Hydrogenation catalyst

Abstract

A process for the preparation of alcohols from purified carbon, including the step of hydrogenating the carbon at high temperature and pressure in a catalytic reactor in a dispersion with naphthalene and in the presence of a catalyst comprising nickel, ruthenium, aluminum and cobalt molybdate, and the step of oxidizing the resulting paraffins by contact with steam at high temperature and pressure in a catalytic reactor in the presence of a catalyst comprising a mixture of silica and copper and the oxides of zinc, chromium and boron. The catalysts are suspended in a ceramic concrete aggregate, extending the length of the reactors and in the form of a cylindrical reactor liner and a smaller, concentric ceramic cylinder therewithin. The second step is performed in two reactors in series.

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