| abstract |
The invention relates to a noble metal catalyst for hydrocarbon conversion, to a method for the preparation thereof based on gas phase technique, to the use of the catalyst in reactions such as ring- opening, isomerisation, alkylation, hydrocarbon reforming, dry reforming, hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions, and to a method for the manufacture of middle distillates. Said noble metal catalyst comprises a group VIII metal selected from platinum, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, iridium, or mixtures of combinations thereof on a support, and the catalyst activates carbon monoxide at a temperature below 323 K. |