MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517057831 A) filed by BP P. L. C., London, on June 16, for 'fischer-tropsch catalyst activation.'
Inventor(s) include Paterson, Alexander James; Partington, Stephen Roy; and Van Rensburg, Hendrik.
The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A process for converting a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide to a hydrocarbon composition comprising one or more optionally oxygenated hydrocarbons, the process comprising the following steps: (a) providing a first catalyst material comprising cobalt (e.g., in the form of oxide) disposed on a support; (b) contacting the first catalyst material with a first reducing agent at a first temperature (T1) and a first pressure (P1) to form a reduced catalyst material; (c) contacting the reduced catalyst material with carbon monoxide at a second pressure (P2) and a second temperature (T2) to provide a passivated catalyst material, wherein P2 is at least 5 bara, and T2 is at most 250 C; (d) contacting the passivated catalyst material with a second reducing agent at a third temperature (T3) and a third pressure (P3) to form an activated catalyst material, P2 is greater than or equal to P3, and wherein T3 is at least 300 C; and (e) contacting the activated catalyst material with a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide."
The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 01, 2023, under International application No.PCT/IB2023/062137.
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