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US 2026/0249277 A1Published application
Shaped catalyst body
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsJian-Ping CHEN, Huan WANG, Yanxia LIU, Mario SOORHOLTZ, Michael P. BARAN, Gary J. BUNTING
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a shaped catalyst body containing copper, aluminum, and manganese, a process for producing the shaped catalyst body, and a process for using the shaped catalyst body for hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, hydrogenolysis, or ethynylation.
Claims16
1:
- A shaped catalyst body containing copper, aluminum, and manganese, wherein the shaped catalyst body has a packed bulk density of 0.87 to 1.43 g/cc.
2:
- The shaped catalyst body according to claim 1, wherein the shaped catalyst body comprises from 30% to 75% by weight of Cu, calculated as CuO.
3:
- The shaped catalyst body according to claim 1, wherein the shaped catalyst body comprises from 10% to 50% by weight of Al, calculated as Al2O3.
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- The shaped catalyst body according to claim 1, wherein the shaped catalyst body comprises from 1% to 25% by weight of Mn, calculated as MnO2.
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- The shaped catalyst body according to claim 1, wherein the shaped catalyst body has a packed bulk density of 0.90 to 1.42 g/cc.
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- The shaped catalyst body according to claim 1, wherein the shaped catalyst body has a pore volume of 0.1 to 0.5 ml/g.
7:
- The shaped catalyst body according to claim 1, wherein the shaped catalyst body comprises from 40% to 65% by weight of Cu calculated as CuO.
8:
- The shaped catalyst body according to claim 1, wherein the shaped catalyst body comprises from 20% to 40% by weight of Al, calculated as Al2O3.
9:
- The shaped catalyst body according to claim 1, wherein the shaped catalyst body comprises from 5% to 20% by weight of Mn, calculated as MnO2.
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- The shaped catalyst body according to claim 1, wherein the shaped catalyst body further comprises from 3% to 20% by weight of Zr, calculated as ZrO2.
11:
- The shaped catalyst body according to claim 1, wherein the shaped catalyst body has a bimodal pore size distribution.
12:
- The shaped catalyst body according to claim 11, wherein the shaped catalyst body exhibits a pore volume of 0.02 to 0.50 ml/g by pores with pore size in the range from 45 to 200 nm, and a pore volume of 0.20 to 0.60 ml/g by pores with pore size in the range from 10 to 200 nm.
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- The shaped catalyst body according to claim 11, wherein from 10% to 80% of the pore volume is formed by pores with pore size in the range from 45 to 200 nm, and from 70% to 100% of the pore volume is formed by pores with pore size in the range from 10 to 200 nm.
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- The shaped catalyst body according to claim 13, wherein from 35% to 70% of the pore volume is formed by pores with pore size in the range from 45 to 200 nm.
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- A process for producing the shaped catalyst body according to claim 1, comprising:
- a) precipitation by combining an aqueous solution of a copper compound, a manganese compound, an aluminum compound and a precipitation agent;
- b) filtration of the slurry and washing the precipitate;
- c) drying and calcining at a temperature in a range from 200 to 1000° C. to form a thermally treated intermediate;
- d) mixing the thermally treated intermediate;
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- e) shaping to a shaped body.
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- A process for using the shaped catalyst body according to claim 1 for hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, hydrogenolysis, or ethynylation.