Catalytic conversion of light alkanes. [Methane, ethane, propane and butanes]
The third and last quarterly report of 1992 on the Catalytic conversion of Light Alkanes reviews the work done between July, 1992 and September 30, 1992 on the Cooperative Agreement. The mission of this work is to devise a new catalyst which can be used in a simple economic process to convert the light alkanes in natural gas to oxygenate products which can either be used as clean-burning, high octane liquid fuels, as fuel components or as precursors to liquid hydrocarbon transportation fuel. During the past quarter we have continued to design, prepare, characterize and test novel catalysts for the mild selective reaction of light hydrocarbons with air or oxygen to produce alcohols directly. These catalysts are designed to form active metal oxo (MO) species and to be uniquely active for the homolytic cleavage of the carbon-hydrogen bonds in light alkanes producing intermediates which can form alcohols. We continue to investigate three molecular environments for the active catalytic species that we are trying to generate: electron-deficient macrocycles (PHASE I), polyoxometallates (PHASE II) and framework-substituted zeolites (PHASE III).
- Research Organization:
- Sun Refining and Marketing Co., Marcus Hook, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC21-90MC26029
- OSTI ID:
- 7090643
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/26029-3273; ON: DE93009646
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALCOHOLS
ALKANES
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
COBALT
CONVERSION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
IRON
MANGANESE
MATERIALS
METALS
MINERALS
NATURAL GAS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROGRESS REPORT
SILICATE MINERALS
SYNTHESIS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
ZEOLITES