Patent ID: 11964257
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C  Y | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A method for processing a hydrocarbon feedstock, the method comprising the steps of:
contacting said hydrocarbon feedstock with a doped ceria-supported metal catalyst comprising a solid oxide solution of Ti-doped ceria as a support and dispersed metal particles, thereby generating a syngas product comprising H2 and CO;
wherein said doped ceria-supported metal catalyst is of the formula (FX1):

M/Ce1-xTixO2-δ  (FX1);

wherein M is one or more metals selected from Ni, Co, Pd, and Pt, x is a number selected from the range of 0.27 to 0.33 and wherein δ represents oxygen deficiency;
wherein said hydrocarbon feedstock comprises methane with one or more additional hydrocarbon components and CO2 or wherein said hydrocarbon feedstock is a product from cement processing, steel processing, coal refining, or petrochemical refining, crude oil production, natural gas production, coal mining or minerals mining; and
wherein the molar ratio of Ce to Ti is selected from the range of 2.0 to 2.7.