The present disclosure generally relates to a process for coating a scaffold, and in particular a process for coating a scaffold of a static mixer using catalytic liquid suspensions. The present disclosure also generally relates to a process for preparing a catalytically coated scaffold comprising applying a catalytic liquid suspension to a surface of a scaffold to provide a coating containing catalytically reactive sites on the surface of the coated scaffold.

The present invention addresses to catalysts applicable to the conversion of CO to CO.sub.2 and H.sub.2 by the water-gas shift reaction. Such catalysts are made up of iron oxides, zirconium oxides, cerium oxides or a mixture of the same, promoted by platinum (Pt) contents between 0.1 and 0.4% m/m and with a sodium (Na) content below 0.01% m/m, based on the oxidized material. The present invention makes it possible to obtain catalysts with a high dispersion of Pt, with metallic particles of the order of 1 nm and methods of preparation by coprecipitation of soluble salts in aqueous medium using ammonium hydroxide as a precipitating agent.

Process for preparing a catalyst composition containing a modified crystalline aluminosilicate and a binder, wherein the catalyst composition comprises from 5 to 95% by weight of crystalline aluminosilicate as based on the total weight of the catalyst composition, the process being remarkable in that it comprises a step of steaming said crystalline aluminosilicate: at a temperature ranging from 100° C. to 380° C.; under a gas phase atmosphere containing from 5 wt % to 100 wt % of steam; at a pressure ranging from 2 to 200 bars; at a partial pressure of H.sub.2O ranging from 2 to 200 bars; and said steaming being performed during at least 30 min and up to 144 h;
and in that the process also comprises a step of shaping, or of extruding, the crystalline aluminosilicate with a binder, wherein the binder is selected to comprise at least 85 wt % of silica as based on the total weight of the binder, and less than 1000 ppm by weight as based on the total weight of the binder of aluminium, gallium, boron, iron and/or chromium.

Disclosed herein are a catalyst composition, catalyst devices, and methods for removing formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants from an air flow stream. The catalyst composition including manganese oxide, optionally one or more of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, zinc, iron, binder, an inorganic oxide, or carbon.

An ultra-stable catalyst composition for hydroprocessing hydrocarbon feedstocks and a method of making and use of the ultra-stable catalyst composition. The catalyst composition of the invention comprises a calcined mixture made by calcining a formed particle of a mixture comprising an inorganic oxide material, molybdenum trioxide, and a nickel compound; wherein the calcined mixture is further overlaid with a cobalt component and a molybdenum component to thereby provide the catalyst composition.

The present application discloses a supported PtZn intermetallic alloy catalyst, a method for preparing the same and application thereof. The catalyst uses SiO.sub.2 as a support and Zn as a promoter, and a small amount of active component Pt is supported; the weight percentage of Pt is 0.025%-1%, and the weight percentage of Zn is 0.025%-1.7%, a co-impregnation method is adopted in preparation, the SiO.sub.2 support is impregnated in aqueous solution of chloroplatinic acid and zinc nitrate, and then drying and high-temperature reduction are performed to obtain a PtZn/SiO.sub.2 catalyst. The catalyst has the advantages of high activity, high stability, low price and low toxicity. The catalyst provided by the present application is applicable to preparation of alkene through short-chain alkane dehydrogenation, in particular to preparation of propylene through propane dehydrogenation in a hydrogen atmosphere. Under high-temperature conditions, the dehydrogenation activity is very high, the propylene selectivity can reach more than 90%, the stability is good, and the amount of used Pt is small, the utilization rate is high, and it is cheaper than industrial Pt series catalysts.

The present disclosure relates to a process for converting one or more alkyl halides to acyclic C3-C6 olefins, said process comprising the steps of (a) providing a feedstream comprising one or more alkyl halides; (b) providing a catalyst composition; and (c) contacting said feedstream with said catalyst composition under reaction conditions. The process is remarkable in that said process further comprises a step of steaming said catalyst composition before the step (c) and in that said catalyst composition comprises one or more zeolites and a binder, wherein said one or more zeolites comprise at least one 10-membered ring channel. The present disclosure further relates to the use of a catalyst composition in said process, said catalyst composition comprising one or more zeolites and a binder, wherein said catalyst composition is steamed before use.

The present disclosure relates to a process for converting one or more methyl halides to acyclic C3-C6 olefins, said process comprising the steps of (a) providing a feedstream comprising one or more methyl halides; (b) providing a catalyst composition; and (c) contacting said feedstream with said catalyst composition under reaction conditions. The process is remarkable in that said reaction conditions include a reaction temperature below 400° C., and in that said catalyst composition comprises one or more molecular sieves with a Si/Al atomic ratio ranging from 2 to 18 and wherein said one or more molecular sieves comprise a plurality of pores, wherein said pores have a shape of an 8-membered ring or less.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a molding comprising a mixed oxide comprising O, Mg, and Ni, the process comprising: —(i) mixing water, a Mg source, a Ni source, and an acid, to obtain a mixture; —(ii) subjecting the mixture obtained from (i) to a shaping process; —(iii) calcining the molding obtained from (ii) in a gas atmosphere having a temperature in the range of from 700 to 1400° C.; wherein the molar ratio of the acid used in (i) to Ni, calculated as elemental Ni, of the Ni source used in (i), acid:Ni, is equal to or higher than 0.001:1. Further, the present invention relates to a molding comprising a mixed oxide comprising O, Mg, and Ni, wherein the mixed oxide comprises a specific crystalline phase Ni.sub.xMg.sub.yO, wherein the sum of x and y is 1, and wherein y is greater than 0.52. The molding is used for reforming methane to a synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide.

A passive NO.sub.x adsorber is disclosed. The passive NO.sub.x adsorber is effective to adsorb NO.sub.x at or below a low temperature and release the adsorbed NO.sub.x at temperatures above the low temperature. The passive NO.sub.x adsorber comprises a noble metal and a molecular sieve having an LTL Framework Type. The invention also includes an exhaust system comprising the passive NO.sub.x adsorber, and a method for treating exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine utilizing the passive NO.sub.x adsorber.