CATALYST FOR STEAM REFORMING OF METHANOL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN THEREWITH

• Main Authors: MICHIAKI UMENO, KONOSUKE HAGIHARA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.10.2008
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; 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

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