摘要 |
The catalytic selective oxidation of carbon monoxide in a gaseous mixture containing hydrogen and water vapor and being essentially saturated with respect to its water vapor content, is improved by adjusting the gaseous mixture such that the gaseous mixture is unsaturated with respect to its water vapor content prior to contacting said gaseous mixture with a catalyst, for the selective oxidation of the carbon monoxide in said gaseous mixture. Further, desirably, during the catalytic selective oxidation operation the gaseous mixture and the resulting catalytically oxidized gaseous mixture is maintained unsaturated with respect to its water vapor content. |