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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1998
Yongxian Zeng, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
Ravi Jain, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Satish S. Tamhankar, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Donald L. MacLean, Clinton, NJ (US);
Narayanan Ramprasad, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
The BOC Group, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Partial oxidation of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide is carried out by a cyclical process which includes passing air through a perovskite ceramic substance at elevated temperature, thereby adsorbing oxygen from the air, and subsequently contacting the hot oxygen-containing ceramic substance with a hydrocarbon. During the partial oxidation reaction phase of the process, the sorbed oxygen reacts with the hydrocarbon, thereby producing the desired gas products and regenerating the adsorbent for the next cycle of the process.