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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1998
Lanny D. Schmidt, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Paul M. Witt, Dunbar, WV (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A process for enhancing H,or CO production in a partial oxidation reaction by feeding H,O or CO,with the feed hydrocarbon and oxygen over a transition metal monolith catalyst such as unsupported Ni monolith or alternatively contacting the hydrocarbon/oxygen first with a noble metal then with a transition metal with the H,O or CO,being added before or after the noble metal catalyst. The addition of H,O suppresses CO and enhances H,production and the addition of CO,suppresses H,and enhances CO production. Little steam or CO,reforming occurs with the addition of up to 32% H,O or CO,respectively. Thus, the ratio of H,:CO which is about 2 in a conventional partial oxidation is manipulated by the addition of either water or CO,to the partial oxidation.