METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF ETHANE BY SELECTIVE HYDROGENOLYSIS OF ALKANES

摘要

A METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF ETHANE BY SELECTIVE HYDROGENOLYSIS OF ALKANES The method essentially consists in introducing a mixture of hydrogen and alkanes into a reactor at a spatial velocity V and a total pressure P on a catalyst at the temperature T. The catalyst is constituted by at least one metal selected from iridium and rhodium incorporated in a support of inert refractory oxide in which SO4-- sulphate ions are not present.