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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2008
Diwakar Garg, Emmaus, PA (US);
Shankar Nataraj, Allentown, PA (US);
Kevin Boyle Fogash, Wescosville, PA (US);
James Richard O'leary, Allentown, PA (US);
William Robert Licht, Allentown, PA (US);
Sanjay Mehta, Alburtis, PA (US);
Eugene S. Genkin, Allentown, PA (US);
Diwakar Garg, Emmaus, PA (US);
Shankar Nataraj, Allentown, PA (US);
Kevin Boyle Fogash, Wescosville, PA (US);
James Richard O'Leary, Allentown, PA (US);
William Robert Licht, Allentown, PA (US);
Sanjay Mehta, Alburtis, PA (US);
Eugene S. Genkin, Allentown, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A catalyst for adiabatically prereforming a feedstock wherein the catalyst comprises 1 to 20 wt. % nickel and 0.4 to 5 wt. % potassium on a calcium aluminate support. The overall catalyst porosity is greater than 40% with greater than 70% of the overall catalyst porosity contributed by pores having pore diameters of at least 500 Å, and having a median pore diameter greater than 2600 Å, and having a nitrogen BET area less than 6.5 m/g.