Patent ID: 8664145
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: B01J,C10G

Abstract:
1. A method of preparing a fresh catalyst comprising: impregnating a metal into a catalyst support to produce an impregnated catalyst, wherein the metal comprises iron, cobalt, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold, or combinations thereof, and wherein the catalyst support comprises zeolite; dispersing the metal in the impregnated catalyst to produce an impregnated, dispersed catalyst, wherein dispersing the metal into the impregnated catalyst comprises contacting the impregnated catalyst with a dispersing composition in a temperature range of from about 200° C. to about 1000° C., and wherein the dispersing composition comprises oxygen and a chlorine-containing compound; contacting the impregnated, dispersed with activating composition to produce an impregnated, dispersed, activated catalyst, wherein the activating composition is in a liquid phase; and thermally treating the impregnated, dispersed, activated catalyst to produce the fresh catalyst.