Monolith catalyst and use thereof

US9091433B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Godwind Tafara Peter Mabande · Schifferstadt, DE
• Soo Yin Chin · Mannheim, DE
• Goetz-Peter Schindler · Mannheim, DE
• Gerald Stephen Koermer · Berkeley Heights, US
• Dieter Harms · Bad Nenndorf, DE
• Burkhard Rabe · Husum, DE
• Howard Furbeck · Hillsborough Township, US
• Oliver Seel · Nienburg/Weser, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2010
• Grant date: Jul 28, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 26, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/584
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a catalyst comprising a monolith composed of a catalytically inert material with low BET surface area and a catalyst layer which has been applied to the monolith and comprises, on an oxidic support material, at least one noble metal selected from the group consisting of the noble metals of group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, optionally tin and/or rhenium, and optionally further metals, wherein the thickness of the catalyst layer is 5 to 500 micrometers.