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Process for preparing improved amphora aggregates

US4153539A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 3, 1978
Grant dateMay 8, 1979
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Expiry dateJan 3, 1998

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G35/04
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Improved amphora aggregates having a substantially spherical shape, a void center and two cavities 180.degree. apart in the external surface communicating to the void center are useful in diffusion-limited reactions and/or reactions in which heat transfer is critical. Especially preferred is use of the amphora aggregates in the hydrotreating of light hydrocarbon fractions, catalytic reforming, and fixed-bed alkylation processes.

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