Process for making higher hydrocarbons from methane
AssigneeNational Distillers and Chemical Corporation
InventorsJawad H. Murib, John H. Kahn
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Abstract
A process for making hydrocarbons of at least two carbon atoms from methane is disclosed. In this process methane and a source of oxygen are introduced into a molten salt, maintained at a temperature in the range of between about 660.degree. C. and about 800.degree. C., comprising at least one metal iodide, the metal of which is selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and mixtures thereof and a catalyst comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of metals of Group IB and Group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements. The methane and oxygen source are introduced into the mixture such that they do not contact each other.
Claims21
A process for making hydrocarbons having at least two carbon atoms from methane comprising introducing methane and a source of oxygen into a molten salt, maintained at a temperature of at least about 660.degree. C., comprising an iodide of a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali, metals, alkaline earth metals and mixtures thereof and a metal-containing catalyst comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of metals of Group IB and Group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements with the proviso that said methane and said source of oxygen not contact each other.
A process for making hydrocarbons having at least two carbon atoms from methane comprising introducing methane, a source of oxygen and an inert gas into a molten salt comprising lithium iodide and a catalyst containing a metal selected from the group consisting of copper and ruthenium, said molten salt maintained at a temperature in the range of between about 660.degree. C. and about 750.degree. C. with the proviso that said methane and said source of oxygen not contact each other.
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