US Patent Issued to IFP Energies Nouvelles on Nov. 11 for "Method for preparing a catalyst comprising an active nickel phase distributed in a shell via hexanol impregnation" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,909, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Method for preparing a catalyst comprising an active nickel phase distributed in a shell via hexanol impregnation" was invented by Malika Boualleg (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Laetitia Jothie (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for preparing a catalyst comprising an active nickel phase and an alumina support, said catalyst comprising between 1% and 50% by weight of elemental nickel relative to the total weight of the catalyst, the nickel being distributed both over a crust at the periphery of the support, and at t...