Patent ID: 8557725

Claim:
A method for producing a regenerated Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst obtained by regenerating a spent catalyst used in a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction, comprising bringing the spent catalyst into contact with a mixed gas comprising 1 to 30% by volume of steam and an inert gas at a pressure of atmospheric pressure to 5 MPa and a temperature of 150 to 350° C., the spent catalyst being a spent catalyst in which cobalt and/or ruthenium is supported on a carrier comprising silica with an average pore diameter measured by a nitrogen adsorption method of 4 to 25 nm, and of which activity represented by an initial carbon monoxide conversion is 40 to 95%, based on the activity of a corresponding unused catalyst, wherein the carrier comprising silica further comprises 1 to 10% by mass of zirconium oxide, based on the mass of the catalyst.