Hydrogenation catalyst composition and a hydrogenation process
AssigneePhillips Petroleum Company
InventorsLyle R. Kallenbach, Marvin M. Johnson
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Abstract
A composition comprises nickel and a support material which comprises aluminum borate and zirconium borate. In one embodiment, this composition additionally comprises rhenium. Preferably, the catalyst support material is a coprecipitate of aluminum borate and zirconium borate. The above-described composition is employed as a catalyst for hydrogenating aromatic hydrocarbons to saturated hydrocarbons.
Claims25
A composition of matter comprising (a) nickel and (b) a support material which comprises aluminum borate and zirconium borate.
In a process for catalytically hydrogenating at least one aromatic hydrocarbon containing 6-22 carbon atoms per molecule with hydrogen gas to at least one saturated hydrocarbon, the improvement which comprises employing as the catalyst a composition comprising (a) nickel and (b) a support material which comprises aluminum borate and zirconium borate.
A composition comprising (a) nickel and (b) a support material which comprises aluminum borate and zirconium borate wherein the weight ratio of Al to Zr in said support material is about 2:1 to about 20:1 and the weight ratio of (Al+Zr) to B in said support material is about 1:1 to about 6:1;
- and said composition comprises about 2 to about 50 weight % nickel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.