NICKEL/LANTHANA CATALYST FOR PRODUCING SYNGAS

摘要

The present invention relates to a nickel/lanthana-(Ni/La203) catalyst for producing syngas from a hydrocarbon feedstrearn that is prepared in situ by depositing nickel (Ni) on a lanthana (La2O3) support by contacting said La2O3 support with an aqueous nickel-salt (Ni-salt) solution in the presence of an oxygen-comprising gas stream which is followed by reducing the deposited Ni. The catalyst of the present invention is characterized in that it can be continuously operated for more than 14 days in a process for producing syngas from a hydrocarbon feedstream without showing a significant loss of catalyst activity.