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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2000
John J. Barnes, Hockessin, DE (US);
Hasan Dindi, Wilmington, DE (US);
Juan C. Figueroa, Wilmington, DE (US);
William Manogue, Newark, DE (US);
Conoco Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for the production of synthesis gas from light hydrocarbons such as methane includes the net catalytic partial oxidation of a hydrocarbon feedstock by contacting a feed stream comprising the hydrocarbon feedstock and an O -containing gas with a catalyst in a reaction zone maintained at conversion-promoting conditions effective to produce an effluent stream of H and CO in a molar ratio of about 2:1. A preferred catalyst used in the process includes at least one catalytically active metal supported on a catalyst support comprising an aluminum-containing, oxide-dispersion-strengthened, alloy that has been treated to provide a protective oxide layer between the support and the catalytically active metal.