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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1973
Applicant:
Inventor:
Cyril Timmins, London, EN;
Assignee:
British Gas Corporation, London, EN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4819 / ; 252373 ; 2604 / ;
Abstract
Substitute Natural Gas is produced by passing methanol vapour, optioally admixed with a minor proportion of recycle carbon dioxide, through a bed of nickel catalyst in an isothermal reactor and removing carbon dioxide from the product gas, the methanol vapour being passed into the catalyst bed at a temperature of at least 250.degree.C, preferably about 250.degree.C, and the bed being maintained at a temperature of from 250.degree.C to 350.degree.C, preferably about 300.degree.C, by external cooling with boiling water at a steam pressure of at least 550 psig.