Claims
- 1. A process for producing hydrocarbons, comprising contacting a feed stream comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide with a catalyst in a reaction zone maintained at conversion-promoting conditions effective to produce an effluent stream comprising hydrocarbons, wherein the catalyst comprises at least one catalytic metal for Fischer-Tropsch reactions, and a non-layered mesoporous support which exhibits an X-ray diffraction after calcination that has at least one peak at a d-spacing of greater than 18 Ångstrom units.
- 2. The process of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises 10 to 30 percent by weight of a combination of cobalt and ruthenium, where the ruthenium content is from about 0.001 to about 1 percent by weight.
- 3. The process of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises 10 to 30 percent by weight of a combination of cobalt and rhenium, where the rhenium content is from about 0.001 to about 1 percent by weight.
- 4. The process of claim 1 wherein the catalyst comprises 10 to 30 percent by weight of a combination of cobalt and platinum, where the platinum content is from about 0.001 to about 1 percent by weight.
- 5. The process of claim 1 wherein the mesoporous support is Si-MCM-41.
- 6. The process of claim 1 wherein the mesoporous support is Al-MCM-41.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Serial No. 60/097,192, filed Aug. 20, 1998, U.S. provisional patent application Serial No. 60/097,193, filed Aug. 20, 1998, U.S. provisional patent application Serial No. 60/097,194, filed Aug. 20, 1998, and divisional of Ser. No. 09/376,873, filed Aug. 18, 1999 U.S. Pat. No. 6,319,872 all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
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