TREATMENT OF HYDROCARBON FEED

摘要

Disclosed are embodiments relating to a process for treating a hydrocarbon feedstock. In one embodiment with a biologically derived oil as the feedstock, the biologically derived oil feed is deoxygenated by contacting the feed with a metal titanate catalyst having an MTiO3 structure wherein M is a metal having a valence of 2+. In another embodiment with a high acid crude oil as the feedstock, the metal titanate catalyst is employed to reduce the total acid number of the hydrocarbon feed by contacting the feed with the metal titanate catalyst, resulting in a hydrocarbon product having a final total acid number lower than the initial total acid number of the feed. The process can be integrated into conventional refining operations in order to treat refinery feedstreams, whether it is a biofuel source, or a high acid crude.