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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2019
Energy, United States Department of, Washington, DC (US);
Ranjani Siriwardane, Morgantown, WV (US);
William Benincosa, Chicago, IL (US);
Jarrett Riley, Morgantown, WV (US);
Energy, United States Department of, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a calcined Fe—Al—Obased catalyst for the decomposition of hydrocarbons such as methane to produce hydrogen and carbon. The catalyst comprises iron oxide mixed with aluminum oxide and calcined at temperatures above 1100° C., where Fe—Al—Ois a chemical composition with x>0.1, y>0.1, z≥0 and 0<x/y<200. Reaction of the calcined Fe—Al—Ocatalyst with methane generates a product stream comprising at least 40 vol. % Hand carbon. In an embodiment, carbon is separated from the catalyst and the catalyst is reused for continuous methane decomposition to produce H.