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AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsJacobus Johannes Cornelis Geerlings, Marinus Franciscus Goes, Hans Michiel Huisman, Jean-Paul Lange, Heiko Oosterbeek, Paulus Johannes Maria Rek, David Schaddenhorst
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The present invention relates to a catalyst for use in a process for the preparation of hydrocarbons comprising cobalt and manganese and/or vanadium, supported on a carrier, wherein the cobalt:(manganese+vanadium) atomic ratio is at least 12:1. Preferably, the cobalt:(manganese+vanadium) atomic ratio is at most 1500:1. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of hydrocarbons which comprises contacting a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide at elevated temperature and pressure with a catalyst as described hereinbefore. Typically, at least part of the cobalt is present in the metallic state.
A process for the preparation of hydrocarbons, comprising contacting a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen at elevated temperature and pressure with a catalyst comprising cobalt and manganese, or cobalt and vanadium, or cobalt and manganese and vanadium supported on a carrier selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, titania, zirconia, and mixtures thereof, wherein the cobalt:(manganese+vanadium) atomic ratio is at least 12:1 and at most 1500:1, with the proviso that the catalyst does not contain cobalt and manganese in the form of a solvated dispersion in an atomic ratio of 39:1, and wherein at least part of the cobalt is in the metallic state.
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