Steam reforming process
US4280820A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2000 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/52
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Methane-containing gases are produced by the catalytic-stream-reforming of hydrocarbon feedstocks using a catalyst which includes a Group VIII metal such as nickel and alumina, and which in its calcined but unreduced precursor form has a pore size distribution defined as follows: PA1 (i) at least 55% of the pore volume of pores having a pore radius between 12 and 120 Angstrom Units is in the range of 12-30 Angstrom Units, and PA1 (ii) the ratio of the pore volume contained in pores of 10-50 A to the pore volume contained in pores 50-300 A is at least 5:1.
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