Patent ID: 6409940
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B01J,C01B,Y02P

Abstract:
A process of preparing a product gas mixture comprising CO and H2 from a C1-C5 hydrocarbon and O2, the process comprising:contacting a reactant gas mixture comprising said hydrocarbon and a source of molecular oxygen with a catalytically effective amount of a supported catalyst comprising a nickel-rhodium alloy containing about 1-50 weight percent nickel and about 0.01-10 weight percent rhodium, and optionally further comprising, at least one metal chosen from the group consisting of lanthanide elements, zirconium, cobalt, manganese and magnesium, and a support structure; and maintaining said supported catalyst and said reactant gas mixture at catalytic partial oxidation promoting conditions of temperature, gas flow rate and feed composition during said contacting.