Shell Oil Comapny

Jelte Kars

Donald Reinalda

Alouisius Nicolaas Rene Bos

Hendrikus Jacob Baars

Process for separating ethylene glycol

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a catalyst suitable for the preparation of hydrocarbons from carbon monoxide and hydrogen, wherein a cobalt compound is applied on a porous, inert carrier and the carrier is dried and calcined forming the catalyst, characterized in that the cobalt compound is cobalt nitrate, and the carrier provided with the cobalt compound is calcined in an atmosphere containing nitrogen oxide at a concentration of at least 20% by volume, not taking the water content of the atmosphere into consideration, and to a catalyst comprising agglomerates of cobalt oxide crystallites distributed over a porous, inert carrier, having an agglomerate size of about 1-10 micrometer.

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