US 12,391,636 B2
Method and system to produce hydrocarbon feedstocks
Jose Lourenco, Edmonton (CA); and MacKenzie Millar, Edmonton (CA)
Assigned to 1304338 Alberta Ltd., Edmonton (CA); and 1304342 Alberta Ltd., Edmonton (CA)
Appl. No. 17/793,214
Filed by 1304338 Alberta Ltd., Edmonton (CA); and 1304342 Alberta Ltd., Edmonton (CA)
PCT Filed Jan. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CA2021/050005
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/146795, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. CA 3069717 (CA), filed on Jan. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0064109 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. C07C 29/151 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01); C01B 3/38 (2006.01); H01M 8/0668 (2016.01)
CPC C07C 29/1518 (2013.01) [B01J 19/245 (2013.01); C01B 3/38 (2013.01); H01M 8/0668 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0233 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0238 (2013.01); C01B 2203/061 (2013.01); C01B 2203/062 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1241 (2013.01); C01B 2203/84 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of producing synthesis gas using a fuel cell having an anode and a cathode, a Gas Recovery Unit (GRU), and an electric catalytic reformer, the method comprising the steps of:
operating the fuel cell to generate electricity and an exhaust stream comprising steam and carbon dioxide, the fuel cell being connected to a power distributor;
using the GRU, conditioning and separating the exhaust stream to produce streams of steam and carbon dioxide;
producing a reformer input stream by combining a stream of methane, the stream of carbon dioxide, and the stream of steam according to a stoichiometric ratio required to produce a stream of synthesis gas;
reacting the reformer input stream in the electric catalytic reformer to produce the stream of synthesis gas, the electric catalytic reformer being powered by the power distributor; and
using a power generator, recovering heat from the stream of synthesis gas to produce electricity, the power generator being connected to the power distributor.