Process for making higher hydrocarbons from methane

Patent · Tue Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6635366

Murib, J H; Kahn, J H

This patent describes a process for making hydrocarbons having at least two carbon atoms from methane comprising introducing methane and a source of oxygen into a molten salt, maintained at a temperature of at least about 660/sup 0/C, comprising an iodide of a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali, metals, alkaline earth metals and mixtures thereof and a metal-containing catalyst comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of metals of Group IB and Group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements with the proviso that the methane and the source of oxygen not contact each other.

• Assignee: National Distillers and Chemical Corp., Cincinnati, OH
• Patent Number(s): US 4769507
• OSTI ID: 6635366
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

090121* -- Hydrocarbon Fuels-- Chemical Synthesis-- (1976-1989)
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKANES
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HIGH TEMPERATURE
HYDROCARBONS
IODIDES
IODINE COMPOUNDS
METHANE
MOLTEN SALTS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
REDUCTION
SALTS