US 12,447,465 B2
Catalysts for oxidative coupling of methane
Fabio R. Zurcher, Brisbane, CA (US); Daniel Rosenberg, San Francisco, CA (US); Richard P. James, Berkeley, CA (US); David Grauer, Redwood City, CA (US); Wayne P. Schammel, Brisbane, CA (US); Joel M. Cizeron, Redwood City, CA (US); Joel Gamoras, Vallejo, CA (US); Ginger DeMars, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Adrienne Tanur, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Lummus Technology LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Lummus Technology LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/115,611.
Application 18/115,611 is a division of application No. 16/777,352, filed on Jan. 30, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/798,896, filed on Jan. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0201803 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B01J 23/00 (2006.01); B01J 21/04 (2006.01); B01J 23/30 (2006.01); B01J 23/34 (2006.01); B01J 35/37 (2024.01); B01J 35/50 (2024.01); B01J 35/55 (2024.01); B01J 35/59 (2024.01); C07C 2/84 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 23/002 (2013.01) [B01J 23/30 (2013.01); B01J 23/34 (2013.01); B01J 35/37 (2024.01); B01J 35/55 (2024.01); B01J 35/59 (2024.01); C07C 2/84 (2013.01); B01J 21/04 (2013.01); B01J 2235/15 (2024.01); B01J 2235/30 (2024.01); C07C 2523/30 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catalytic material for oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) comprising an OCM active catalyst in combination with a support, wherein the OCM active catalyst comprises one or more elements from the lanthanides in the form of an oxide, a hydroxide or an oxyhydroxide, and the support comprises alpha phase alumina, gamma phase alumina or a combination thereof, the support having a local maxima pore diameter greater than 1 micrometer.