The Boc Group, Inc.

Mark S Tomczak

Satish S Tamhankar

YuDong Chen

Narayanan Ramprasad

Ramakrishnan Ramachandran

Divyanshu R Acharya

Weibin Jiang

Seungdoo Park

An improved process for the catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide and less than &#x2dc;2% carbon dioxide is disclosed. The process further permits the reaction to be initiated at room temperature, and utilizes a metal catalyst deposited on a ceria-coated zirconia monolith support, which exhibits high conversions of hydrocarbons to synthesis gas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide).

Monolith based catalytic partial oxidation process for syngas production

A process and a metal catalyst are provided for the partial oxidation of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The process is conducted by contacting a mixture of a hydrocarbon-containing gas and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a metal catalyst. The metal catalyst is a transition or noble metal supported on a ceria monolith substrate. Partial oxidation of hydrocarbons can be carried out at low initiation temperatures with high product yields.

Catalytic monolith substrate made of ceria and titania

A process for the partial oxidation of hydrocarbons, such as methane, to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide is provided. The process is conducted by contacting a mixture of a hydrocarbon-containing gas and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a metal catalyst at high gas velocities and low reaction initiation temperatures. The metal catalyst is a transition metal selected from the group of nickel, cobalt, iron, platinum, palladium, iridium, rhenium, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium and combinations thereof supported on a ceria monolith. Less than 3% by volume of carbon dioxide is present in the product gas.

Catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbons

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Mark S Tomczak