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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Total Raffinage Chimie, La Défense, FR;
Eth Zurich, Zurich, CH;
Daniel Curulla-Ferre, Uccle, BE;
Charlotte Drouilly, Uccle, BE;
Oliver Martin, Zürich, CH;
Cecilia Mondelli, Zürich, CH;
Javier Perez-Ramirez, Zürich, CH;
Antonio J. Martin-Fernandez, Dietikon, CH;
TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE, Courbevoie, FR;
ETH ZURICH, Zurich, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for methanol synthesis comprising the steps of providing a syngas feed stream comprising hydrogen and a mixture of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, wherein carbon dioxide represents from 1 to 50 mol % of the total molar content of the feed stream, carbon monoxide is contained from 0.1 to 85 mol % of the total molar content, and His comprised from 5 to 95 mol % of the total molar content of the feed stream; providing an indium oxide catalyst selected from a bulk catalyst and a supported catalyst comprising indium oxide (InO) as the main active phase; putting in contact said stream with said catalyst at a reaction temperature of at least 373 K (99.85° C.) and under a pressure ranging of at least 1 MPa; and recovering the methanol effluents. The invention also relates to an indium oxide based catalyst.