Catalysts and processes for producing butanol

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8962897-B2
Application number	US-201213719886-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2012
Priority date	Dec 19, 2012
Publication date	Feb 24, 2015
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015

Abstract

In one embodiment, the invention is to a catalyst composition for converting ethanol to higher alcohols, such as butanol. The catalyst composition comprises one or more metals and one or more supports. The one or more metals selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, palladium, platinum, zinc, iron, tin and copper. The one or more supports are selected from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , MgO, TiO 2 , zeolite, ZnO, and mixtures thereof, wherein the catalyst is substantially free of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals.

First claim

We claim:

1. A catalyst for converting alcohols to higher alcohols, the catalyst comprising:
one or more metals selected from the group consisting of cobalt, palladium, and copper; and
a support selected from the group consisting of γ-Aluminum Oxide, θ-Aluminum Oxide, and mixtures thereof;
wherein the support has an average particle size ranging from 0.85 mm to 1.18 mm.

2. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the one or more metals are present in an amount…

Assignees

• Celanese Int Corp

Inventors

• Zhang Cheng
• Balliet Kenneth
• Johnston Victor J

Classifications

• B01J35/40

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01J37/0207

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01J23/44

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01J37/0203

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01J21/066

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic