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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2021
Applicant:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jimell Erwin, San Antonio, TX (US);
Michael P. Hartmann, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, San Antonio, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01C 1/02 (2006.01); C01B 21/02 (2006.01); C01B 3/44 (2006.01); B01J 21/12 (2006.01); B01J 31/16 (2006.01); C07C 67/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01C 1/026 (2013.01); B01J 21/12 (2013.01); B01J 31/1691 (2013.01); C01B 3/44 (2013.01); C01B 21/02 (2013.01); C07C 67/40 (2013.01); B01J 2231/49 (2013.01); B01J 2531/842 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0227 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1047 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1241 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed at the conversion of ammonium nitrate and related compounds upon reaction with methane into compounds such as ethyl acetate, ammonia, nitrogen and hydrogen. The reaction may proceed within a fluid-solid type reactor. The reaction may be facilitated in the presence of inert or catalytic solids.