Japanese Inventors Develop Liquefied Petroleum Gas Production Catalyst

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 26 -- Kaoru Fujimoto, Kenji Asami, Sachio Asaoka, Xiaohong Li and Qianwen Zhang, all from Fukuoka, Japan, have developed a liquefied petroleum gas producing catalyst.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst for producing a liquefied petroleum gas according to the present invention comprises a Palladium-based methanol synthesis catalyst component and a beta-zeolite catalyst component. It can be used in a reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to give a hydrocarbon containing propane or butane as a main component, i.e., a liquefied petroleum gas, with high activity, high selectivity and high yield. Furthermore, the catalyst has a …