procedure for the manufacture of agglomerates of active alumina

摘要

The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of activated alumina agglomerates and to the agglomerates obtained according to this process. It relates more particularly to a process consisting in forming an alumina body by agglomerating an alumina powder obtained by a fast dehydration of an aluminium hydroxide, characterised in that it consists: (i) in aging these alumina bodies in an atmosphere with a controlled degree of humidity, (ii) in impregnating the aged bodies with a solution of one or more acids (iii) in subjecting these impregnated bodies to a hydrothermal treatment in a confined atmosphere, and (iv) in drying and calcining these bodies. The process of the invention makes it possible to preserve the pore distribution during the aging and autoclaving stages. The agglomerates of the invention are useful especially as supports for a catalyst or adsorbent.