US Patent:
20100236985, Sep 23, 2010
Inventors:
Lin Luo - Lake Jackson TX, US
Susan Domke - Rosharon TX, US
Howard W. Clark - Lake Jackson TX, US
Richard A. Pierce - Lake Jackson TX, US
Michael M. Olken - Midland MI, US
International Classification:
C10G 35/06
B01J 23/58
Abstract:
A supported catalyst and process for dehydrogenating a hydrocarbon, the catalyst comprising a first component selected from the group consisting of tin, germanium, lead, indium, gallium, thallium, and compounds thereof; a second component selected from the group consisting of metals of Group 8 of the Periodic Table of the Elements and compounds thereof, and a support comprising alumina in the gamma crystalline form. The catalysts are especially active and efficient when employed in concurrent flow in a dehydrogenation reactor having an average contact time between the hydrocarbon and catalyst of from 0.5 to 10 seconds