The specification describes a method for the production of a hydrochlorination catalyst, comprising the steps of: i) preparing an impregnation solution by combining a source of gold and a ligand in a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises an organic solvent; ii) impregnating a support with the impregnation solution from step (i); and iii) drying the product of step (ii) to obtain the catalyst. Also described are hydrochlorination catalysts comprising a complex of gold and a ligand of Formula (I) supported on a support. These catalysts are particularly suitable for the conversion of acetylene to vinyl chloride monomer.

Two different types of catalysts are disclosed. The first catalyst has a porous support that is impregnated with an active metal catalyst. The support surrounds a metallic core, which functions to increase the bulk heat capacity of the catalyst, thereby damping temperature swings during use. The second catalyst also has a porous support that is impregnated with an active metal catalyst, which is heterogeneously distributed so that the catalyst is concentrated at or near the surface of the support structure. This is accomplished by impregnating the catalyst by pouring a molten metal catalyst over the bulk catalyst supports. This method allows of a small volume of molten catalyst relative to the pore volume of the support and concentrates the catalyst in a band near the surface of the supports.

Two different types of catalysts are disclosed. The first catalyst has a porous support that is impregnated with an active metal catalyst. The support surrounds a metallic core, which functions to increase the bulk heat capacity of the catalyst, thereby damping temperature swings during use. The second catalyst also has a porous support that is impregnated with an active metal catalyst, which is heterogeneously distributed so that the catalyst is concentrated at or near the surface of the support structure. This is accomplished by impregnating the catalyst by pouring a molten metal catalyst over the bulk catalyst supports. This method allows of a small volume of molten catalyst relative to the pore volume of the support and concentrates the catalyst in a band near the surface of the supports.

A method and device for separating at least one catalyst from a mixture of homogeneously shaped catalysts, the catalysts comprising at least one metal selected from the group formed by Ni, Co, Mo, W, the catalyst to be separated comprising a characteristic metal selected from the group formed by Ni, Co, Mo, W and the other catalysts of the mixture not containing said characteristic metal, in which method: the grains of the catalyst of said mixture pass in front of the LIBS detection system, the presence of said characteristic metal in the catalysts is detected by the LIBS technique, the wavelength being selected so as to detect said characteristic metal, the LIBS detection system sends a signal to a means for evacuating grains of catalyst to be separated in a manner such as to separate said grains from the other catalysts of said mixture.

A catalyst for preparing aviation fuel from synthetic oil obtained by Fischer-Tropsch process, including: between 20 and 50 percent by weight of an amorphous aluminum silicate, between 5 and 20 percent by weight of alumina, between 20 and 60 percent by weight of a hydrothermally modified zeolite, between 0.5 and 1.0 percent by weight of a Sesbania powder, between 0.5 and 5 percent by weight of nickel oxide, and between 5 and 15 percent by weight of molybdenum oxide. The invention also provides a method for preparing the catalyst.

Catalysts, catalytic forms and formulations, and catalytic methods are provided. The catalysts and catalytic forms and formulations are useful in a variety of catalytic reactions, for example, the oxidative coupling of methane. Related methods for use and manufacture of the same are also disclosed.

The present invention relates to a catalyst for the epoxidation of alkenes, comprising silver, rhenium, cesium, lithium, tungsten and sulfur on a support. The present invention further relates to a process for producing the catalyst and the use of the catalyst for the oxidation of alkylenes to alkylene oxides. In addition, the present invention relates to a process for preparing ethylene oxide from ethylene, which comprises the oxidation of ethylene with oxygen in the presence of said catalyst.

A hollow cylindrical shaped catalyst body for gas phase oxidation of an alkene to an ,-unsaturated aldehyde and/or an ,-unsaturated carboxylic acid comprises a compacted multimetal oxide having an external diameter ED, an internal diameter ID and a height H, wherein ED is in the range from 3.5 to 4.5 mm; the ratio q=ID/ED is in the range from 0.4 to 0.55; and the ratio p=H/ED is in the range from 0.5 to 1. The shaped catalyst body is mechanically stable and catalyzes the partial oxidation of an alkene to the products of value with high selectivity. It provides a sufficiently high catalyst mass density of the catalyst bed and good long-term stability with acceptable pressure drop.

A unique process and catalyst is described that operates efficiently for the direct production of a high cetane diesel type fuel or diesel type blending stock from stochiometric mixtures of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This invention allows for, but is not limited to, the economical and efficient production high quality diesel type fuels from small or distributed fuel production plants that have an annual production capacity of less than 10,000 barrels of product per day, by eliminating traditional wax upgrading processes. This catalytic process is ideal for distributed diesel fuel production plants such as gas to liquids production and other applications that require optimized economics based on supporting distributed feedstock resources.

To provide a heterogeneous catalyst that exhibits high activity and high selectivity, specifically a catalyst suitable for oxychlorination to produce 1,2-dichloroethane from ethylene, and a catalyst system. Provided are: a heterogeneous catalyst supported on a porous carrier, characterized in that the integral value of the hysteresis occurring between an adsorption isotherm and a desorption isotherm by a gas adsorption method, is at most 19% to the total integral value of the adsorption isotherm; and a catalyst system for producing 1,2-dichloroethane, which comprises this catalyst and a diluent having a spherical shape, circular cylindrical shape or hollow cylindrical shape.