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US 7,678,837 B2Granted
Device and method for removing carbon monoxide from a gaseous stream containing hydrogen
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsMathias Haake, Stefan Kotrel, Michael Karcher, Rudi Blümmel
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for removing carbon monoxide from a hydrogenous gas stream by reacting the carbon monoxide with hydrogen to give methane and water in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst. In this process, the catalyst is present in the form of a thin-layer catalyst on a support material. The invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out the process.
Claims15
A process for removing carbon monoxide from a hydrogenous gas stream, comprising:
- reacting the carbon monoxide with hydrogen to give methane and water in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst,
- wherein the catalyst is present as a thin-layer catalyst on a support material, the thin-layer catalyst having a thickness in the range from 0.01 μm to 100 μm, wherein the support material is in the form of a woven fabric or knitted fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.