Enhanced carbon monoxide utilization in methanation process

Title: Enhanced carbon monoxide utilization in methanation process

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Carbon monoxide - containing gas streams are passed over a catalyst to deposit a surface layer of active surface carbon thereon essentially without the formation of inactive coke. The active carbon is subsequently reacted with steam or hydrogen to form methane. Surprisingly, hydrogen and water vapor present in the feed gas do not adversely affect CO utilization significantly, and such hydrogen actually results in a significant increase in CO utilization.

Inventors:

Elek, Louis F. ^[1]; Frost, Albert C. ^[2]

(Peekskill, NY)
(Congers, NY)

Issue Date:: 1984-01-01

Research Org.:: UNION CARBIDE CORP

OSTI Identifier:: 864943

Patent Number(s):: 4441893

Assignee:: Union Carbide Corporation (Danbury, CT) OSTI

DOE Contract Number:: AC03-78CS40177

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: enhanced; carbon; monoxide; utilization; methanation; process; containing; gas; streams; passed; catalyst; deposit; surface; layer; active; thereon; essentially; formation; inactive; coke; subsequently; reacted; steam; hydrogen; form; methane; surprisingly; water; vapor; feed; adversely; affect; significantly; results; significant; increase; significant increase; water vapor; carbon monoxide; gas stream; gas streams; surface layer; active surface; containing gas; feed gas; surface carbon; adversely affect; thereon essentially; subsequently reacted; carbon thereon; inactive coke; active carbon; methanation process; form methane; /48/585/

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