A process for producing a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst according to the present invention comprises a step of calcining a carrier precursor containing silica calcined at a temperature T.sub.1 and a zirconium compound at a temperature T.sub.2 to obtain a carrier; and a step of calcining a catalyst precursor containing the carrier and a cobalt compound and/or a ruthenium compound at a temperature T.sub.3, wherein the content of the zirconium compound in the carrier precursor is 0.01 to 7% by mass in terms of zirconium oxide based on the total mass of the catalyst, and T.sub.1, T.sub.2, and T.sub.3 satisfy conditions represented by expressions (1) to (3):
T.sub.1≧T.sub.3  (1)
250° C.≦T.sub.2≦450° C.  (2)
250° C.≦T.sub.3≦450° C.  (3).

The present disclosure relates to nickel/aluminum-containing catalyst materials useful, for example, as reforming catalysts, processes for making them, and processes for using them in molten carbonate fuel cells. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a catalyst material including an alumina carrier in an amount in the range of about 5 wt % to about 75 wt %; and a mixed metal oxide in an amount in the range of about 25 wt % to about 95 wt %, the mixed metal oxide including at least about 90 wt % of oxides of nickel and aluminum, the mixed metal oxide having an atomic ratio of nickel to aluminum in the range of about 60:40 to about 90:10, the mixed metal oxide being substantially free of zirconium, in the form of a composite of the alumina carrier and the mixed metal oxide.

A catalyst article having an extruded support having a plurality of channels through which exhaust gas flows during operation of an engine, and a single layer coating or a bi-layer coating on the support, where the extruded support contains a third SCR catalyst, the single layer coating and the bilayer-coating contain platinum on a support with low ammonia storage and a first SCR catalyst. The catalytic articles are useful for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx in exhaust gases and in reducing the amount of ammonia slip. Methods for producing such articles are described. Methods of using the catalytic articles in an SCR process, where the amount of ammonia slip is reduced, are also described.

Provided is a production method for a porous alumina material, comprising the steps of: mixing an alkoxysilane solution that comprises an alkoxysilane, a mixed solvent comprising water and an alcohol, and an inorganic acid, with an aluminum solution comprising an aluminum compound and water, to prepare a mixed solution in which the aluminum compound and the alkoxysilane are dissolved in the mixed solvent; co-precipitating aluminum hydroxide with a silicon compound in the mixed solution, to form a precipitate; and baking the precipitate to form a porous alumina material comprising aluminum oxide and silicon oxide.

The present invention relates, in part, to an alpha-alumina support for a hydrogenation catalyst useful in hydrogenating fluoroolefins. In certain aspects, it relates to a method for hydrogenating a compound by contacting an olefin reactant having at least one carbon-fluorine bond, with a supported hydrogenation catalyst. The reaction results in a product that includes a hydrogenated derivative of the olefin. In certain embodiments, the supported hydrogenation catalyst includes a zero-valent metal disposed on an alpha-alumina support.

Provided is a catalyst carrier module for a large-capacity catalyst reactor, which can be assembled in a large-capacity structure by laminating a flat plate and a wave plate to be fixed in a can without brazing the flat plate and the wave plate constituting a cell forming body, for use in a catalytic reactor requiring a large-capacity exhaust gas treatment. The catalyst carrier module (or block) includes: a can of a rectangular tube shape having an inlet and an outlet; at least one cell forming body in which a plurality of hollow cells are formed by alternately laminating a wave plate and a flat plate which are coated with a catalyst on a surface thereof and inserted into the can; and a fixing unit installed at the inlet and the outlet of the can to prevent the at least one cell forming body from detaching from the can.

The present invention relates to the process for preparing improved solid hydrogen transfer agents obtained from a polymer with units containing the structure of naphthalene, phenanthrene or anthracene, which exhibit activity as hydrogen transfer agents in any chemical reduction reaction involving the breaking of double bonds and in treatment, hydrotreatment and hydrodisintegration reactions of heavy and extra-heavy crude oils and of cuts and currents derived therefrom. These improved solid hydrogen transfer agents can be supported and not supported on metal oxides such as boehmite, alumina, silica, titania, kaolin and/or mixture thereof, in the presence of reducing agents such as hydrogen, methane, or natural gas. In addition, the application of these improved solid hydrogen transfer agents obtained from a polymer with units containing the structure of naphthalene, phenanthrene or anthracene, it allows to improve properties of the crudes such as viscosity, decrease in the formation of coke, increase in the yield of distillates and in API gravity. These hydrogen transfer agents, being solid, can be reused and recovered from the reaction medium; they also have a thermal stability such that it can carry out reactions at temperatures up to 450 C.

A catalyst powder according to the present invention is a catalyst powder that includes: a core portion that contains ceria and zirconia; and a surface layer portion that is located on the core portion and contains ceria and zirconia. The ratio (M.sub.2/M.sub.1) is 0.30 or more and 0.95 or less, the ratio (M.sub.2/M.sub.1) being the ratio of a mole fraction M.sub.2 (mol %) of cerium in the surface layer portion measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to a mole fraction M.sub.1 (mol %) of cerium in the entire powder. It is preferable that the ratio (M.sub.4/2/M.sub.3/1) between M.sub.3/1 and M.sub.4/2 is 1.1 or more and 5.0 or less, wherein M.sub.3/1 (=M.sub.3/M.sub.1) represents the ratio between a mole fraction M.sub.3 (mol %) of zirconium in the entire powder and a mole fraction M.sub.1 (mol %) of cerium in the entirety of the powder, and M.sub.4/2 (=M.sub.4/M.sub.2) represents the ratio between a mole fraction M.sub.4 (mol %) of zirconium measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and a mole fraction M.sub.2 (mol %) of cerium measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

A supported catalyst, its method of preparation and use in hydrogenation methods, which catalyst contains an oxide substrate that is for the most part calcined aluminum and an active phase that contains nickel, with the nickel content between 5 and 65% by weight in relation to the total mass of the catalyst, with the active phase not containing a metal from group VIB, the nickel particles having a diameter that is less than or equal to 20 nm, the catalyst having a median mesopore diameter of between 14 nm and 30 nm, a median macropore diameter of between 50 and 200 nm, a mesopore volume that is measured by mercury porosimetry that is greater than or equal to 0.40 mL/g, and a total pore volume that is measured by mercury porosimetry that is greater than or equal to 0.42 mL/g.

A carrier powder is thermodynamically stable and conductivity can be easily provided thereto. A carrier powder includes an aggregate of carrier fine particles; wherein: the carrier fine particles include a chained portion structured by fusion bonding a plurality of crystallites into a chain; the carrier fine particles contain titanium oxide; and a ratio of anatase phase/rutile phase of the titanium oxide of the carrier powder is 0.2 or lower.