Autothermal reforming catalyst

US4415484A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Herbert J. Setzer · Stuttgart, DE
• Roger R. Lesieur · Enfield, US
• Sam Karavolis · East Hampton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 1982
• Grant date: Nov 15, 1983
• Expiry date: Apr 26, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/52
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

High activity steam reforming catalysts are described particularly adapted for use in autothermal reforming processes. A rhodium catalyst on a calcium oxide impregnated alumina substrate allows the autothermal reforming process to take place with substantially no carbon plugging at oxygen to carbon ratios below what had been considered critical for avoiding carbon plugging of the catalyst in the past.