US Patent Issued to IFP Energies nouvelles on Feb. 17 for "Method for preparing a catalyst containing an active nickel phase distributed in a shell and a nickel-copper alloy" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,872, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to IFP Energies nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Method for preparing a catalyst containing an active nickel phase distributed in a shell and a nickel-copper alloy" was invented by Malika Boualleg (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for preparing a catalyst comprising nickel and copper, comprising the following steps: impregnating the porous support with a volume of a butanol solution of between 0.2 and 0.8 times the total pore volume of the support; maturing the impregnated porous support for 0.5 to 40 hours; impregnating the matured impregnated support with a s...