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Process for the production of spherical shaped bodies based on Al2 O3 and optionally SiO2
Assignee: Kali Chemie AG
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Filing: 1980-08-29
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Granted: 1982-07-27
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Expires: 2000-08-29
Abstract
Abstract A process for the preparation of shaped bodies includes preparing a plastic mixture of a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides, silicon oxides, silicon hydroxides and mixtures thereof from a predominantly dry component K1 in powdered form and a paste component K2 comprising water and additional additives, continuously extruding the plastic mixture into cut lengths, shaping the cut lengths into spherical shaped bodies and drying the spherical shaped bodies and optionally tempering such bodies to form catalyst and catalyst supports. The solids content of the powdered component K1 is from 65 to 100% by weight whereas the solids content of the paste component K2 is 10 to 50% by weight. Preferable spherical shaped bodies are based on Al2O3, SiO2, or Al2O3/SiO2.
Inventors
- 👤 Helmut Derleth
- 👤 Karl-Heinz Bretz
- 👤 Gunther Sauer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-24 06:44
CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01F; C01F7/00; C01F7/02; C01F7/021; C01F7/025; B; B01; B01J; B01J21/00; B01J21/12; B01J35/00; B01J35/50; B01J35/51; C01B; C01B33/00; C01B33/113; C01B33/12; C01P; C01P2004/00; C01P2004/30; C01P2004/32; C01P2006/00; C01P2006/12; C01P2006/14; C01P2006/21
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A process for the preparation of shaped bodies comprising: (a) preparing a plastic mixture by mixing a predominantly dry component (K1) in powder form of a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides, and mixtures thereof and a paste component (K2) comprising water in the form of a material selected from the group consisting of gels and sols of aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides and mixtures thereof; (b) continuously extruding said plastic mixture into extrudates; (c) continuously cutting said extrudates into cut lengths; (d) shaping said cut lengths into spherical shaped bodies and (e) drying said spherical shaped bodies.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
A process for the preparation of shaped bodies comprising: (a) preparing a plastic mixture by mixing a predominantly dry component (K1) in powder form of a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides, and mixtures thereof and a paste component (K2) comprising water in the form of a material selected from the group consisting of gels and sols of aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides and mixtures thereof; (b) continuously extruding said plastic mixture into extrudates; (c) continuously cutting said extrudates into cut lengths; (d) shaping said cut lengths into spherical shaped bodies and (e) drying said spherical shaped bodies.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 1 further comprising the step of tempering said spherical shaped bodies.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
82 words
The process of claim 1 for preparing shaped bodies based on Al 2 O 3 wherein said powder component (K1) has a solids content of 65-100% by weight based on Al 2 O 3 , said powder component selected from the group consisting of oxides, hydroxides, oxyhydrates and transition oxides of aluminum and wherein said paste component (K2) has a solids content of 10-50% by weight and is selected from the group consisting of gels and sols of aluminum oxides and hydroxides.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said solids content of said paste component (K2) is 15-40% by weight.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said powder component (K1) and said paste component (K2) are mixed together in a proportion so that their respective Al 2 O 3 contents in the finished mixture form a ratio of 0.5:1 to 25:1.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 5 wherein said ratio is 1:1 to 21:1.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the powdered component (K1) contains from 0 to 30% by weight of a compound selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide, zinc oxide and mixtures thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process of claim 7 wherein said powdered component (K1) contains from 10-24% by weight of said compound selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide, zinc oxide and mixtures thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said paste component (K2) contains from 0 to 50% by weight of a substance selected from the group consisting of volatile substances and dissociable substances at elevated temperatures.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 9 wherein said volatile or dissociable substance is present in an amount from 0.1-35% by weight.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said plastic mixture is adjusted to a pH of at least 4.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
50 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said plastic mixture for extrusion contains a solids to water ratio of 0.25:1 to 5.0:1 for the preparation of particles based on Al 2 O 3 and 0.05:1 to 1.0:1 for particles based on SiO 2 or Al 2 O 3 /SiO 2 .
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
45 words
The process of claim 12 wherein said ratio for the preparation of particles based on Al 2 O 3 is 0.5:1 to 3.0:1 and said ratio for preparation of particles based on SiO 2 or Al 2 O 3 /SiO 2 is 0.1:1 to 0.8:1.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said cut lengths have a ratio of length to diameter of approximately 1:1.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said paste component (K2) is obtained by kneading the α-monohydrate of an aluminum oxide gel with acid peptizing agents.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
38 words
The process of claim 15 wherein the aluminum oxide gel comprises 10 to 50% by weight Al 2 O 3 , 50-90% by weight water and 0.1-20% acid based on the total weight of said aluminum oxide gel.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process of claim 16 wherein said aluminum oxide gel comprises 15-40% by weight Al 2 O 3 , 60-80% by weight water and 0.5-15% by weight acid.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process of claim 15 wherein said peptizing agent is selected from the group consisting of organic and inorganic acids volatile or readily dissociable at elevated temperatures.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said shaping step comprises exposing said cut lengths to centrifugal force in a tubular cap-shaped rounding apparatus.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process for the preparation of catalyst and catalyst supports comprising preparing shaped bodies according to the process of claim 1 and finishing said shaped bodies as catalyst and catalyst supports.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
12 words
A catalyst and catalyst support produced by the process of claim 1.
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