Abstract: The disclosure provides catalyst materials in the form of annular solids with high mechanical integrity useful for water gas shift reactions and methods for using such catalyst materials, for example, for converting carbon monoxide and steam to carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

Abstract: The disclosure provides catalyst materials useful for hydrogenating olefins and shifting carbon monoxide and methods for using such catalyst materials. In one aspect, the disclosure provides catalyst materials including (a) copper, present in the range of about 20 weight % to about 80 weight %; (b) one or more stabilizer oxides stable under reducing conditions, each stabilizer oxide being a transition metal oxide or a metalloid oxide, the one or more stabilizer oxides being present in a total amount in the range of about 20 weight % to about 70 weight %; and (c) one or more multiple-valence metals, each multiple-valence metal being present in a positive oxidation state, the one or more multiple-valence metals are present in the range of about 0.1 weight % to about 40 weight %, all on an oxide basis.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods and active materials for purifying gas streams containing halide as a contaminant, for example, in amounts as low as parts-per-million (ppm) or even parts-per-billion (ppb). In one aspect of the invention, an active material includes (a) one or more first metals each present as a metal oxide or metal hydroxide, the first metals being selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, osmium, iridium, platinum, and gold; and (b) one or more second metals each present as a metal oxide or metal hydroxide, the one or more second metals being selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, scandium, yttrium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, technetium, and rhenium.

Abstract: The disclosure provides molybdenum and/or tungsten containing catalyst materials useful for the sour gas shift reactions and methods for using such catalyst materials, for example, for converting carbon monoxide and steam to carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

Abstract: The disclosure provides catalyst materials in the form of annular solids with high mechanical integrity useful for water gas shift reactions and methods for using such catalyst materials, for example, for converting carbon monoxide and steam to carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

Abstract: The disclosure provides catalyst materials useful for hydrogenating olefins and shifting carbon monoxide and methods for using such catalyst materials.

Abstract: The disclosure provides molybdenum and/or tungsten containing catalyst materials useful for the sour gas shift reactions and methods for using such catalyst materials, for example, for converting carbon monoxide and steam to carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods and active materials for purifying gas streams containing halide as a contaminant, for example, in amounts as low as parts-per-million (ppm) or even parts-per-billion (ppb). In one aspect of the invention, an active material includes (a) one or more first metals each present as a metal oxide or metal hydroxide, the first metals being selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, osmium, iridium, platinum, and gold; and (b) one or more second metals each present as a metal oxide or metal hydroxide, the one or more second metals being selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, scandium, yttrium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, technetium, and rhenium.

Abstract: A process for the sulfidation of a sour gas shift catalyst, wherein the temperature of the sulfidation feed stream is coordinated with the sulfur/hydrogen molar ratio in that feed stream to obtain enhanced performance of the sour gas shift catalyst. In the sulfidation process to produce a sour gas shift catalyst, the lower the sulfur to hydrogen molar ratio of the sulfidation feed stream, the lower the required temperature of the sulfidation feed stream. The sulfidation reaction can be further enhanced by increasing the pressure on the sulfidation feed stream.

Abstract: A process for removing one or more of arsenic and other contaminants from a synthetic gas feedstock comprising a sulfur compound. The synthetic gas feedstock is contacted with a composition having an active material. The active material includes one or more elements having an electronegativity from 1.6 to 2.0 on the Pauling scale. At least a portion of the active material is a sulfide phase.

Abstract: A catalyst for hydrogenating aldehydes to alcohols includes a combination of copper oxide and zinc oxide and promoters including one or more alkaline earth metal promoters and/or one or more transition metal promoters. The promoters may be combined with copper oxide and zinc oxide after formation of a copper/zinc precursor material.

Abstract: A catalyst for hydrogenating aldehydes to alcohols includes a combination of copper oxide and zinc oxide and promoters including one or more alkaline earth metal promoters and/or one or more transition metal promoters. The promoters may be combined with copper oxide and zinc oxide after formation of a copper/zinc precursor material.

Abstract: A process for the sulfidation of a sour gas shift catalyst, wherein the temperature of the sulfidation feed stream is coordinated with the sulfur/hydrogen molar ratio in that feed stream to obtain enhanced performance of the sour gas shift catalyst. In the sulfidation process to produce a sour gas shift catalyst, the lower the sulfur to hydrogen molar ratio of the sulfidation feed stream, the lower the required temperature of the sulfidation feed stream. The sulfidation reaction can be further enhanced by increasing the pressure on the sulfidation feed stream.