Return to Abstracts of Patents Return to Abstracts of Patents 500-749 Patent Abstracts720. ------. [FOHLEN, J. L.] [Manufacture of Liquid Hydrocarbons From Water Gas.] French Patent 631,927, Apr. 14, 1927. British Chem. Abs., 1930, B. p. 406. Liquid hydrocarbons are obtained when H or water gas, steam, and CH4 or ethane are injected into a blast furnace and the exit gases are led over a Ni, Co, or Pt catalyst at 100º-450º C., preferably under pressure. With a Zn oxide catalyst alcohols are obtained: with Al chloride, polymerized products. |