Spherical Catalyst Supports
AssigneeUnicat Catalyst Technologies, Inc.
InventorMani Erfan
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Abstract
There is presented a catalyst support that has a substantially spherical body, penetrated with a plurality of tunnels extending from a first end on a surface location of the catalyst body to another end on another surface location of the body. The support is made of alumina or like composition. The catalyst body has a total surface that includes the outer surface and surfaces within the tunnels. This total surface is adapted to receive catalyst composition. The catalyst support is adapted to being packed in a reactor and provides lower packed bed pressure drop.
Claims20
A catalyst support comprising a substantially spherical body, the spherical body penetrated with a plurality of tunnels extending from a first end on one surface location of the substantially spherical body to a second end on another surface location of the substantially spherical body, the spherical body comprising a total surface including an outer surface and surfaces within the plurality of tunnels, the total surface comprising a surface adapted to receive thereon a catalyst composition, the catalyst support adapted to packing in a bed within a packed bed reactor.
A catalyst support comprising a substantially spherical body, the substantially spherical body penetrated with a plurality of tunnels extending from a first end on one surface location of the spherical body to a second end on another surface location of the substantially spherical body, the tunnels each having substantially cylindrical side walls, the substantially spherical body comprising a total surface including an outer surface and surfaces within the plurality of tunnels, the total surface comprising a surface adapted to receive thereon a catalyst composition, the catalyst support adapted to packing in a bed within a packed bed reactor.
A catalyst support comprising a substantially spherical body, the substantially spherical body penetrated with from 3 to about 7 tunnels extending from a first end on one surface location of the spherical body to a second end on another surface location of the substantially spherical body, the tunnels each having substantially cylindrical side walls, the tunnels each having an internal diameter ranging from about 8 to about 20% of the diameter of the spherical body;
- the substantially spherical body comprising a total surface including an outer surface and surfaces within the tunnels, the total surface comprising a surface adapted to receive thereon a catalyst composition comprising any one or more of surfaces thereof a catalyst selected from the group of metals consisting of nickel, cobalt, platinum, ruthenium, palladium, ruthenium, copper, zinc, iron and mixtures and alloys thereof, the catalyst support adapted for packing in a bed within a packed bed reactor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.