Low temperature steam reforming process for hydrocarbons

Patent · Tue Nov 16 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7013359

Okagami, A; Furuta, A; Nakamura, T

A new Japanese-developed low-temperature gasification process for producing methane-containing gases prolongs catalyst life and reduces deposition of carbonaceous matter on the catalyst. The steam-reformable hydrocarbon feed (such as refinery off-gases, LP-gas, naphtha, or kerosene) and steam preheated to a temperature of 482/sup 0/ to 1112/sup 0/F at a steam/feed ratio of 0.9 to 5.0 in terms of H/sub 2/O/C (mole/atom) is introduced into a steam-reforming reactor (or reactors) packed with a novel nickel-magnesia-carrier catalyst. The catalyst is so prepared that the atomic ratio of nickel to magnesium is in the range of 0.5 to 5.0 (preferably 1.0 to 3.0), and an inorganic refractory carrier--free of chemical reaction with associated components during the reforming--is a component representing an amount of not more than 70 wt% relative to the whole amount of the catalyst. The steam-reforming reaction occurs at a pressure in the range of 150 to 1500 psig; the temperature of the catalyst bed is maintained in the range of 572 to 1112/sup 0/F, preferably 752 to 1058/sup 0/F.

• Assignee: Japan Gasoline Co., Ltd.
• Patent Number(s): US 3992166
• OSTI ID: 7013359
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKANES
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC CRACKING
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL TAR OILS
CRACKING
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
DECOMPOSITION
DISTILLATES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HIGH TEMPERATURE
HYDROCARBONS
KEROSENE
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES
MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS
MAGNESIUM OXIDES
METALS
METHANE
NAPHTHA
NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS
NICKEL
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PYROLYSIS
REFORMER PROCESSES
STEAM
STEAM REFORMER PROCESSES
SYNTHESIS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS