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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:
May. 12, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thaddeus P Kobylinski, Lisle, IL (US);
Assignee:
Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252373 ;
Abstract
A process for converting natural gas to synthesis gas includes the steps of subjecting a homogeneous mixture of natural gas and air to partial oxidation in the presence of a bifunctional partial oxidation/steam reforming catalyst and a sufficient amount of water to control reaction temperature, and subjecting the resulting product to steam reforming in order to substantially completely convert unconverted alkanes to carbon monoxide and hydrogen.