Catalyst for synthesizing low boiling aliphatic hydrocarbons from carbon monoxide and hydrogen

Patent · Mon Mar 06 23:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6620737

Khera, S S

Battelle Development Corp.'s new catalyst for use in the synthesis of low-boiling aliphatic hydrocarbons from hydrogen and carbon monoxide consists of a sulfided, interspersed mixture of cobalt oxide, aluminum oxide, and zinc oxide. This mixture by elemental analysis contains less than about 0.5 wt % of alkali metal. The catalyst prior to sulfiding comprises about 1 to 15 wt % of cobalt oxide, about 55 to 85% of aluminum oxide, and about 15 to 30% of zinc oxide. The sulfur content by elemental analysis of the catalyst consists of about 2.0 to 12.0 wt % of the final catalyst composition. The presence of alkali in the catalyst is kept at a minimum to reduce the possibility that the catalyst may fuse and thus materially disperse the surface available for use as a catalyst.

• Assignee: Battelle Development Corp.
• Patent Number(s): US 4077907
• OSTI ID: 6620737
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

090121* -- Hydrocarbon Fuels-- Chemical Synthesis-- (1976-1989)
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
ALKANES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CATALYSTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COBALT COMPOUNDS
COBALT OXIDES
ELEMENTS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN
METHANATION
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SULFUR
SYNTHESIS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
ZINC COMPOUNDS
ZINC OXIDES