Patent ID: 7875166

Claim:
A process for the preparation of a micro-crystalline paraffin, having a solidification temperature range between 70 to 105° C. comprising contacting FT (Fischer-Tropsch) paraffins, as a starting material having carbon atoms in the range from 20 to 105, with a platinum catalyst based on a beta zeolite as support material, wherein the platinum content of the catalyst is from 0.4 to 1.0% by mass, based on the catalyst calcined at 800° C., and wherein the process is conducted at a temperature ranging from 230 to 270° C., and at a pressure in a range of 2 to 20 MPa in the presence of hydrogen, to provide a micro-crystalline paraffin, having a solidification temperature range between 70 to 105° C., and wherein the beta zeolite comprises a pore size between 0.50 and 0.80 nm.