Catalyst for the hydrogenation of hydrocarbon material

US5166118A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Veba Oel Technologie GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Kretschmar · Dorsten, DE
• Ludwig Merz · Recklinghausen, DE
• Klaus Niemann · Oberhausen, DE
• Jose Guitian · Maria Luisa, VE
• Julio Krasuk · Los Teques, VE
• Franzo Marruffo · Goldkronach, DE
• Klaus Kurzeja · Gladbeck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 19, 1989
• Grant date: Nov 24, 1992
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C10M175/0041
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A catalyst for the hydrogenation of a hydrocarbon material which is a member selected from the group consisting of red mud, iron oxides, iron ores, hard coals, lignites impregnated with heavy metal salts, carbon black, soots from gasifiers, and cokes produced by the hydrogenation of virgin residues, the catalyst being comprised of at least two separate particle size fractions such that the combined fractions have a particle size distribution between 0.1 and 2,000 microns with 10-40 wt. % of the particles having a particle size greater than 100 microns, and the mixture of fractions not being represented by a straight line when the accumulative weight of the particles vs. particle size which is plotted on log (minus log) vs. log graph paper has a correlation coefficient R.sup.2 less than 0.96 as determined from the equation: ##EQU1## wherein n is the number of experimental points, y is ln [-ln (n/1000)] and x is ln (dp), wherein dp is the particle size (.mu.m) of the particles.