Patent ID: 8114806
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: B01J,C10G

Abstract:
1. A method of making a catalyst, comprising: co-mulling one or more metals from Columns 6-10 of the Periodic Table and/or one or more compounds of one or more metals from Columns 6-10 of the Periodic Table with a support to produce a metal/support composition; and calcining the metal/support composition at temperatures ranging from 315° C. to 760° C. to provide a calcined catalyst with a pore size distribution with a median pore diameter ranging from 105 Å to 150 Å with at least 60% of the total number of pores in the pore size distribution having a pore diameter within 60 Å of the median pore diameter, with at least 50% of its pore volume in pores having a pore diameter of at most 600 Å, and between 5% and 25% of its pore volume in pores having a pore diameter between 1000 Å and 5000 Å, wherein pore diameters and pore volumes are as measured by ASTM Method D4284.