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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:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Reginald G Banks, West Midlands, GB;
Assignee:
British Gas plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10J / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
48206 ; 48210 ; 4821 / ; 585733 ;
Abstract
Heterocyclic and O-substituted aromatic species, for example those obtained as a by product of coal gasification, may be gasified by reaction with steam in the presence of a nickel-alumina containing catalyst to produce methane-containing gases. The reforming reaction is carried out at temperatures of not greater than 500.degree. C.