Patent ID: 8349754

Claim:
A modified zeolite catalyst with improved acidity and porosity, useful for the conversion of paraffins, olefins and aromatics in a mixed feedstock into isoparaffins, said catalyst comprising noble metal incorporated mordenite zeolite based catalyst comprising: Zeolite: in the range of 59-60 wt %; Pseudo extrude: in the range of 39-40 wt %; Pt: in the range of 0.1-1.0 wt %; Pd: in the range of 0-1.0 wt %; and said catalyst has the following characteristics: Si/Al in the range of 16-80 BET surface area (m 2 /g) in the range of 200-350 Micropore area (m 2 /g) in the range of 155-250 External pore area (m 2 /g) in the range of 90-135 Pore volume (cc/g) in the range of 0.30-0.50 Acidity (m · mol/g · catal) in the range of 1.40-1.60 Strong (>120 kJ/mol) in the range of 0.40-0.60 Medium(120-80 kJ/mol) in the range of 0.45-0.50 Weak(<80 kJ/mol) in the range of 0.40-0.60 Pt dispersion (%) in the range of 60-80.