Patent ID: 9149797
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: B01J,B28B,B32B,B82Y,C23C

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a catalyst, wherein the method comprises: mixing a plurality of catalytic particles in nano-powder form and a solvent, thereby forming a particle-solvent mixture; performing a size distribution analysis on a supernatant sample of the particle-solvent mixture, thereby determining a size distribution profile for the particle-solvent mixture; repeating the mixing of the catalytic particles and the solvent in the particle-solvent mixture if the size distribution profile is below a predetermined threshold; centrifuging the particle-solvent mixture if the size distribution profile is at or above the predetermined threshold, thereby forming a supernate of the particle-solvent mixture and a precipitate of the particle-solvent mixture within the same container, wherein the supernate comprises a dispersion including the catalytic particles and the solvent; decanting the particle-solvent mixture, thereby separating the supernate from the precipitate; determining the particle content of a sample of the separated supernate; determining a target volume of the dispersion to be applied to a catalyst support based on one or more properties of the catalyst support; and impregnating the catalyst support with the catalytic particles in the dispersion by applying the target volume of the dispersion to the catalyst support.