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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naruo Yokoyama, Hiroshima, JP;
Tetsuya Imai, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiroshi Fujita, Hiroshima, JP;
Mitsuharu Murakami, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshio Miyairi, Tokyo, JP;
Mamoru Tamai, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4234 / ; 4236481 ; 502315 ; 502318 ; 502345 ;
Abstract
A process for methanol which comprises cracking 100 moles of methanol in admixture with 1 to 99 moles of water, thereby obtaining a gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide, is described. The process is preferably carried out using a catalyst which consists of a carrier comprising copper and chromium oxides with or without manganese oxide and/or barium oxide and a catalytic component of nickel oxide or a mixture of nickel oxide and a basic oxide.