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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:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis J Velenyi, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Terry J Mazanec, Solon, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Standard Oil Company, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4236 / ; 4234 / ; 502303 ; 502304 ; 502318 ; 502324 ; 502331 ; 502342 ; 502346 ;
Abstract
An alcohol such as methanol is decomposed to form hydrogen and carbon monoxide at elevated temperature in the presence of mixed metal oxide catalyst containing copper and a metal L selected from the group consisting of Th, Be, Zr, Ce, Mg and U. The catalyst can contain a further metal M selected from the group consisting of Ca, Mo, Mn, Pt, Ce, Cr, Zn, Al, Ti, La, V, U, Ru, Re and Pd. The catalysts are particularly effective at relatively low temperatures for example 200.degree.-200.degree. C.