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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183301 | Preparation methods for liquid hydrocarbons by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis through slurry reaction The present invention relates to a method for preparing liquid hydrocarbons via a slurry phase Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) synthesis. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for preparing liquid hydrocarbons from syngas via slurry phase F-T synthesis usin... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8168685 | Process for the production of methanol including one or more membrane separation steps Disclosed herein is a methanol production process that includes a membrane separation step or steps. Using the process of the invention, the efficiency of methanol production from syngas is increased by reducing the compression requirements of the process and/or imp... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168684 | Carbon efficiencies in hydrocarbon production This invention relates to a method of producing liquid hydrocarbons, preferably internal combustion engine fuels, using feedstocks of coal or methane. Depending on the nature of the feedstock it is subjected to a gasification and/or reforming process and/or water ga... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163808 | Acetylene enhanced conversion of syngas to Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon products A method is disclosed for converting syngas to Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) hydrocarbon products. A synthesis gas including carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas is provided to a F-T reactor. Also, acetylene is supplied to the F-T reactor. The ratio of the volume of acetylene t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8143319 | Method and apparatus for steam hydro-gasification with increased conversion times A method and apparatus for converting carbonaceous material to a stream of carbon rich gas, comprising heating a slurry feed containing the carbonaceous material in a hydrogasification process using hydrogen and steam, at a temperature and pressure sufficient to gen... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133925 | System and process for fischer-tropsch conversion A method for forming C2+ hydrocarbons by forming a dispersion comprising synthesis gas bubbles dispersed in a liquid phase comprising hydrocarbons in a high shear device, wherein the average bubble diameter of the synthesis gas bubbles is less than about 1.5 μm, in... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129436 | Mixed alcohol synthesis with enhanced carbon value use The present invention provides a method for simplifying manufacture of a mixed alcohol or mixed oxygenate product from synthesis gas. The mixed alcohol or mixed oxygenate product contains ethanol and other oxygenates with two or more carbon atoms per molecule. The m... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129437 | Process for the extraction of hydrogen from a gas mixture A process for the extraction of hydrogen from a gas mixture including hydrogen and carbon monoxide and optionally nitrogen, carbon dioxide, lower hydrocarbons and/or water, by contacting the gas mixture with a non-porous polyimide-based membrane, especially with the... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8114916 | Systems, methods, and compositions for production of synthetic hydrocarbon compounds A process and system for producing hydrocarbon compounds or fuels that recycle products of hydrocarbon compound combustion—carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide, or both, and water. The energy for recycling is electricity derived from preferably not fossil based fuels... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114915 | Method and system for handling slurries of varying liquid rates and solids content A method and system for collecting a plurality of slurries containing solid particles of varying particle size distribution and amount and performing a classification and separation on the slurries is provided whereby a fines-rich stream and a stream containing subs... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8093305 | Systems, methods, and compositions for production of synthetic hydrocarbon compounds A process and system for producing hydrocarbon compounds or fuels that recycle products of hydrocarbon compound combustion—carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide, or both, and water. The energy for recycling is electricity derived from preferably not fossil based fuels... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088832 | System and method for converting biomass to ethanol via syngas A method and apparatus for synthesizing ethanol using synthetic routes via synthesis gas are disclosed. A method and apparatus for gasifying biomass, such as biomass, in a steam gasifier that employs a fluidized bed and heating using hot flue gases from the combusti... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084508 | Ethanol as a feedstock for a BCTL facility A method of producing fuel by converting an alcohol stream comprising at least one alcohol into synthesis gas; providing a first synthesis gas stream, wherein at least a portion of the first synthesis gas stream comprises synthesis gas obtained from the alcohol conv... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8067474 | Process for the preparationn of hydrocarbons from oxygenates A process for the preparation of hydrocarbon products comprising the steps of a) providing a synthesis gas comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide; (b) reacting at least part of the synthesis gas to an oxygenate mixture comprising methanol and dimeth... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8026290 | Methods and apparatus for continuous removal of carbon dioxide from a mixture of reacting gases The disclosed invention provides methods and apparatus for producing one or more C1-C4 alcohols (such as ethanol) from syngas, while simultaneously removing CO2, thereby providing low CO2 yields. The present invention prov... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8021633 | Process an apparatus for steam-methane reforming Methane is reacted with steam, to generate carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a first catalytic reactor (14); the resulting gas mixture can then be used to perform Fisher-Tropsch synthesis in a second catalytic reactor (26). In performing the steam/methan... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013025 | Method of operating a three-phase slurry reactor A method of operating a three-phase slurry reactor includes feeding at a low level at least one gaseous reactant into a vertically extending slurry body of solid particles suspended in a suspension liquid, the slurry body being contained in a plurality of vertically... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008359 | Method of operating a fluid bed reactor Method of operating a three-phase slurry reactor includes feeding at a low level at least one gaseous reactant into a vertically extending slurry body of solid particles suspended in a suspension liquid, the slurry body being contained in at least two vertically ext... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7989510 | Process for the purification of an aqueous stream coming from the fischer-tropsch reaction The present invention relates to a process for the purification of an aqueous stream coming from the Fischer-Tropsch reaction which comprises: feeding the aqueous stream containing organic by products of the reaction to a fractionating distillation column or to a st... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989508 | Process and reactor for implementing exothermic and endothermic reactions Implementing at least one endothermic and/or exothermic reaction in a compact reactor which has passages for conducting gaseous and/or liquid media, through which passages the reactants of the endothermic or exothermic reaction as well as a heating medium or coolant... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989507 | Production of fuel materials utilizing waste carbon dioxide and hydrogen from renewable resources The present invention is directed to a method for utilizing CO2 waste comprising recovering carbon dioxide from an industrial process that produces a waste stream comprising carbon dioxide in an amount greater than an amount of carbon dioxide present in s... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989509 | Systems and processes for processing hydrogen and carbon monoxide In various implementations, various feed gas streams which include hydrogen and carbon monoxide may be processed for conversion to product streams. For example, the feed gas stream may be processed using the Fischer-Tropsch process. Unconverted hydrogen and carbon m... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7973086 | Process of synthesis gas conversion to liquid hydrocarbon mixtures using alternating layers of synthesis gas conversion catalyst and hydrocracking catalyst Disclosed is a process for converting synthesis gas to liquid hydrocarbon mixtures useful in the production of fuels and petrochemicals. The synthesis gas is contacted with at least two layers of synthesis gas conversion catalyst and at least two layers of acidic hy... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7968610 | Process for stabilizing the performances of a catalyst for Fischer Tropsch reaction Process for maintaining the stability of performances of a catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch reaction, performed in a slurry bubble column reactor under a triphase system which comprises gradually increasing the PH2O/PH2 ratio and the PH2O | 06/28/2011 |
| 7960441 | Method for reprocessing combustion products from fossil fuels The present invention relates to a method for reprocessing of the combustion products, carbon dioxide and water, to generate renewable synthetic fuels and motor fuels by means of electrical energy, involving, according to the invention, mixing hydrogen, produced fro... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7947746 | Process for the conversion of hydrocarbons into ethanol Process for converting synthesis gas to ethanol, including the steps of 1) introducing synthesis gas, together with methyl ethanoate and/or ethyl ethanoate, into an alcohol synthesis unit to produce methanol and ethanol, 2) separating the methanol from the ethanol o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7943673 | Process for conversion of synthesis gas to hydrocarbons using a zeolite-methanol catalyst system A process is described for converting synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen to hydrocarbons via methanol as an intermediate, by contacting the synthesis gas with a catalyst system containing a mixture of gallium silicate zeolite catalyst and a methan... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7935734 | Catalytic reaction process using microchannel technology The disclosed technology relates to a process for conducting a chemical reaction between at least one liquid reactant and at least one gaseous reactant in a process microchannel containing at least one catalyst, the catalyst comprising a solid phase catalyst or a ho... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932296 | Catalytic partial oxidation reforming for syngas processing and products made therefrom Systems and methods for producing syngas are provided. A first hydrocarbon can be partially oxidized in the presence of an oxidant and one or more first catalysts at conditions sufficient to partially combust a portion of the first hydrocarbon to provide carbon diox... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7919536 | Slurry bed loop reactor and use thereof The present invention relates to a slurry bed loop reactor comprising a riser and at least one downcomer (3), wherein two ends of the riser are connected to two ends of the downcomer (3) via lines (16) and (7), respectively. The riser com... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7884138 | Process for making Fischer-Tropsch olefinic naphtha and hydrogenated distillates A process is described by which an olefinic naphtha and a hydrogenated distillate fuel are made from a Fischer-Tropsch process. The olefinic naphtha is suitable for use in an ethylene cracker where the olefins enhance the formation of ethylene. Thy hydrogenated dist... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7872054 | Method for producing bio-fuel that integrates heat from carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions to drive biomass gasification reactions A low-temperature catalytic process for converting biomass (preferably glycerol recovered from the fabrication of bio-diesel) to synthesis gas (i.e., H2/CO gas mixture) in an endothermic gasification reaction is described. The synthesis gas is used in exo... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7863340 | Systems, methods, and compositions for production of synthetic hydrocarbon compounds A process and system for producing hydrocarbon compounds or fuels that recycle products of hydrocarbon compound combustion—carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide, or both, and water. The energy for recycling is electricity derived from preferably not fossil based fuels... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855234 | Fischer-tropsch process and reactor assembly A method of accommodating a reduction in production capacity of one or more reactors in a multi-reactor assembly adapted for the production of hydrocarbon products from syngas, the syngas being provided by a syngas manufacturing facility and provided to an entry str... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7846977 | Processes using a supported catalyst The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a preferably oxidic, core material, a shell of zinc oxide around said core material, and a catalytically active material in or on the shell, based on one or more of the metals cobalt, iron, ruthenium and/or nick... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846978 | Selective oxidative conversion of methane to methanol, dimethyl ether and derived products The present invention relates to a method of producing methanol from a methane source by oxidizing methane under conditions sufficient to a mixture of methanol and formaldehyde while minimizing the formation of formic acid and carbon dioxide. The oxidation step is f... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7820726 | Removal of carbon dioxide from a gas stream A process for the production of normally gaseous, normally liquid and optionally normally solid hydrocarbons from a light hydrocarbonaceous feed gas stream, which feed gas stream includes sulphur compounds and carbon dioxide, the process comprising the steps of: (i)... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820727 | Process for the running of a reactor suitable for heterogeneous reactions combined with reactions taking place in three-phase system Process for the running of a reactor in which reactions take place in multiphase systems, wherein a gaseous phase prevalently consisting of CO and H2 is bubbled into a suspension of a solid in the form of particles (catalyst) in a liquid (prevalently reac... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820725 | Integrated microchannel synthesis and separation A process for carrying out at least two unit operations in series, the process comprising the step of: (a) directing a feed stream into an integrated assembly which comprises a first microchannel unit operation upon at least one chemical of the feed stream to genera... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7816415 | Method and apparatus for synthesizing hydrocarbons using sonic mixing and solid catalysts Gasses containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen are converted into hydrocarbons using a reactor vessel having a liquid, a catalyst dispersed in the liquid, and a sonic mixing system interfaced with the reactor vessel. The sonic mixing system is used to agitate the mi... | 10/19/2010 |
