Patent ID: 7737074

Claim:
A method of preparing a sulfur tolerant aromatics hydrogenation catalyst composition, wherein said method comprises: co-mulling from 1 to 30 wt. % of a zirconium compound and from 60 to 99 wt % of an inorganic oxide selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina and silica-alumina to form a mixture; forming an agglomerate particle comprising said mixture; and calcining said agglomerate particle to thereby provide a calcined particle suitable for use as a catalyst support; incorporating into said catalyst support from 0.01 to 5 wt % of a platinum component and from 0.01 to 5 wt % of a palladium component in a weight ratio of elemental palladium-to-platinum of 1:10 to 10:1, to provide an intermediate catalyst composition; and calcining said intermediate catalyst composition to thereby provide a final sulfur tolerant aromatics hydrogenation catalyst composition.