Patent ID: 7923406

Claim:
A support for a fuel reforming catalyst, the support comprising: a core of aluminum (Al); and an oxide of the core of aluminum (Al 2 O 3 ) generated at a surface of and encapsulating the core of aluminum, wherein a total volume of micropores and mesopores in the support is in a range of 0.1 to 1.0 ml/g per unit mass, and a volume of macropores in the support is in a range of 0.4 to 1.2 ml/g per unit mass, wherein the support is in the form of particles, wherein the aluminum oxide encapsulating the aluminum of a particle of the support has a thickness of 10-65% of a radius of the particle, wherein the micropores and mesopores are homogeneously distributed in the aluminum oxide, and wherein the support for the fuel reforming catalyst has a mechanical strength in the range of 70-250 kg/cm 2 .