Catalyst elements and methods of making and using
OwnerFelice DiMascioinventor
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Abstract
A catalyst element includes a rigid body comprising a plurality of tortuous flow paths, wherein the rigid body comprises a plurality of catalyst particles and a binder, wherein each one of the plurality of catalyst particles comprises a reactive species disposed onto a surface of a support. The catalyst element may be useful as a catalyst in a variety of chemical processes including hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, hydrogenolysis, oxidation, reduction, alkylation, dealkylation, carbonylation, decarbonylation, coupling, isomerization, amination, deamination, or hydrodehalogenation.
Claims30
A catalyst element comprising:
- a rigid body comprising a plurality of tortuous flow paths, wherein the rigid body comprises a plurality of catalyst particles and a binder, wherein each one of the plurality of catalyst particles comprises a reactive species disposed onto a surface of a support.
A method for making a catalyst element comprising:
- forming a catalyst particle by disposing a reactive species onto a surface of a support;
- mixing a plurality of catalyst particles with a binder;
- and
- processing a mixture of the plurality of catalyst particles and the binder to form the catalyst element, wherein the catalyst element defines a rigid body comprising a plurality of tortuous flow paths.
A method for catalyzing a chemical process, comprising:
- flowing a reaction mixture through a catalyst element, wherein the catalyst element comprises a rigid body comprising a plurality of tortuous flow paths, wherein the rigid body comprises a plurality of catalyst particles and a binder, wherein each one of the plurality of catalyst particles comprises a reactive species disposed onto a surface of a support;
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- increasing a reaction rate for the reaction mixture to produce a product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.