Patent · US Expired

Methanation process

US4294932A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Linde GmbH · DE

Inventors

Reiner Lohmuller · Munich, DE
Helmut Schneider · Hersbruck, DE
Allan Watson · Ottobrunn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 8, 1979
Grant date	Oct 13, 1981
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 8, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE01C5/14
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Strongly exothermic, catalytically induced or promoted chemical reactions, e.g. the production of methane by the reaction of hydrogen with carbon oxides, are carried out by passing the reactants through an isothermically operated reactor in addition to an adiabatic reactor.

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