title: Bi-reforming of methane from any source with steam and carbon dioxide exclusively to metgas (CO-2H2) for methanol and hydrocarbon synthesis.
abstract: A catalyst based on nickel oxide on magnesium oxide (NiO/MgO) thermally activated under hydrogen is effective for the bi-reforming with steam and CO(2) (combined steam and dry reforming) of methane as well as natural gas in a tubular flow reactor at elevated pressures (5-30 atm) and temperatures (800-950 °C). By adjusting the CO(2)-to-steam ratio in the gas feed, the H(2)/CO ratio in the produced syn-gas could be easily adjusted in a single step to the desired value of 2 for methanol and hydrocarbon synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, California 90089-1661, USA. olah@usc.edu
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Olah
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goeppert
authors.forename: Miklos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czaun
authors.forename: G K Surya
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Prakash