Macroporous structures for heterogeneous catalyst support
OwnerIn-Kyung Sung, Dong-Pyo Kim +1inventors
InventorsIn-Kyung Sung, Dong-Pyo Kim, Paul Kenis
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Abstract
A catalyst support comprises a monolithic non-oxide material having a surface area per unit volume of at least 105 m2/m3, and a pressure drop of at most 0.25 atm/mm.
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A catalyst support, comprising a monolithic non-oxide material having a surface area per unit volume of at least 105 m2/m3, and a pressure drop of at most 0.25 atm/mm.
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A catalyst support, comprising a monolithic material having surface area per unit volume of at least 105 m2/m3, and a pressure drop of at most 0.25 atm/mm, wherein the material retains structural integrity at a temperature of 800° C.
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A catalyst support, comprising a monolithic material having a void fraction of at least 0.5, and a pore diameter of 10 nm to 100 μm, wherein the material comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of carbides and nitrides.
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A method of forming a catalyst support, comprising:
- heating a structure comprising a cured precursor to form the catalyst support;
- wherein the structure comprises packed template particles having a particle diameter of 10 nm to 100 μm, and the catalyst support comprises a monolithic non-oxide material.
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A method of carrying out a chemical reaction, comprising passing reactants into a catalyst support, to form products;
- wherein the catalyst support comprises a monolithic ceramic material having a surface area per unit volume of at least 105 m2/m3, and a pressure drop of at most 0.25 atm/mm.
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