The present invention provides a method of producing a CuZnAlZr oxide catalyst
consisting of reacting an aqueous NaOH solution and aqueous Na2CO3
solution with a mixture of aqueous solutions of each nitrate of Cu, Zn, Al, and
Zr, producing a precipitate by coprecipitation, aging, filtering, washing and drying
this precipitate to prepare a catalyst precursor consisting of a CuZnAlZr layered
double hydroxide, and then obtaining a CuZnAlZr oxide by calcining this precursor
in an air ambient atmosphere, a CuZnAlZr oxide catalyst, a CuZnZrCe oxide catalyst,
a CoCuZnAl oxide catalyst for producing hydrogen by oxidative steam reforming a
methanol, and methods of producing hydrogen gas consisting of converting methanol
to hydrogen gas by oxidative steam reforming in the presence of air and steam using
these oxide catalysts.