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Article: Ceramic membranes could improve conversion of methane to synthesis gas
- Article from:
- Advanced Ceramics Report
- Article date:
- December 1, 1993
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A project to develop a technology to improve the conversion of methane, the main component of natural gas, into synthesis gas (syngas) has been announced by Amoco Corp and the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. The project will combine Argonne's expertise in ceramics with Amoco's experience in catalysts.
Syngas production and the conversion of syngas to novel, clean-burning fuels form a part of Amoco's aim to develop technologies for economically transporting remote natural gas to market. Amoco already has a number of catalysts that can carry out these reactions but the processes are not economical because the catalysts require a steady, ...