Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

Ajit Singh Mamman

Vasant Ramchandra Choudhary

Amarjeet M Rajput

Balu Shivaji Uphade

Subhash Dwarkanath Sansare

Bathula Prabhakar

Kartick Chandra Mondal

This invention discloses a high temperature stable, supported, non-noble metal catalyst, represented by a general formula: NiCoCeMgYO(y)/S, wherein S is a low surface area, macroporous, highly sintered, solid support comprising zirconium and hafnium oxides with less than 3 wt % silica and/or alumina having a surface area less than 1.0 m/g and pore diameter greater than 0.1 micron, in the form of pellet, ring, monolith or granules; a is from 0.01 to 10; b is from 0.001 to 10; c is from 0.001 to 10; d is from 0.005 to 5; x is number of oxygen atoms required to fulfill the valance requirement of the metallic elements; and y is weight percent loading of the active catalyst mass, on the support, S, in the range from 0.7% to 70%. The invention also discloses a process for the partial oxidation of hydrocarbon(s) to syngas using the thermally stable catalyst.

High temperature stable non-noble metal catalyst, process for production of syngas using said catalyst

A process for catalytic conversion of methane or natural gas to syngas using a supported catalyst containing oxides of nickel and cobalt with of without noble metals. Efficiency of the catalytic process is increased by simultaneously carrying out an exothermic oxidation reaction and an endothermic steam and carbon dioxide reforming reaction over the supported catalyst. The catalyst is prepared by depositing oxides of nickel and cobalt, with or without noble metals, on a sintered low surface area porous inert support. Surface of the support is precoated with an oxide of Be, Mg, Ca or a mixture thereof so that a protective layer of alkaline earth oxide is formed between the oxides of nickel and cobalt and the support, and hence, direct chemical interactions between the oxides of nickel and cobalt and reactive components of the support, which leads to formation of catalytically inactive binary oxide phases, are avoided.

Process for the catalytic conversion of methane or natural gas to syngas or a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of novel composite catalysts useful for the oxidative conversion of methane to synthesis gas. The catalysts are represented by the formula: T.sub.m AO.sub.n, wherein T is a transition metal or metals, m is equal to the T/A mole ratio and is from 0.01 to 100, A is an alkaline earth metal or metals, O is oxygen and n is the number of oxygen atoms needed to form a catalyst composite wherein each element of the composite has a complete set of valence electrons. The process includes mixing compounds containing the transition metal or metals in finely ground form with the compounds containing the alkaline earth metals or metals in finely ground form in a T/A mole ratio of about 0.01 to about 100, heating the mixture to dryness at a temperature of about 80.degree. to 250.degree. C., decomposing the dried mixture at a temperature of about 400.degree. to 1200.degree. C., powdering the decomposed mixture and forming catalyst pellets thus formed at a temperature of about 400.degree. to 1500.degree. C.

Composite catalysts containing transitional and alkaline earth metal

A supported catalyst is prepared by depositing oxides of nickel and cobalt, with or without noble metals, on a sintered low surface area porous inert support, surface of which is precoated with an oxide of Be, Mg, Ca or a mixture thereof so that a protective layer of the alkaline earth oxide is formed between the oxides of nickel and cobalt, with or without noble metal, and the support and hence direct chemical interactions between the oxides of the group VIII transition metals and the reactive components of support, which leads to the formation of catalytically inactive binary oxide phases are avoided.

Process for the preparation of an improved supported catalyst,

The invention relates to a process for the production of synthesis gas by oxidative conversion of methane using composite catalysts having the formula: T.sub.m AO.sub.n, wherein T is a transition metal or metals, m is the T/A mole ratio and is from 0.01 to 100, A is an alkaline earth metal or metals, O is oxygen and n is the number of oxygen atoms needed to form a catalyst composite wherein each element of the composite has a complete set of valence electrons. In a preferred embodiment, the process includes passing a gas containing methane and oxygen over the composite catalyst in a fixed bed reactor at a pressure in the range of 0.5-50 atm, and at a temperature in the range of 200.degree.-1000.degree. C., and recovering the synthesis gas.

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