Claims
- 1. A hydrocarbon reforming catalyst comprising a cylindrical refractory support consisting essentially of alumina in the alpha phase, said support having a surface area of not more than 15 square meters per gram and having two or more gas passages extending axially therethrough from one end to the other and a catalytically active amount of nickel or cobalt oxide deposited there upon in a concentration of from 6 to 30% by weight expressed as the metal, said catalyst having a Relative Activity Coefficient Factor (ACF.sup.R) and a Relative Pressure Factor (PF.sup.R) in excess of that when compared to a standard ring, said (ACF.sup.R) being in excess of 1 and the ratio of said (ACF.sup.R) to said (PF.sup.R) being in excess of 1:1, the height (H) of said support bearing a relationship to the effective internal diameter of each of said gas passages (ID), the ratio of H:ID being less than 4:1.
- 2. A hydrocarbon reforming catalyst, as defined in claim 1, in which said cylindrical refractory support is in the form of a spoked wheel, having a peripheral rim, a centrally located hub, and a plurality of radially extending spokes, defining pie-shaped gas passages.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a Continuation In Part of our copending application entitled Steam-Hydrocarbon Reforming Process, Ser. No. 708,941 and filed July 27, 1976, now abandoned, and of our copending application Ser. No. 817,160 filed July 20, 1977, now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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