Regeneration of supported-nickel catalysts
US4361495A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 1981 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/584
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention describes a method of regenerating the activity of deactivated supported-nickel catalysts that have lost activity after use as a hydrogenation catalyst in the finishing stage of the process of conversion of butynediol to butanediol. The method comprises contacting said deactivated catalyst with hydrogen at a temperature of about 200.degree. to 500.degree. C. to convert surface polymers to gaseous compounds and removing said gaseous compounds from the vicinity of the thus-treated catalyst. In the preferred form of the invention, in a single step, a slow stream of hydrogen is passed through the deactivated catalyst in situ as a fixed bed and the gaseous compounds are removed simultaneously in the hydrogen stream.
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