Hydroxypropionic acid, hydroxypropionic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof are dehydrated using a catalyst and a method to produce bio-acrylic acid, acrylic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof. A method to produce the dehydration catalyst is also provided.

Hydroxypropionic acid, hydroxypropionic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof are dehydrated using a catalyst and a method to produce bio-acrylic acid, acrylic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof. A method to produce the dehydration catalyst is also provided.

Provided herein is a hydrotreating catalyst for hydrocarbon oil having high desulfurization activity, and high abrasion strength and high compressive strength. A process for producing the hydrotreating catalyst is also provided. The hydrotreating catalyst uses an alumina-phosphorus support. The support contains 0.5 to 2.0 mass % of phosphorus in terms of an oxide. The support loads a metal in Group 6A of the periodic table, and a metal in Group 8 of the periodic table. The hydrotreating catalyst has a specific surface area of 150 m.sup.2/g or more. The hydrotreating catalyst has a total pore volume of 0.40 to 0.75 ml/g as measured by a mercury intrusion method. The hydrotreating catalyst has two maximal peaks in a pore diameter range of 6 nm to 13 nm in a log differential pore volume distribution measured by a mercury intrusion method. The hydrotreating catalyst has an abrasion strength of 0.5% or less. The hydrotreating catalyst has a compressive strength of 15 N/mm or more. The support is produced from, for example, a hydrate obtained by adding phosphorus to an alumina hydrate obtained by using two mixtures of an acidic aqueous aluminum salt solution and a basic aqueous aluminum salt solution.

Disclosed are a heteropolyacid catalyst for producing gamma-valerolactone, which is supported on M-Beta zeolite (M=Sn, Ti, Zr or Hf), and a method for preparing the same and a method for manufacturing gamma-valerolactone using the catalyst. The catalyst has an effect of producing gamma-valerolactone from biomass-derived furfural at a high yield through a one-pot process.

Hydroxypropionic acid, hydroxypropionic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof are dehydrated using a catalyst and a method to produce bio-acrylic acid, acrylic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof. A method to produce the dehydration catalyst is also provided.

The invention concerns a catalyst comprising a support based on alumina or silica or silica-alumina, at least one element selected from group VIII and/or group VIB, and at least one catecholamine. The invention also concerns the process for the preparation of said catalyst and its use in a hydrotreatment and/or hydrocracking process.

A catalyst comprising NiO, a metal mixture comprising at least one of MoO.sub.3 or WO.sub.3, a mixture comprising at least one of SiO.sub.2 and Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and P.sub.2O.sub.5. In this embodiment the metal sites on the catalyst are sulfided and the catalyst is capable of removing tar from a synthesis gas while performing methanation and water gas shift reactions at a temperature range from 300? C. to 600? C.

A catalyst comprising NiO, a metal mixture comprising at least one of MoO.sub.3 or WO.sub.3, a mixture comprising at least one of SiO.sub.2 and Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and P.sub.2O.sub.5. In this embodiment the metal sites on the catalyst are sulfided and the catalyst is capable of removing tar from a synthesis gas while performing methanation and water gas shift reactions at a temperature range from 300? C. to 600? C.

Proposed is a method for manufacturing a catalyst for capture and conversion of carbon dioxide capable of removing carbon dioxide and converting carbon dioxide into other useful materials at the same time by capturing and converting carbon dioxide in flue gas generated during fossil fuel combustion into a carbon resource and a catalyst for capture and conversion of carbon dioxide manufactured by the method of the same. The catalyst for capture and conversion of carbon dioxide according to the present disclosure can reduce carbon dioxide by capturing carbon dioxide in flue gas generated during fossil fuel combustion. It is possible to convert the captured carbon dioxide into other useful materials by converting the collected carbon dioxide into sodium carbonate or sodium hydrogen carbonate as carbon resources.

Methods for making a supported chromium catalyst are disclosed, and can comprise contacting a silica-coated alumina containing at least 30 wt. % silica with a chromium-containing compound in a liquid, drying, and calcining in an oxidizing atmosphere at a peak temperature of at least 650? C. to form the supported chromium catalyst. The supported chromium catalyst can contain from 0.01 to 20 wt. % chromium, and typically can have a pore volume from 0.5 to 2 mL/g and a BET surface area from 275 to 550 m.sup.2/g. The supported chromium catalyst subsequently can be used to polymerize olefins to produce, for example, ethylene-based homopolymers and copolymers having high molecular weights and broad molecular weight distributions.