| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5053576 |
Process for upgrading methane to higher hydrocarbons |
October 1, 1991 |
| There is provided a process for the direct partial oxidation of methane with oxygen, whereby organic compounds comprising higher hydrocarbons are produced. The catalyst used in this reaction is a ZnZSM-5 catalyst. This catalyst may be prepared by ion exchanging or impregnating a ZSM-5 |
| 5025109 |
Process for upgrading methane to higher hydrocarbons |
June 18, 1991 |
| There is provided a process for the direct partial oxidation of methane with oxygen, whereby hydrocarbons having at least two carbon atoms are produced. The catalyst used in this reaction is a spinel oxide such as ZnMn.sub.2 O.sub.4. |
| 5023393 |
Process for upgrading methane to higher hydrocarbons |
June 11, 1991 |
| There is provided a process for the direct partial oxidation of methane with oxygen, whereby organic compounds comprising higher hydrocarbons are produced. The catalyst used in this reaction is an NiZSM-5 catalyst. This catalyst may be prepared by ion exchanging or impregnating a ZSM-5 |
| 5023392 |
Process for upgrading methane to higher hydrocarbons |
June 11, 1991 |
| There is provided a process for the direct partial oxidation of methane with oxygen, whereby organic compounds comprising higher hydrocarbons are produced. The catalyst used in this reaction is a CuZSM-5 catalyst. This catalyst may be prepared by ion exchanging or impregnating a ZSM-5 |
| 5023391 |
Process for upgrading methane to higher hydrocarbons |
June 11, 1991 |
| There is provided a process for the direct partial oxidation of methane with oxygen, whereby organic compounds comprising higher hydrocarbons are produced. The catalyst used in this reaction is a GaZSM-5 catalyst. This catalyst may be prepared by ion exchanging or impregnating a ZSM-5 |
| 5015798 |
Conversion of methane |
May 14, 1991 |
| There is provided a process for the direct partial oxidation of methane with oxygen, whereby organic compounds comprising higher hydrocarbons including C.sub.5 + liquid hydrocarbons are produced. The catalyst used in this reaction may be a ZSM-5 catalyst. The process involves the use of |
| 5012029 |
Conversion of methane |
April 30, 1991 |
| A mixture of organic compounds comprising a major amount of liquid hydrocarbons, mostly aromatic, is formed by the direct partial oxidation of methane in the presence of a ZSM-5 catalyst. The reaction conditions are substantially the same as those required for the direct homogeneous |
| 4982023 |
Oxidation of methane to methanol |
January 1, 1991 |
| A marked improvement in yield, in selectivity or in both is obtained in the synthesis of methanol by the homogeneous direct partial oxidation of natural gas or other source of methane when the reactor space is filled with inert, refractory inorganic particles. |
| 4900462 |
Polar lubricating fluid and a method for its synthesis |
February 13, 1990 |
| A polar lubricating fluid comprising aliphatic molecules having hydroxy or ester functional groups. The alcohol lubricant molecules have at least 20 carbon atoms and the ester molecule comprises between 26 and 100 carbon atoms. The oxygenate content of both molecules is at least 0.2 mmol |
| 4864074 |
Process for converting methane to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons via sulfur-containing int |
September 5, 1989 |
| There is provided a process for converting methane to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons. In a first step, methane is contacted with elemental sulfur. In one embodiment, carbon disulfide and hydrogen sulfide are produced from this reaction of methane and sulfur, and this product is, in |
| 4864073 |
Processes for converting methane to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons via sulfur-containing i |
September 5, 1989 |
| There is provided a process for converting methane to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons. In a first step, methane is contacted with carbonyl sulfide in the presence of UV light under conditions sufficient to produce CH.sub.3 SH. This CH.sub.3 SH then contacted with a sufficient cataly |
| 4822938 |
Processes for converting methane to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons via sulfur-containing i |
April 18, 1989 |
| There is provided a process for converting methane to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons. In a first step, methane is contacted with elemental sulfur under conditions sufficient to produce carbon disulfide. Carbon disulfide from this step is then contacted with methane and hydrogen und |
