Process for preparing a chlorine comprising catalyst, the prepared catalyst, and its use

1. A process for preparing a chlorine comprising catalyst, comprising the following steps:

(a) providing a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst comprising:

titania

at least 5 weight percent cobalt, calculated on the total weight of the catalyst

in the range of between to 0.1 to 15 weight percent promoter calculated on the total weight of the catalyst, whereby the promoter comprises manganese, rhenium, Group 8-10 noble metals, or mixtures thereof;

(b) impregnating the catalyst with one or more solutions comprising chloride ions until the catalyst comprises 0.13-10 weight percent of the element chlorine, calculated on the total weight of the catalyst, wherein the metal salt(s) of chloride with which the catalyst is impregnated in step (b) is/are a chloride of manganese, cobalt, vanadium, titanium, silver, gold, zinc, platinum, palladium, zirconium, ruthenium, rhenium, rhodium, chromium, nickel, iron, osmium, or iridium or mixtures thereof;

(c) heating the impregnated catalyst at a temperature in the range of 100 to 500° C. for at least 5 minutes up to 2 days.

2. A process according to claim 1 , wherein the catalyst is impregnated in step (b) until the catalyst comprises 0.13-6, weight percent of the element chlorine, calculated on the total weight of the catalyst.

3. A process according to claim 1 , wherein the Fischer-Tropsch catalyst that is provided in step (a) comprises in the range of between to 0.1 to 5 weight percent manganese, rhenium, Group 8-10 noble metals, or mixtures thereof calculated on the total weight of the catalyst.

4. A process according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature and duration of the heating of step (c) are sufficient to effect the preparation of a catalyst comprising 0.13-3 weight percent of the element chlorine, calculated on the total weight of the catalyst.

5. A process according to claim 1 , wherein the catalyst comprising titania, cobalt and a promoter which is provided in step (a) is a calcined catalyst that has been calcined at a temperature between 350 and 700° C. for at least 1 minute.

6. A process according to claim 1 , wherein the solution comprising chloride ions further comprises hydrochloric acid (HCl), one or more organic chloride compounds, or a combination thereof.

7. A process according to claim 1 , wherein the catalyst provided in step (a) comprises catalyst particles which are fixed bed particle(s) larger than 1 mm, or immobilised slurry particles larger than 1 mm.