Imperial Chemical Industries Limited

Frank King

Martin E Fakley

Samuel David Jackson

David G Shipley

An exothermic oxidation process wherein a rotating bed containing a variable oxidation state material is cycled through a succession of stages including an oxidative regeneration stage including a step wherein an oxidising fluid is passed through the bed, and a reaction stage wherein feedstock is passed through the bed, whereby said feedstock is oxidised to give products stream with the concurrent reduction of the convertible material to its lower oxidation state. The process can further include a stage wherein cooling fluid is passed through the bed.

Exothermic process

Shaped particles, comprising a calcium aluminate cement and at least one oxide of a Group VIII metal M selected from nickel and cobalt, said particles containing 10 to 70% by weight of said Group VIII metal oxide (expressed as the divalent oxide, MO) and having a porosity in the range 25 to 50%, in which at least 30% of the pore volume is in the form of pores of size in the range 15 to 35 nm and less than 40% of the pore volume is in the form of pores of diameter greater than 35 nm. These particles are used to catalytically decompose oxidizing agents including hypohalites.

Catalysts

A catalytic hydrogenation process comprising contacting a catalyst effective to promote a hydrogenation reaction with a feed stream comprising gaseous hydrogen and an unsaturated hydrocarbon thereby hydrogenating at least some of said unsaturated hydrocarbon, said catalyst being prepared from a precursor comprising a calcium aluminate cement and at least one oxide of a metal selected from nickel and cobalt by reduction of said metal oxide, and wherein said precursor contains 10 to 70% by weight of said metal oxide (expressed as the divalent oxide, MO) and has a porosity in the range 25 to 50%, in which at least 30% of the pore volume is in the form of pores of size in the range 15 to 35 nm and less than 40% of the pore volume is in the form of pores of diameter greater than 35 nm.

Catalytic hydrogenation process

Shaped particles suitable for use as a catalyst, or precursor thereto, particularly for the decomposition of hypohalite ions in aqueous solution, comprising a calcium aluminate cement and at least one oxide of a Group VIII metal M selected from nickel and cobalt, said particles containing 10 to 70% by weight of said Group VIII metal oxide (expressed as the divalent oxide, MO) and having a porosity in the range 25 to 50%, in which at least 30% of the pore volume is in the form of pores of size in the range 15 to 35 nm and less than 40% of the pore volume is in the form of pores of diameter greater than 35 nm.

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