Process for the plasma-catalytic production of ammonia
AssigneeDegussa-Huls AG
InventorsJürgen Gieshoff, Jürgen Lang
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Abstract
A process is disclosed for the plasma-catalytic production of ammonia. A gas stream containing nitrogen and water vapor is passed through an electrical gas discharge in the discharge space of which is arranged a catalyst which contains a catalytically active component of at least one metal which can be titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, iron, ruthenium, osmium, cobalt, rhodium, iridium, nickel, palladium, platinum, manganese or copper on a support.
Claims13
A process for the plasma-catalytic production of ammonia, comprising passing a gas stream containing nitrogen and water vapor through an electrical gas discharge in a discharge space containing a catalyst which contains a catalytically active component of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, iron, ruthenium, osmium, cobalt, rhodium, iridium, nickel, palladium, platinum, manganese, copper and mixture thereof on a support.
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