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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Peter Tanev Tanev, Houston, TX (US);
Mario Soorholtz, Mannheim, DE;
Assignee:
SHELL OIL COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 21/06 (2006.01); B01J 37/02 (2006.01); B01J 35/04 (2006.01); B01J 23/44 (2006.01); B01J 37/08 (2006.01); B01D 53/94 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 21/066 (2013.01); B01D 53/944 (2013.01); B01J 23/44 (2013.01); B01J 35/04 (2013.01); B01J 37/0201 (2013.01); B01J 37/0236 (2013.01); B01J 37/08 (2013.01); B01D 2255/1023 (2013.01); B01D 2255/20715 (2013.01); B01D 2255/9207 (2013.01); F01N 3/20 (2013.01); F01N 2570/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a methane oxidation catalyst comprising one or more noble metals supported on zirconia, wherein the zirconia comprises tetragonal zirconia and monoclinic zirconia, and wherein the weight ratio of tetragonal zirconia to monoclinic zirconia is in the range of from 1:1 to 31:1. The invention further provides a process for preparing a methane oxidation catalyst, a methane oxidation catalyst thus prepared and a method of oxidizing methane.