ACTIVATION OF REDUCED AND PASSIVATED CATALYST

• Main Authors: SOFTLEY, EMMA, BOOTLAND, ALAN, CARLSSON, MIKAEL, DAVIS, DAVID, RICHARDSON, ANDREW EDWARD, HIGGINS, JONATHON, WEST, JOHN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 22.09.2022
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

A method for activating a catalyst is described comprising the steps of: (i) installing a reduced and passivated catalyst containing crystallites of a catalytic metal comprising nickel, cobalt or iron in elemental form encapsulated by a layer comprising an oxide of the catalytic metal in a reactor,...