Methanol reforming catalyst having a reduced volume shrinkage

US6926880B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Markus Hölzle · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
• Michael Jolyon Sprague · Mannheim, DE
• Klaus Harth · Altleiningen, DE
• Martin Schüssler · Graz, AT
• Martin Karl · Sasbachwalden, DE
• Stefan Boneberg · Neuffen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 6, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 9, 2005
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/52
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A methanol reforming catalyst containing passivated copper and zinc oxide and/or alumina can be prepared by A reduction in the volume shrinkage and an increase in the mechanical hardness during operation of the methanol reforming catalyst are achieved by the preparation process.