Method for production of n-alkanes from mineral oil fractions and catalyst for carrying out said method

US7067448B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Veba Oil Refining and Petrochemicals GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Jens Weitkamp · Horb am Neckar, DE
• Hilmar Bischof · Marl, DE
• Werner Doehler · Gelsenkirchen, DE
• Juergen Laege · Haltern, DE
• Franz Fuder · Bottrop, DE
• Andreas Raichle · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Yvonne Traa · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 4, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2006
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S423/22
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the production of n-alkanes from mineral oil fractions and fractions from thermal or catalytic conversion plants, containing cyclic alkanes, alkenes, cyclic alkenes and/or aromatics. The invention further relates to a catalyst for carrying out said method.