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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:
Jul. 11, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Gas Research Institute, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; B01J / ; B01J / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
502 74 ; 502302 ; 502303 ; 502325 ; 502326 ; 502328 ; 502329 ; 502331 ; 502332 ;
Abstract
A catalyst having a mixture of Ru and RuO.sub.x, wherein x is greater than 0 and equal to or less than 2, supported by a suitable metal oxide support material is suitable for the heterogeneous catalytic gas phase direct methane production from hydrogen and carbon dioxide at mild temperatures as low as 25.degree. C. and atmospheric pressure. Photo-methanation using such catalysts having photoexcitable support materials significantly increases the rate of methane production and the methane yield, yielding almost stoichiometrically quantitative amounts of methane according to the Sabatier reaction.