Dehydrogenation method and nonacidic multimetallic catalytic composite for use therein
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorGeorge J. Antos
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Abstract
Dehydrogenatable hydrocarbons are dehydrogenated by contacting them, at dehydrogenation conditions, with a catalytic composite comprising a combination of catalytically effective amounts of a platinum group component, a cobalt component, and an indium component with a porous carrier material. A specific example of the nonacidic catalytic composite disclosed herein is a combination of a platinum group component, a cobalt component, an indium component, and an alkali or alkaline earth component with a porous carrier material in amounts sufficient to result in a composite containing about 0.01 to about 2 wt. % platinum group metal, about 0.05 to about 5 wt. % cobalt, about 0.01 to about 5 wt. % indium and about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % alkali metal or alkaline earth metal.
Claims35
A method for dehydrogenating a dehydrogenatable hydrocarbon comprising contacting the hydrocarbon, at dehydrogenation conditions, with a catalytic composite comprising a porous carrier material containing, on an elemental basis, about 0.01 to about 2 wt. % platinum group metal, about 0.05 to about 5 wt. % cobalt, and about 0.01 to about 5 wt. % indium;
- wherein the platinum group metal, catalytically available cobalt and indium are uniformly dispersed throughout the porous carrier material;
- wherein substantially all of the platinum group metal is present in the elemental metallic state;
- wherein substantially all of the indium is present in an oxidation state above that of the elemental metal;
- and wherein substantially all of the catalytically available cobalt is present in the elemental metallic state or in a state which is reducible to the elemental metallic state under dehydrogenation conditions or in a mixture of these states.
A nonacidic catalytic composite comprising a porous carrier material containing, on an elemental basis, about 0.01 to about 2 wt. % platinum group metal, about 0.05 to about 5 wt. % cobalt, about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, and about 0.01 to about 5 wt. % indium;
- wherein the platinum group metal, catalytically available cobalt, indium and alkali metal or alkaline earth metal are uniformly dispersed throughout the porous carrier material;
- wherein substantially all of the platinum group metal is present in the elemental metallic state;
- wherein substantially all of the catalytically available cobalt is present in the elemental metallic state or in a state which is reducible to the elemental metallic state under dehydrogenation conditions or in a mixture of these states;
- and wherein substantially all of the indium and alkali metal or alkaline earth metal are present in an oxidation state above that of the elemental metal.
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