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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2010
Richard A. Pierce, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Lin Luo, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Michael M. Olken, Midland, MI (US);
Susan Domke, Rosharon, TX (US);
Howard W. Clark, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Richard A. Pierce, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Lin Luo, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Michael M. Olken, Midland, MI (US);
Susan Domke, Rosharon, TX (US);
Howard W. Clark, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Abstract
A supported catalyst and process for dehydrogenating a hydrocarbon, the catalyst comprising a first component selected from the group consisting of tin, germanium, lead, indium, gallium, thallium, and compounds thereof; a second component selected from the group consisting of metals of Group 8 of the Periodic Table of the Elements and compounds thereof, and a support comprising alumina in the gamma crystalline form. The catalysts are especially active and efficient when employed in concurrent flow in a dehydrogenation reactor having an average contact time between the hydrocarbon and catalyst of from 0.5 to 10 seconds.