US 12,187,969 B2
System and method for liquid fuel production from carbonaceous materials using recycled conditioned syngas
Ravi Chandran, Ellicott City, MD (US); Dave G. Newport, Cumberland, ME (US); Daniel A. Burciaga, Manchester, MD (US); Daniel Michael Leo, Baltimore, MD (US); Justin Kevin Miller, Durham, NC (US); and Brian Christopher Attwood, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to ThermoChem Recovery International, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed by ThermoChem Recovery International, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,095.
Application 18/151,095 is a continuation of application No. 16/814,892, filed on Mar. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,555,157.
Prior Publication US 2023/0159837 A1, May 25, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C01B 3/34 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01); C01B 3/50 (2006.01); C07C 29/151 (2006.01); C07C 41/01 (2006.01); C10G 2/00 (2006.01); C10J 3/84 (2006.01); C10K 1/00 (2006.01); C10K 3/06 (2006.01); C10L 1/02 (2006.01); C10L 1/06 (2006.01); C10L 1/08 (2006.01); C12P 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC C10J 3/84 (2013.01) [B01J 19/0013 (2013.01); B01J 19/245 (2013.01); C01B 3/346 (2013.01); C01B 3/50 (2013.01); C07C 29/1518 (2013.01); C07C 41/01 (2013.01); C10G 2/344 (2013.01); C10K 1/004 (2013.01); C10K 1/007 (2013.01); C10K 3/06 (2013.01); C10L 1/023 (2013.01); C10L 1/026 (2013.01); C10L 1/06 (2013.01); C10L 1/08 (2013.01); C12P 7/06 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0004 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00157 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0233 (2013.01); C01B 2203/04 (2013.01); C01B 2203/06 (2013.01); C01B 2203/062 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0822 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1235 (2013.01); C01B 2203/84 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1022 (2013.01); C10G 2300/104 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1051 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1055 (2013.01); C10G 2300/4081 (2013.01); C10G 2400/02 (2013.01); C10G 2400/04 (2013.01); C10G 2400/08 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1628 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1643 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1656 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1659 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1665 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1671 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1823 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1853 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1884 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0423 (2013.01); C10L 2200/043 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0446 (2013.01); C10L 2270/023 (2013.01); C10L 2270/026 (2013.01); C10L 2270/04 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
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1. A system for using a recycled conditioned syngas, the system comprising:
a steam reformer connected to a first source of recycled conditioned syngas for combusting therein to provide heat and to produce a first reactor product gas;
a hydrocarbon reformer connected to a second source of recycled conditioned syngas and to a stream containing oxygen gas to form a combustion zone and/or a reaction zone of the hydrocarbon reformer, and further configured to receive a portion of the first reactor product gas, the hydrocarbon reformer configured to produce an improved syngas; and
at least one gas clean-up system configured to receive the improved syngas and remove at least one contaminant in the improved syngas to produce a new conditioned syngas, the at least one gas clean-up system comprising a gas clean-up system output through which the new conditioned syngas exits,
wherein the gas clean-up system output serves as the first source of recycled conditioned syngas connected to the steam reformer and as the second source of recycled conditioned syngas connected to the hydrocarbon reformer.