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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Divyaraj Desai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jessica Louis Baker Rivest, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10B 49/14 (2006.01); B01J 10/00 (2006.01); C01B 3/26 (2006.01); C22C 9/00 (2006.01); C22C 19/00 (2006.01); C22C 38/00 (2006.01); B01J 35/12 (2006.01); B01J 35/00 (2006.01); B01J 23/825 (2006.01); D01F 9/127 (2006.01); C01B 32/05 (2017.01); C01B 32/158 (2017.01); C01B 32/182 (2017.01); C01B 32/20 (2017.01); C01B 32/25 (2017.01); C09C 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10B 49/14 (2013.01); B01J 10/005 (2013.01); B01J 23/825 (2013.01); B01J 35/0006 (2013.01); B01J 35/12 (2013.01); C01B 3/26 (2013.01); C01B 32/05 (2017.08); C22C 9/00 (2013.01); C22C 19/007 (2013.01); C22C 38/00 (2013.01); D01F 9/127 (2013.01); C01B 32/158 (2017.08); C01B 32/182 (2017.08); C01B 32/20 (2017.08); C01B 32/25 (2017.08); C01B 2203/0277 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1058 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1076 (2013.01); C09C 1/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for decomposing a hydrocarbon-containing composition includes feeding the hydrocarbon-containing composition to a reactor containing a catalytically active molten metal or a catalytically active molten metal alloy, wherein the metal or alloy catalyzes a decomposition reaction of the hydrocarbon-containing composition into a hydrogen-rich gas phase and a solid carbon phase. The solid carbon phase is insoluble in the metal or alloy. The process may be a continuous process.