Supported cobalt-based catalyst

US6596667B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• ENI S.P.A. · IT
• AGIP Petroli S.p.A. · IT
• INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE · FR
• Enitecnologie S.p.A. · IT

Inventors

• Giuseppe Bellussi · Piacenza, IT
• Roberto Zennaro · Venezia, IT
• Vincenzo Piccolo · Paullo, IT
• Enrico Radaelli · Brugherio, IT
• Magalie Roy-Auberger · Rueil-Malmaison, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 22, 2003
• Expiry date: Apr 16, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J35/633
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A supported cobalt-based catalyst characterized in that the carrier has an average particle diameter, measured by means of Coulter LS230, ranging from 70 to 250 &mgr;m, a surface area higher than 175 m2/g and a pore volume higher than 0.35 cm3/g, measured with the B.E.T. method. The catalyst is useful in the Fischer-Tropsch reaction.