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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2009
Edwin J. Hippo, Round Lake, IL (US);
Vincent G. Reiling, Wheaton, IL (US);
Earl T. Robinson, Lakeland, FL (US);
Pattabhi K. Raman, Long Grove, IL (US);
Jeffery Smith, Texas City, TX (US);
Charles Mims, Toronto, CA;
Nicholas Charles Nahas, Chatham, NJ (US);
Edwin J. Hippo, Round Lake, IL (US);
Vincent G. Reiling, Wheaton, IL (US);
Earl T. Robinson, Lakeland, FL (US);
Pattabhi K. Raman, Long Grove, IL (US);
Jeffery Smith, Texas City, TX (US);
Charles Mims, Toronto, CA;
Nicholas Charles Nahas, Chatham, NJ (US);
Greatpoint Energy, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides processes for generating a methane-enriched gas from a gas mixture comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen such as gas streams generated by gasification of an alkali metal catalyst-loaded carbonaceous feedstock, and a char methanation catalyst useful in such processes.