US 12,018,221 B2
Synthetic fuels, and methods and apparatus for production thereof
Lubo Zhou, Deer Park, IL (US); Chi Chen, Shrewsbury, MA (US); Qiyuan Wu, Jersey City, NJ (US); Stafford W. Sheehan, Tiverton, RI (US); Namal de Silva, New York, NY (US); Mahluli Moyo, New York, NY (US); Jihad Dakka, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US); David DeVilliers, Katy, TX (US); Gregory Constantine, New York, NY (US); and Mark Rumizen, Reading, MA (US)
Assigned to Air Company Holdings, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by Air Company Holdings, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/514,569.
Application 18/514,569 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/033544, filed on Sep. 22, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/527,713, filed on Jul. 19, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/409,110, filed on Sep. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0124792 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. C10L 1/06 (2006.01); C10G 5/00 (2006.01); C10G 45/54 (2006.01)
CPC C10L 1/06 (2013.01) [C10G 5/00 (2013.01); C10G 45/54 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1096 (2013.01); C10G 2400/08 (2013.01); C10L 2270/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for the production of aviation fuel comprising:
a first reduction gas feed;
a first carbon source feed;
a paraffin reactor comprising a reduction catalyst, said paraffin reactor having a first reduction gas feed inlet, a first carbon source inlet, and a paraffin product outlet, wherein the first reduction gas feed is coupled to the first reduction gas feed inlet, and the first carbon source feed is coupled to the first carbon source feed inlet;
a second reduction gas feed;
a second carbon source feed;
an aromatic reactor comprising an aromatic catalyst, said aromatic reactor having a second reduction gas feed inlet, a second carbon source inlet, and an aromatic product outlet, wherein the second reduction gas feed is coupled to the second reduction gas feed inlet, and the second carbon source feed is coupled to the second carbon source feed inlet; and
a blender having a paraffin product inlet, an aromatic product inlet, and a blended product outlet, wherein the paraffin product outlet from the paraffin reactor is coupled to the paraffin product inlet of the blender, and the aromatic product outlet from the paraffin reactor is coupled to the aromatic product inlet of the blender.