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Hydrothermally stable high pore volume aluminum oxide/swellable clay composites and methods of their preparation and use

US6303531A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 13, 2000
Grant dateOct 16, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC04B2235/349
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Porous composite particles are provided which comprise an aluminum oxide component, e.g., crystalline boehmite, and a swellable clay component, e.g., synthetic hectorite, intimately dispersed within the aluminum oxide component at an amount effective to increase the hydrothermal stability, pore volume, and/or the mesopore pore mode of the composite particles relative to the absence of the swellable clay. Also provided is a method for making the composite particles, agglomerate particles derived therefrom, and a process for hydroprocessing petroleum feedstock using the agglomerates to support a hydroprocessing catalyst.

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