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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2002
Bang Chen Xu, Houston, TX (US);
Sriram Ramani, Ponca City, OK (US);
Kevin L. Ricketson, Ponca City, OK (US);
Gloria I. Straguzzi, Ponca City, OK (US);
Larry D. Swinney, Stillwater, OK (US);
Joe D. Allison, Ponca City, OK (US);
Bang Chen Xu, Houston, TX (US);
Sriram Ramani, Ponca City, OK (US);
Kevin L. Ricketson, Ponca City, OK (US);
Gloria I. Straguzzi, Ponca City, OK (US);
Larry D. Swinney, Stillwater, OK (US);
Joe D. Allison, Ponca City, OK (US);
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for converting a hydrocarbon and oxygen containing gas feed stream to a product stream, such as syngas, including catalytically partially oxidizing the hydrocarbon feed stream over a catalyst bed. The catalyst bed has a downstream section which is less resistant to flow than the upstream section.