Oxidation of methane over heterogeneous catalysts
CA 1269675 C · Owner: Wade, Steven Ronald · Inventors: Wade, Steven Ronald; Brophy, John Howard
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Oxidation of methane over heterogeneous catalysts Higher hydrocarbons are produced from methane by reacting the methane at elevated temperature, suitably in the range from 600 to 800°C, with an oxygen-containing gas having a ratio of methane to oxygen of greater than the stoichiometric ratio for complete combustion in the presence as catalyst of a lithium-doped material which under the reaction conditions is a physically base-stable non-melting, oxygen-stable compound of an element of Groups III to VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements including the rare earth elements.
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- Granted May 29, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 29, 2007.
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