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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Stephen J. Mccarthy, Center Valley, PA (US);
William G. Borghard, Haddon Heights, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Stephen J. McCarthy, Center Valley, PA (US);
William G. Borghard, Haddon Heights, NJ (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 23/42 (2006.01); B01J 23/44 (2006.01); B01J 29/068 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is a method to activate a noble metal complex dispersed on a catalyst support comprising calcining in hydrogen in order to decompose and reduce the noble metal complex in a single step. In a preferred embodiment, the noble metal catalyst is a combination of platinum and palladium and the noble metal complexes are the hydroxides.