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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis Devries, Greenbrae, CA (US);
P R Ryason, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chevron Research Company, San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585500 ; 585407 ; 585415 ; 585417 ; 585654 ; 585656 ; 585700 ; 585943 ;
Abstract
In a continuous catalytic process for the production of higher molecular weight hydrocarbons from methane in which a reaction gas containing methane is contacted in a reaction zone with a higher molecular weight hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst under C.sub.2 + hydrocarbon synthesis conditions, the improvement comprising adding a C.sub.2 to C.sub.4 hydrocarbon to the reaction gas such that said C.sub.2 to C.sub.4 hydrocarbon comprises 0.1 to 10 volume percent of the reaction gas, said reaction conditions including a temperature greater than 1000.degree. C. and a gas hourly space velocity of greater than 3200 hr.sup.-1.