Abstract: A high efficiency catalyst for use in a catalytic partial oxidation process for the production of hydrogen or syngas gas from hydrocarbons is disclosed. The catalyst comprises rhenium in combination with a second metal selected from the group of rhenium to second metal of 25:1 to 1:1. the process comprises reacting a feed containing hydrocarbons with an oxygen source at a C/O ratio of about 0.9 to 1.1 in the presence of the catalyst, and wherein the gas hourly space velocity of the feed over the catalyst ranges from about 1,000 hr?1 to about 2,000,000 hr ?1. In the process, the catalyst is maintained as a temperature of from about 500° C. to about 1,500° C. as the feed makes contact with the catalyst.

Abstract: A high efficiency catalyst for use in a catalytic partial oxidation process for the production of hydrogen or syngas gas from hydrocarbons is disclosed. The catalyst comprises rhenium in combination with a second metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, and palladium at an atomic ratio of rhenium to second metal of from 25:1 to 1:1. The process comprises reacting a feed containing hydrocarbons with an oxygen source at a C/O ratio of about 0.9 to about 1.1 in the presence of the catalyst, and wherein the gas hourly space velocity of the feed over the catalyst ranges from about 1,000 hr?1 to about 2,000,000 hr?1. In the process, the catalyst is maintained at a temperature of from about 500° C. to about 1,500° C. as the feed makes contact with the catalyst.