	US 7,612,013 B2
	Hydrocarbon-producing catalyst, process for producing the same, and process for producing hydrocarbons using the catalyst
Kazuhito Sato, Satte (Japan); Shigenori Nakashizu, Satte (Japan); Osamu Iwamoto, Satte (Japan); and Hiroaki Otsuka, Satte (Japan)
Assigned to Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Kanagawa (Japan); and Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/585,109 PCT Filed Feb. 23, 2005, PCT No. PCT/JP2005/003424 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jan. 18, 2007, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/079979, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 01, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-047828 (JP), filed on Feb. 24, 2004; and application No. 2004-047830 (JP), filed on Feb. 24, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2008/0064769 A1, Mar. 13, 2008
Int. Cl. B01J 21/02 (2006.01); B01J 21/04 (2006.01); B01J 23/00 (2006.01); B01J 23/02 (2006.01); B01J 23/04 (2006.01); B01J 23/16 (2006.01); B01J 23/32 (2006.01); B01J 23/34 (2006.01); B01J 23/46 (2006.01); B01J 23/54 (2006.01); B01J 23/56 (2006.01); B01J 23/58 (2006.01); B01J 23/63 (2006.01); B01J 23/64 (2006.01); B01J 23/656 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 502—325 [502/302; 502/324; 502/328; 502/330; 502/332; 502/340; 502/341; 502/344; 502/355]

14 Claims

1. A catalyst for a Fischer-Tropsch reaction, which produces hydrocarbons from syngas and is obtained by supporting a ruthenium compound on a support composed of a manganese oxide and an aluminum oxide, and which satisfies characteristic (1) or characteristics (1) and (2):

(1) the catalyst being treated with an aqueous alkaline solution and subsequently subjected to calcination treatment in an air at 150 to 500° C.,

(2) the aluminum oxide being an aluminum oxide in which pore volume formed by pores having a pore diameter of 8 nm or more accounts for 50% or more of total pore volume, wherein at least one sodium compound is further supported on the support.