US 12,344,525 B2
Synthetic fuels by electrically heated steam methane reforming
Peter Mølgaard Mortensen, Roskilde (DK); Kim Aasberg-Petersen, Allerød (DK); and Charlotte Stub Nielsen, Holte (DK)
Assigned to TOPSOE A/S, Kgs. Lyngby (DK)
Appl. No. 17/782,391
Filed by TOPSOE A/S, Kgs. Lyngby (DK)
PCT Filed Dec. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/084291
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/110754, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19213425 (EP), filed on Dec. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0002223 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C01B 3/38 (2006.01); C01B 3/50 (2006.01); C10G 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC C01B 3/382 (2013.01) [C01B 3/388 (2013.01); C01B 3/50 (2013.01); C10G 2/30 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0227 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0244 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0415 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0485 (2013.01); C01B 2203/062 (2013.01); C01B 2203/085 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0894 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1011 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1023 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1241 (2013.01); C01B 2203/142 (2013.01); C01B 2203/143 (2013.01); C01B 2203/148 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1614 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1628 (2013.01); C10G 2400/04 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing a synthesis gas for use in the production of a hydrocarbon product, said method comprising the steps of:
providing a hydrocarbon feed gas,
carrying out steam methane reforming in a reforming reactor comprising a pressure shell housing a structured catalyst arranged to catalyze steam reforming of said hydrocarbon feed gas, said structured catalyst comprising a macroscopic structure of an electrically conductive material, said macroscopic structure supporting a ceramic coating, where said ceramic coating supports a catalytically active material; said steam methane reforming comprising the following steps:
i) supplying said hydrocarbon feed gas to the reforming reactor,
ii) allowing the hydrocarbon feed gas to undergo steam methane reforming reaction over the structured catalyst and out-letting a synthesis gas from the reforming reactor, and
iii) supplying electrical power via electrical conductors connecting an electrical power supply placed outside said pressure shell to said structured catalyst, allowing an electrical current to run through said macroscopic structure material, thereby heating at least part of the structured catalyst to a temperature of at least 500° C.,
providing at least part of the synthesis gas from step ii) to a synthetic fuel synthesis unit for converting said synthesis gas into said hydrocarbon product and producing a tail gas.