US 11,905,469 B2
Renewable electricity conversion of liquid fuels from hydrocarbon feedstocks
Daniel R. Cohn, Cambridge, MA (US); Jeffrey E. Surma, Richland, WA (US); and Leslie Bromberg, Sharon, MA (US)
Assigned to InEnTec Inc., Richland, WA (US)
Filed by InEnTec Inc., Richland, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,315.
Application 17/578,315 is a continuation of application No. 17/208,988, filed on Mar. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,254,876.
Application 17/208,988 is a continuation of application No. 16/397,639, filed on Apr. 29, 2019, granted, now 10,954,449, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Application 16/397,639 is a continuation of application No. 15/267,021, filed on Sep. 15, 2016, granted, now 10,273,414, issued on Apr. 30, 2019.
Application 15/267,021 is a continuation of application No. 14/077,094, filed on Nov. 11, 2013, granted, now 9,469,533, issued on Oct. 18, 2016.
Application 14/077,094 is a continuation of application No. 12/575,305, filed on Oct. 7, 2009, granted, now 8,614,364, issued on Dec. 24, 2013.
Application 12/575,305 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/177,152, filed on Jul. 6, 2005, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/107,563, filed on Oct. 22, 2008.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/103,397, filed on Oct. 7, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325186 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C10G 2/00 (2006.01); C01B 3/24 (2006.01); C10J 3/00 (2006.01); F23G 5/46 (2006.01); C01B 3/36 (2006.01); C07C 29/15 (2006.01); C01B 13/02 (2006.01); C07C 29/151 (2006.01); C10J 3/82 (2006.01)
CPC C10G 2/32 (2013.01) [C01B 3/24 (2013.01); C01B 3/36 (2013.01); C01B 13/0229 (2013.01); C07C 29/15 (2013.01); C07C 29/151 (2013.01); C10G 2/00 (2013.01); C10J 3/00 (2013.01); C10J 3/82 (2013.01); F23G 5/46 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0216 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0255 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0272 (2013.01); C01B 2203/06 (2013.01); C01B 2203/061 (2013.01); C01B 2203/085 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0833 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0861 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0866 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1235 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1241 (2013.01); C01B 2203/82 (2013.01); C01B 2203/84 (2013.01); C01B 2203/86 (2013.01); C10G 2400/02 (2013.01); C10G 2400/04 (2013.01); C10G 2400/08 (2013.01); C10J 2300/093 (2013.01); C10J 2300/0916 (2013.01); C10J 2300/0946 (2013.01); C10J 2300/0959 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1284 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1659 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1665 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1684 (2013.01); C10J 2300/1846 (2013.01); F23G 2206/203 (2013.01); Y02E 20/12 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01); Y02E 50/30 (2013.01); Y02P 20/133 (2015.11); Y02P 20/145 (2015.11); Y02P 20/582 (2015.11); Y02P 30/00 (2015.11); Y02T 50/678 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
converting methane into hydrogen and carbon using a pyrolytic conversion unit where heating is provided by at least in part by electrical heating;
adding the hydrogen that is produced in the pyrolytic conversion unit to a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide that is produced by a synthesis gas generation unit that uses at least one of steam reforming or partial oxidation to produce the mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide from a hydrocarbon feedstock;
using the hydrogen that is pyrolytically produced to shift a balance of oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen to that used in production of at least one liquid hydrocarbon from the hydrocarbon feedstock, wherein the at least one liquid hydrocarbon includes one or more of methanol, synthetic diesel, or aviation fuel; and
producing at least one liquid hydrocarbon from the mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide that is provided by the combination of hydrogen from the pyrolytic conversion unit with the mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide from the synthesis gas generation unit.