	US 11,674,098 B2
	Methane and methane-carbon dioxide activated synergystic biomass gasification for hydrogen rich syngas production
Jianli Hu, Morgantown, WV (US); Amoolya D. Lalsare, Morgantown, WV (US); Ali C. Sivri, Morgantown, WV (US); and Cosmin E. Dumitrescu, Morgantown, WV (US)
Assigned to West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (US)
Filed by West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/114,427.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/944,120, filed on Dec. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0171846 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. C10J 3/02 (2006.01); B01J 21/18 (2006.01); C10J 3/82 (2006.01); B01J 23/881 (2006.01)

CPC C10J 3/02 (2013.01) [B01J 21/18 (2013.01); B01J 23/881 (2013.01); C10J 3/82 (2013.01); C10J 2300/092 (2013.01); C10J 2300/0946 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method for producing syngas, the method comprising:

(a) contacting a first reactant with a catalyst;

(b) placing the first reactant, the catalyst, and a second reactant in a reactor;

(c) reacting the first reactant and the second reactant at a first temperature for a first period of time to produce a product gas mixture; and

(d) collecting the product gas mixture;

wherein the first reactant comprises a source of biomass;

wherein the catalyst comprises at least one metal atom, metal oxide, or metal ion;

wherein the second reactant comprises a coal, a plastic, or a combination thereof; and

wherein the product gas mixture comprises a syngas.