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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:
Feb. 18, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Darrell P Eyman, Iowa City, IA (US);
Katherine B Gloer, Iowa City, IA (US);
Andrew D Schmitz, Iowa City, IA (US);
Assignee:
Accel Catalysis, Inc., Iowa City, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B / ; C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4234 / ; 4236481 ;
Abstract
The present invention involves conversion of methanol, a relatively abundant and inexpensive, yet low energy fuel, to carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which have higher heats of combustion. The catalytic dehydrogenation of methanol is an endothermic process.