IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
|
국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
|
출원번호 |
US-0706202
(2003-11-12)
|
등록번호 |
US-7276540
(2007-10-02)
|
발명자
/ 주소 |
- Espinoza,Rafael L.
- Fraenkel,Dan
- Coy,Kevin L.
|
출원인 / 주소 |
|
대리인 / 주소 |
|
인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
10 인용 특허 :
6 |
초록
▼
The present invention relates to thermally stable, high surface area alumina supports and a method of preparing such supports with at least one modifying agent. The method includes adding an aluminum modifying agent to the alumina prior to calcining. The inventive support has thermal stability at te
The present invention relates to thermally stable, high surface area alumina supports and a method of preparing such supports with at least one modifying agent. The method includes adding an aluminum modifying agent to the alumina prior to calcining. The inventive support has thermal stability at temperatures above 800째 C. A more specific embodiment of the invention is a catalyst having a high surface area, thermally stable alumina support with at least one group VIII metal or rhenium and an optional promoter loaded onto the support. The present invention further relates to gas-to-liquids conversion processes, more specifically for producing C5+ hydrocarbons.
대표청구항
▼
The invention claimed is: 1. A method for producing hydrocarbons, comprising: providing a reactor having a catalyst comprising a hydrothermally stable modified alumina support; contacting a reactant gas comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen with the catalyst to produce the hydrocarbons; and where
The invention claimed is: 1. A method for producing hydrocarbons, comprising: providing a reactor having a catalyst comprising a hydrothermally stable modified alumina support; contacting a reactant gas comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen with the catalyst to produce the hydrocarbons; and wherein the hydrothermally stable modified alumina support is made by a process comprising: (A) providing an alumina precursor; (B) depositing a modifying agent comprising an element from the Periodic Table with an atomic volume between about 6 and about 14 cm3/mol onto the alumina precursor; and (C) calcining the deposited alumina precursor between 500째 C. and 900째 C. to form the hydrothermally stable modified alumina support. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the hydrothermally stable modified alumina support comprises a transition alumina and at least one modifying agent comprising said element from the Periodic Table with an atomic volume between about 6 and about 14 cm3/mol, and further wherein the depositing step (B) comprises depositing a precursor of the at least one modifying agent onto the transition alumina. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the atomic volume of the element is between about 9 and about 11 cm3/mol. 4. The method of claim 2, wherein the transition alumina comprises gamma-alumina. 5. The method of claim 2, wherein the element is aluminum. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one modifying agent comprises the form of a hydroxide, an ion, or mixtures thereof. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the alumina precursor of step (A) comprises one or more transition alumina phases. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the alumina precursor of step (A) comprises one or more transition phases selected from gamma, delta, kappa, eta, chi, rho, and theta. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein step (A) further comprises pre-treating the alumina precursor. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein pre-treating comprises spray drying, dehydrating, drying, steaming, or calcining. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein step (A) further comprises dispersing the alumina precursor in a solvent to form a sol. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein depositing the modifying agent onto the alumina precursor of step (B) further comprises depositing the modifying agent onto the sol. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the sol is spray dried after depositing the modifying agent onto the sol. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein step (B) is accomplished by spray-drying, impregnation, co-precipitation, chemical vapor deposition, or plasma sputtering. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein impregnation comprises incipient wetness impregnation. 16. The method of claim 1, wherein the modifying agent of step (B) comprises aluminum. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein the modifying agent of step (B) comprises an aluminum salt, dispersible boehmite, dispersible pseudo-boehmite, or mixtures thereof. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein step (C) is accomplished at temperatures from 500째 C. to about 800째 C. 19. The method of claim 1, wherein step (B) further comprises depositing at least one additional modifying agent onto the alumina precursor. 20. The method of claim 1, wherein step (C) is accomplished at temperatures between 500 and about 800째 C. 21. The method of claim 1, wherein the atomic volume of the element is between about 8 and about 12 cm3/mol. 22. The method of claim 1, wherein the atomic volume of the element is between about 9 and about 11 cm3/mol. 23. The method of claim 1, wherein the hydrothermally stable alumina support comprises an oxide of the element, and wherein the element oxide has a molecular volume lower than that of aluminum oxide. 24. The method of claim 23, wherein the element oxide has a molecular volume between about 10 and about 25.7 cm3/mol. 25. The method of claim 1, wherein the alumina precursor comprises gamma-alumina. 26. The method of claim 1, wherein step (B) is accomplished by impregnation. 27. The method of claim 1, wherein step (C) is accomplished at temperatures between about 800째 C. and 900째 C. 28. A method of producing hydrocarbons, comprising: (A) providing a reactor having a catalyst comprising an aluminum-modified alumina support; and (B) contacting a reactant gas comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen with the catalyst to produce the hydrocarbons, wherein the aluminum-modified alumina support is modified by at least one modifying agent comprising aluminum by depositing a modifying agent precursor comprising an aluminum salt, an aluminum hydroxide, or mixtures thereof, to an alumina precursor, and calcining the deposited alumina precursor between 500째 C. and 900째 C. 29. The method of claim 28, wherein the hydrocarbons comprise primarily at least 9 carbons. 30. The method of claim 28, wherein the modifying agent precursor comprises dispersible boehmite, dispersible pseudo-boehmite, or mixtures thereof. 31. The method of claim 28, wherein the alumina support is further modified by at least one additional modifying agent. 32. The method of claim 28, wherein the catalyst comprises at least one promoter selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, ruthenium, rhenium, silver, boron, copper, lithium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, and combinations thereof. 33. The method of claim 28, wherein the catalyst of step (A) comprise a catalytically active metal comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Group 8 metals, Group 9 metals, Group 10 metals, molybdenum, rhenium, and tungsten. 34. The method of claim 28, wherein the catalyst of step (A) comprises a catalytically active metal comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, ruthenium, iron, nickel, and combinations thereof. 35. The method of claim 28, wherein the reactant gas of step (B) contains hydrogen and carbon monoxide in a molar ratio of from about 0.67:1 to about 2.5:1. 36. The method of claim 28, wherein the aluminum salt is selected from the group consisting of aluminum carbonate, aluminum acetate, aluminum acetyl acetonate, aluminum lactate, aluminum nitrate, aluminum chloride, aluminum oxalate, and mixtures thereof. 37. The method of claim 28, wherein the calcining step is accomplished at temperatures between 500 and about 800째 C. 38. The method of claim 28, wherein the calcining step is accomplished at temperatures between 750 and 900째 C. 39. The method of claim 28, wherein the aluminum-modified alumina support is made by a method comprising impregnating the modifying agent precursor to the alumina precursor. 40. The method of claim 39, wherein the aluminum hydroxide comprises boehmite, pseudo-boehmite, gibbsite, or mixtures thereof. 41. The method of claim 39, wherein the aluminum salt comprises aluminum nitrate, aluminum lactate, aluminum acetate, or combinations thereof. 42. The method of claim 28, wherein the alumina precursor comprises a transition alumina. 43. The method of claim 28, wherein the alumina precursor comprises gamma-alumina. 44. The method of claim 34, wherein the catalytically active metal comprises cobalt.
※ AI-Helper는 부적절한 답변을 할 수 있습니다.