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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7179843 | Method of and apparatus for producing methanol Production of methanol includes supplying into a reactor a hydrocarbon-containing gas, supplying into the reactor an oxygen-containing as gas, carrying out in the reactor an oxidation of the heated hydrocarbon-containing gas by oxygen of the oxygen-containing gas, a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6995288 | Apparatus and method for production of methanethiol A method for the production of methyl mercaptan is provided. The method comprises providing raw feed gases consisting of methane and hydrogen sulfide, introducing the raw feed gases into a non-thermal pulsed plasma corona reactor, and reacting the raw feed gases wit... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6683221 | Production of formaldehyde from CH4 and H2S A method wherein a sour natural gas stream can be treated to produce primarily carbon monoxide from methane, and the carbon monoxide and hydrogensulfide are reacted to produce methyl mercaptans, (primarily methanethiol (CH3 SH) and a small amou... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6414195 | Method of producing formaldehyde directly from methane The present invention provides a method of using a silica-supported 12-molybdosilicic acid catalyst consisting of 12-moloybdosilicic acid supported on silica, in which 12-molybdosilicic acid is supported in an amount not smaller than 10 mass % on silica, ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6294701 | Method of producing formaldehyde directly from methane The present invention provides a silica-supported 12-molybdosilicic acid catalyst comprising a silica carrier and at least 10% by weight, based on the silica amount, of 12-molybdosilicic acid supported on the carrier and a method of producing formaldehyde... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6084135 | Production of formaldehyde using carbon oxides, hydrogen and H2 S A method wherein a gas stream containing hydrogen, a carbon oxide and hydrogen sulfide is first passed in contact with a catalyst comprising a porous alumina supported sulfided metal selected from the group consisting of molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), tu... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6028228 | Production of formaldehyde from CH4 and H2 S A method wherein a sour natural gas stream can be treated to produce formaldehyde from methane and methyl mercaptans, (primarily methanethiol (CH3 SH) and a small amount of dimethyl sulfide (CH3 SCH3)) from hydrogen sulfid... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5345011 | New manganese catalyst for light alkane oxidation Aluminophosphates containing manganese in the structural framework are employed for the oxidation of alkanes, for example the vapor phase oxidation of methane to methanol.... | 09/06/1994 |
| 4727198 | Process for the production of formaldehyde from methane Formaldehyde is made from methane and a molecular oxygen containing gas by using a silica supported catalyst having less than 350 parts per million by weight of sodium and having a catalytically effective amount of V2 O5. The low sod... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4678857 | Process for separation of product resulting from hydroformylation A process is disclosed for preparing products such as 4-hydroxybutanal which comprises contacting unsaturated compounds such as allyl alcohol with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a rhodium carbonyl-phosphine catalyst and an aromatic solven... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4607127 | Process and catalyst for the production of formaldehyde from methane Formaldehyde is made from methane and a molecular oxygen containing gas by using a silica supported catalyst having less than 350 parts per million by weight of sodium and having a catalytically effective amount of MoO3. The low sodium form of ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4472314 | Bismuth-containing mixed oxides of perovskite structure in oxidation of acyclic hydrocarbons Mixed oxides of bismuth with other metals of the perovskite structure and having vacant lattice sites in the same lattice positions occupied by bismuth are disclosed as partial oxidation and ammoxidation catalysts. Such oxides are used as catalysts in the... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4243613 | Process for the manufacture of mixtures of formaldehyde and methanol by partial oxidation of methane A continuous process for the partial oxidation of methane to produce mixtures of formaldehyde and methanol wherein methane and an oxidizing gas are reacted in a reaction zone in the form of a flame and the resulting reaction mixture is cooled followed by ... | 01/06/1981 |
| 3996294 | Oxidizing methane to formaldehyde In the gas phase reaction of methane and oxygen at elevated temperature to form formaldehyde, the improvement which comprises effecting the reaction in the presence of silicon dioxide as catalyst, the silicon dioxide having a large internal surface area. ... | 12/07/1976 |
