THE OXIDATION OF METHANE AT HIGH PRESSURES: II. EXPERIMENTS WITH VARIOUS MIXTURES OF VIKING NATURAL GAS AND AIR

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Mixtures of a natural gas, substantially methane, and air in various proportions were passed over catalysts, and the effects of the variables, composition of mixture, pressure, temperature, and space velocity, were determined. Similar experiments were made with mixtures of methane and air. Mixtures containing from less than 3% to more than 13% of oxygen as air were used. The temperature range was 350° to 500 °C. and the pressure range 140 to 230 atm. Methanol was the principal product, and yields as high as 74% on the basis of carbon oxidized were obtained. Copper was the principal catalyst used. Traces of sulphur poisoned the catalyst very effectively.

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