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Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, GB;

Inventors:

John David Pach, Billingham, GB;

Daniel Sheldon, Billingham, GB;

David Wails, Billingham, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01C 1/04 (2006.01); B01J 23/89 (2006.01); C01B 3/02 (2006.01); B01J 23/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01C 1/0488 (2013.01); B01J 23/56 (2013.01); B01J 23/8906 (2013.01); B01J 23/8953 (2013.01); C01B 3/025 (2013.01); C01C 1/0411 (2013.01); C01B 2203/025 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0233 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0244 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0283 (2013.01); C01B 2203/044 (2013.01); C01B 2203/047 (2013.01); C01B 2203/048 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0475 (2013.01); C01B 2203/068 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1058 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1076 (2013.01); Y02C 10/06 (2013.01); Y02C 10/08 (2013.01); Y02P 20/52 (2015.11);
Abstract

A process for production of ammonia includes: providing a reaction stream including carbon monoxide and hydrogen; passing the reaction stream and steam over a water gas shift catalyst in a catalytic shift reactor, forming a shifted gas mixture depleted in carbon monoxide and enriched in hydrogen; passing the shifted gas mixture with an oxygen-containing gas over a selective oxidation catalyst at ≥175° C., forming a selectively oxidized gas stream with a portion of the carbon monoxide converted to carbon dioxide; removing some of the carbon dioxide from the selectively oxidized gas stream in a carbon dioxide removal unit; passing the carbon dioxide depleted stream over a methanation catalyst in a methanator to form a methanated gas stream, optionally adjusting its hydrogen:nitrogen molar ratio to form an ammonia synthesis gas; and passing the ammonia synthesis gas over an ammonia synthesis catalyst in an ammonia converter to form ammonia.


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