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Title: Catalysts and process for liquid hydrocarbon fuel production

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1165127

The present invention provides a novel process and system in which a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen synthesis gas, or syngas, is converted into hydrocarbon mixtures composed of high quality gasoline components, aromatic compounds, and lower molecular weight gaseous olefins in one reactor or step. The invention utilizes a novel molybdenum-zeolite catalyst in high pressure hydrogen for conversion, as well as a novel rhenium-zeolite catalyst in place of the molybdenum-zeolite catalyst, and provides for use of the novel catalysts in the process and system of the invention.

Research Organization:
Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG3606GO86025
Assignee:
Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS)
Patent Number(s):
8,906,971
Application Number:
12/806,340
OSTI ID:
1165127
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2010 Aug 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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