Method and apparatus for synthesizing hydrocarbons
Abstract
A method and apparatus for synthesizing a mixture of hydrocarbons having five carbons or less is disclosed. An equal molar ratio of CO and H/sub 2/ gases is caused to pass through a ThO/sub 2/ catalyst having a surface area of about 80 to 125 m/sup 2//g. The catalyst further includes Na present as a substitutional cation in an amount of about 5 to 10 atom %. At a temperature of about 340 to 360/sup 0/C, and at pressures of about 20 to 50 atm, CH/sub 3/OH is produced in an amount of about 90 wt % of the total hydrocarbon mixture, and comprised 1 mole % of the effluent gas.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6928311
- Application Number:
- ON: DE84011102
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy ERA-09-025641; EDB-84-081080
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 10 SYNTHETIC FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; SYNTHESIS; METHANOL; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; THORIUM OXIDES; ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ALCOHOLS; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; ELEMENTS; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; THORIUM COMPOUNDS 090221* -- Alcohol Fuels-- Chemical Synthesis-- (1976-1989)
Citation Formats
Colmenares, C.A., Somorjai, G.A., and Maj, J.J. Method and apparatus for synthesizing hydrocarbons. United States: N. p., 1983.
Web.
Colmenares, C.A., Somorjai, G.A., & Maj, J.J. Method and apparatus for synthesizing hydrocarbons. United States.
Colmenares, C.A., Somorjai, G.A., and Maj, J.J. Tue .
"Method and apparatus for synthesizing hydrocarbons". United States.
@article{osti_6928311,
title = {Method and apparatus for synthesizing hydrocarbons},
author = {Colmenares, C.A. and Somorjai, G.A. and Maj, J.J.},
abstractNote = {A method and apparatus for synthesizing a mixture of hydrocarbons having five carbons or less is disclosed. An equal molar ratio of CO and H/sub 2/ gases is caused to pass through a ThO/sub 2/ catalyst having a surface area of about 80 to 125 m/sup 2//g. The catalyst further includes Na present as a substitutional cation in an amount of about 5 to 10 atom %. At a temperature of about 340 to 360/sup 0/C, and at pressures of about 20 to 50 atm, CH/sub 3/OH is produced in an amount of about 90 wt % of the total hydrocarbon mixture, and comprised 1 mole % of the effluent gas.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {1983},
month = {6}
}
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