Process using a supported catalyst for hydrocarbon synthesis

US5116879A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap A.S. · NO

Inventors

• Sigrid Eri · Trondheim, NO
• James G. Goodwin · Oil City, US
• George Marcelin · Pittsburgh, US
• Trygve Riis · Oslo, NO

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 1990
• Grant date: May 26, 1992
• Expiry date: Sep 28, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2523/89
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for converting synthesis gas, a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, into a mixture of predominately paraffinic hydrocarbons using a catalyst which includes catalytically active amounts of cobalt and a loading-insensitive second metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, iridium, rhodium and mixtures thereof, composited on an alumnia support. The finished catalyst exhibits a positive x-ray diffraction pattern. A metal oxide promoter may also be added.