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US 2012/0259145 A1Published application
Manufacture of methanol
OwnerJohn E. STAUFFERinventor
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Abstract
Methanol is produced from methane and oxygen in a single step process using a heterogeneous catalyst. The catalyst comprises the chloride salts of copper, potassium, lead and zinc.
Claims4
A process for the manufacture of methanol from methane and oxygen in a single step wherein methane and oxygen are reacted over a heterogeneous catalyst comprising the chlorides of copper, potassium, lead and zinc to produce methanol, the reaction being conducted at a temperature in the range of 375° C. to 475° C. and under a pressure from 1 atmosphere to 20 atmospheres.
The process according to claim I in which the reaction is carried out in a fluidized bed reactor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.