A catalyst containing an active phase comprising at least one metal of group VIIIB selected from cobalt, nickel, ruthenium and iron deposited on a support containing silica, alumina and at least one simple spinel MAl2O4 or mixed spinel MxM′(1-x)Al2O4) which is or is not partial, wherein M and M′ are separate metals selected from the group formed by magnesium, copper, cobalt, nickel, tin, zinc, lithium, calcium, caesium, sodium, potassium, iron and manganese, and wherein x is between 0 and 1, the values 0 and 1 being themselves excluded, characterised in that said active phase further comprises boron, the boron content being between 0.001% and 0.5% by weight with respect to the total weight of the catalyst, the value 0.5 being itself excluded.

A production system for a product selected from a nitrogen-containing product and a fermented and cultured product that does not involve (or can minimize) the transport of liquid ammonia can include: an ammonia synthesis apparatus in which an ammonia-containing gas is synthesized by reaction of a source gas containing hydrogen and nitrogen in the presence of a supported metal catalyst containing as a support one or more selected from the group consisting of: i) a conductive mayenite compound; ii) a two-dimensional electride compound or a precursor thereof; and iii) a complex formed of a support base containing at least one metal oxide selected from ZrO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, CeO.sub.2, and MgO and a metal amide represented by a formula M(NH.sub.2).sub.x (where M represents one or more selected from Li, Na, K, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Eu; and x represents a valence number of M) supported by the support base.

The present invention relates to a method of preparing a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation. More particularly, the present invention provides a method of preparing a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation providing superior selectivity and yield for a conjugated diene according to oxidative dehydrogenation by constantly maintaining pH of a coprecipitation solution using a drip-type double precipitation method to adjust an -iron oxide content in a catalyst in a predetermined range.

Processes and multiple-stage catalyst systems are disclosed for producing propylene from butene by at least partially metathesizing butene in a metathesizing reaction zone having a metathesis catalyst to form a metathesis reaction product and at least partially cracking the metathesis reaction product in a cracking reaction zone having a cracking catalyst to form a cracking reaction product that includes propylene. The metathesis catalyst may be a mesoporous silica-alumina catalyst support impregnated with metal oxide having a mesoporous silica-alumina catalyst support comprising from 5 weight percent to 50 weight percent alumina. The cracking catalyst may be a MFI structured silica-containing catalyst. The cracking reaction zone may be downstream of the metathesis reaction zone.

Processes and multiple-stage catalyst systems are disclosed for producing propylene from butene by at least partially metathesizing butene in a metathesizing reaction zone having a metathesis catalyst to form a metathesis reaction product and at least partially cracking the metathesis reaction product in a cracking reaction zone having a cracking catalyst to form a cracking reaction product that includes propylene. The metathesis catalyst may be a mesoporous silica-alumina catalyst support impregnated with metal oxide having a mesoporous silica-alumina catalyst support comprising from 5 weight percent to 50 weight percent alumina. The cracking catalyst may be a MFI structured silica-containing catalyst. The cracking reaction zone may be downstream of the metathesis reaction zone.

The present invention provides a production method for indene, comprising a dehydrogenation step of obtaining a reaction product containing indene by contacting a raw material composition containing indene with a dehydrogenation catalyst, wherein the dehydrogenation catalyst comprises a support containing aluminum, and a group 14 metal element and platinum supported on the support, a content of the platinum in the dehydrogenation catalyst is 0.6 to 2.5% by mass based on a whole amount of the dehydrogenation catalyst, and an atomic ratio of the group 14 metal element to the platinum in the dehydrogenation catalyst is 4.0 to 20.0.

Provided is a catalyst system for oxidative dehydrogenation, a reactor for oxidative dehydrogenation including the catalyst system, and a method of performing oxidative dehydrogenation using the reactor. In the catalyst system, a fixed-bed reactor is filled with a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation in an n-stage structure (n being an integer of 2 or more), wherein each stage of the n-stage structure satisfies Equations 1 and 2 as claimed so that the concentration of an active ingredient included in the catalyst gradually increases in the direction in which reactants are fed into the reactor. Heat generated inside the reactor may be effectively controlled during oxidative dehydrogenation, thereby improving conversion rate, selectivity, and yield. In addition, catalyst deterioration may be reduced, thereby improving long-term stability of the catalyst.

A method for producing a three-dimensional porous catalyst monolith of stacked catalyst fibers, comprising the following steps: a) Preparing a suspension paste in a liquid diluent of a reforming catalyst, and which suspension can furthermore comprise a binder material, all particles in the suspension having an average particle size in the range of from 0.5 to 500 m, b) extruding the paste of step a) through one or more nozzles to form fibers, and depositing the extruded fibers to form a three-dimensional porous catalyst monolith precursor, c) drying the porous catalyst monolith precursor to remove the liquid diluent, d) calcining the porous catalyst monolith precursor to form the porous catalyst monolith.

The present invention provides a production method for indene, comprising a dehydrogenation step of obtaining a reaction product containing indene by contacting a raw material gas containing indane and molecular hydrogen with a dehydrogenation catalyst, wherein the dehydrogenation catalyst comprises a support containing aluminum, and a supported metal supported on the support, the supported metal contains a group 14 metal element and platinum, and an atomic ratio of the group 14 metal element to the platinum in the dehydrogenation catalyst is 8.0 or less.

A bifunctional catalyst for conversion of oxygenates, said bifunctional catalyst comprising zeolite, alumina binder, Zn and P, wherein P is evenly distributed across the catalyst.