2788. ROBERT, G., JR., MARSHALL, W.H., JR., WILSON, D.W., AND KEITH, P.C. (M. W. Kellogg Co.). Synthesis Gas Containing Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen. United States Patent 2,270,897, Jan. 27, 1942; appl. filed Feb. 17, 1938, Serial No. 190,948; 8 claims

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2788. ROBERT, G., JR., MARSHALL, W.H., JR., WILSON, D.W., AND KEITH, P.C. (M. W. Kellogg Co.). Synthesis Gas Containing Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen. United States Patent 2,270,897, Jan. 27, 1942; appl. filed Feb. 17, 1938, Serial No. 190,948; 8 claims (Cl. 252-373). Chem. Abs. vol. 36, 1942 p. 3346.

Describes arrangement of apparatus and a method in which a mixture of a hydrocarbon gas, such as CH₄ steam, and CO_2, is converted into synthesis gas in the presence of a Ni catalyst between temperatures of 1,800°-2,200° F., which involves bleeding a portion of the synthesis-gas mixture, subjecting the bled portion to oxidation by means of an easily reducible metal oxide to form CO₂ and steam, and introducing the CO₂ and steam to the catalytic zone as the CO₂ and steam used during the conversion step.