OXIDATION PROCESS USING MICROCHANNEL TECHNOLOGY AND NOVEL CATALYST USEFUL IN SAME

• Main Authors: TONKOVICH, ANNA LEE, WANG, YONG, LONG, RICHARD Q, DALY, FRANCIS P, DAYMO, ERIC, YANG, BARRY L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 10.12.2013
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OFGENERAL APPLICATION; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL; HEATING; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; SEPARATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A process is disclosed for converting a hydrocarbon reactant to CO and H2. The process comprises: (A) flowing a reactant composition comprising the hydrocarbon reactant (116) and oxygen or a source of oxygen (118) through a microchannel reactor (100) in contact with a catalyst under reaction conditions to form the product. The product formed in step (A) may be converted to a product comprising CO2 and H2O in a microchannel reactor. A catalyst is disclosed which comprises a composition represented by the formula M'a M2b M3C AId OX wherein: M1 is Rh, Ni, Pd, Pt, Ru, Co or a mixture of two or more thereof; M2 is Ce, Pr, Tb or a mixture of two or more thereof.