Patent ID: 9238214
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B01J,C10G,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for producing a product comprising at least one of the group comprising a hydrocarbon having a formula C n H z where n is a positive integer greater than 1, and z is an integer between 2n+2 and 2n, and hydrogen gas, the apparatus comprising a reaction vessel containing a catalyst, one or more sources of gaseous CH 4 connected so as to introduce gaseous CH 4 into the reaction vessel, one or more sources of gaseous CO 2 connected so as to introduce gaseous CO 2 into the reaction vessel, one or more sources of gaseous H 2 O connected so as to introduce the gaseous H 2 O into the reaction vessel, and one or more sources of microwave energy connected so as to introduce microwave energy into the reaction vessel, wherein: the reaction vessel is structurally arranged so as to contain with the catalyst a reaction mixture of H said catalyst is selected from the group of iron-, cobalt-, copper- and nickel-containing compounds where at least one selected catalyst upon microwave radiation increases in temperature to produce thermal energy; and said microwave energy source is connected so as to heat the catalyst and said reaction mixture to produce at least one hydrocarbon composition having the formula C