Abstract
A method for synthesizing hydrocarbons from a methane source which comprises contacting methane with an oxide of Ce having combined therewith an amount of alkali and/or alkaline earth metal which is sufficient to improve the selectivity to higher hydrocarbon products. The oxide is reduced by the contact which is carried at about 500 to 1000 C. Reducible oxides of Ce are regenerated by oxidizing the reduced composition with molecular oxygen. The oxide CeO 2 is particularly effective in the process.
| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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| Patent number | 4499324 |
| State | Published - Feb 1 1985 |