Return to Japanese Patent Table of Contents Production Of Synthesis Gas Abstract PURPOSE: To provide a low-pollution process for the production of a synthesis gas having low by-product content in high efficiency and high selectivity of carbon monoxide and hydrogen at a low cost. CONSTITUTION: A synthesis gas is produced from methane and oxygen by using a catalyst produced by adding a cocatalyst component consisting of cobalt and/or manganese and optionally containing ruthenium and/or rhodium as an active component to zirconia and/or stabilized zirconia. |