Patent ID: 7256220

Claim:
A process for hydrogenation of a carbon monoxide feed, comprising the steps of: providing a catalyst system comprising a catalyst support and a catalytically active metal phase on the catalyst support, wherein the catalyst support comprises substantially spherical particles having siloxane bonds of a substantially homogenous mixture of refractory inorganic oxide and refractory inorganic carbide, the support having a solid surface area of at least about 65 m 2 /g, a particle size of at least about 0.1 mm, a pore volume of at least bout 0.2 cc/g, and an average pore diameter of at least about 150 Å, and the catalytically active metal phase comprising at least one first metal selected from Group 4 of the periodic table of elements, and at least one second metal selected from the group consisting of Groups 8, 9 and 10 of the periodic table of elements; providing a carbon monoxide feed; and exposing the feed to the catalyst at hydrogenation conditions so as to convert the feed into a product comprising CH 4 , CO 2 and C 2 + .