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Catalyst and the use thereof for the production of gas containing methane

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6867951
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A new catalyst developed by West Germany's BASF AG permits the adiabatic reaction involved in steam cracking of hydrocarbons (boiling point of 86 to 572/sup 0/F) to a methane-rich gas to be carried out at much lower temperatures. The compound Ni/sub 5/MgAl/sub 2/(OH)/sub 16/.CO.4H/sub 2/O, produced from aqueous solution, is converted into the catalyst by drying at temperatures of 176 to 356/sup 0/F, calcination at 662 to 1022/sup 0/F, and reduction in a stream of hydrogen. The rise in temperature from the drying stage to the calcination stage is carried out with a gradient of 3 to 6/sup 0/F/min.

Assignee:
BASF AG
Patent Number(s):
US 3990866
OSTI ID:
6867951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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02 PETROLEUM
020400 -- Petroleum-- Processing
090121* -- Hydrocarbon Fuels-- Chemical Synthesis-- (1976-1989)
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKANES
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
CATALYTIC CRACKING
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CRACKING
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
DECOMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROCRACKING
HYDROGEN
MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS
METHANE
NICKEL COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PRODUCTION
PYROLYSIS
STEAM
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS