Group IV-A metal component to the noble metal component is in the range of 0.05:1 to 10.0:1. |