Shell Oil Comapny

Carolus M Mesters

Wayne Errol Evans

Swan T Sie

Marek Matusz

Willem H Stork

Hans Michiel Huisman

Krijn P De Jong

Jean-Pierre Gilson

Jacobus Johannes Geerlings

John E Buffum

Danny G Peferoen

A process for the preparation of a cobalt-containing catalyst or catalyst precursor, comprising (a) mixing (1) titania or a titania precursor, (2) a liquid, and (3) a cobalt compound, which is at least partially insoluble in the amount of liquid used, to form a mixture, (b) shaping and drying of the mixture thus-obtained, and (c) calcination of the composition thus-obtained. A catalyst or catalyst precursor obtainable by the process as defined, and a process for the preparation of hydrocarbons comprising contacting a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen with the catalyst as defined.

Cobalt based fischer-tropsch catalyst

This invention relates to ethylene oxide catalyst for the vapor phase production of ethylene oxide from ethylene and oxygen prepared by impregnating a porous, refractory support having a surface area ranging from about 0.05 to about 10 m.sup.2 /g with a solubilized catalytically effective amount of silver, a solubilized promoting amount of alkali metal, a solubilized promoting amount of rhenium, and a solubilized promoting amount of hafnium metal, wherein the Group IVB metal is provided in the form of Group IVB oxycation-containing salts. The catalyst provide substantial initial activity improvement as well as long term selectivity and activity stability improvement over prior art rhenium promoted catalyst, without any loss of initial selectivity advantage.

Ethylene oxide catalyst and process

This invention relates to ethylene oxide catalyst for the vapor phase production of ethylene oxide from ethylene and oxygen prepared by impregnating a porous, refractory support having a surface area ranging from about 0.05 to about 10 m.sup.2 /g with a solubilized catalytically effective amount of silver, a solubilized promoting amount of alkali metal, a solubilized promoting amount of rhenium, and a solubilized promoting amount of hafnium metal, wherein the Group IVB metal is provided in the form of Group IVB oxo salts. The catalyst provide substantial initial activity improvement as well as long term selectivity and activity stability improvement over prior art rhenium promoted catalyst, without any loss of initial selectivity advantage.

This invention relates to an ethylene oxide catalyst which contains silver and one or more alkali metal promoters supported an a carrier having a crush strength of at least about 5 pounds and a settled packing density of at least about 30 pounds/cubic foot which comprises first and second alpha alumina components with a first alpha alumina component in the form of particles having a median crystallite size of from about 0.4 to about 4 microns providing from about 95% to about 40% of the total weight of alpha alumina in the carrier and a second alpha alumina component generated in situ by a sol-gel process and providing the balance of the alpha alumina in the carrier. Titania is optionally added to the carrier.

Process for upgrading a paraffinic feedstock which includes: a) supplying the feedstock and an olefins-containing stream at a paraffin to olefin volume ratio greater than 2 to a reactor containing a zeolite-beta catalyst; and b) removing the upgraded product; wherein the process is operated at an olefin conversion of at least 90 mol % in an external circulation reactor having an extent of external circulation of liquid reactor content expressed as ##EQU1## of greater than 2 wherein .phi./v is the volumetric flow rate of feedstock and olefins-containing stream and .phi./vc is the volumetric external circulation flow rate, and upgraded products produced by the process.

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Carolus M Mesters