Patent ID: 9677018
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B01J,C01B,C10B,C10K,C10L

Claim:
1. A process for the production of synthesis gas from coke, comprising the steps of: (a) subjecting hard coal to dry pyrolysis, resulting in the production of a gas mixture containing hydrogen, methane, nitrogen and carbon monoxide as major constituents and carbon sulphides as minor constituents; (b) subjecting the gas mixture to hydrogenation at a temperature in the range of 200 to 280° C. over a sulphidic cobalt molybdenum catalyst provided on an aluminium oxide carrier material; and (c) separating the hydrogen sulphide obtained from hydrogenation from the gas Mixture; wherein the sulphidic cobalt molybdenum catalyst comprises at least 50%-mole molybdenum sulphide.