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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168686 | Integrated biorefinery for production of liquid fuels A method and system for reforming a carbonaceous feedstock comprising the steps, reforming the feedstock produce a first synthesis gas, subjecting a portion of the first synthesis gas to catalytic conversion, separating from the synthesis gas conversion product at l... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8143320 | Methanol production process and system A process and a system are disclosed for producing methanol from synthesis gas. The synthesis gas is a stream containing H2, CO, and CO2 that is created using a nitrogen containing oxidant stream, such as air. The synthesis gas is then reacted ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8106102 | Process for the preparation and conversion of synthesis gas A process (10) for the preparation and conversion of synthesis gas includes reforming a feed gas (34) comprising methane in a reforming stage (18) to produce synthesis gas (46) which includes hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Some of the hydr... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8093306 | Integrated biorefinery for production of liquid fuels A method and system for reforming a carbonaceous feedstock comprising the steps, reforming the feedstock produce a first synthesis gas, subjecting a portion of the first synthesis gas to catalytic conversion, separating from the synthesis gas conversion product at l... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7985777 | Systems and methods for reactive distillation with recirculation of light components Systems and methods for producing gas-to-liquids products using reactive distillation are provided. The method for producing gas-to-liquids products can include reacting a feedstock in a column having a distillation zone and a reaction zone to provide a bottoms stre... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7910629 | Light ends recovery process for a GTL plant The GTL process of the invention comprises: reacting a combustible carbonaceous material in a syngas reactor, preferably an autothermal reformer, under conditions to produce a synthesis gas; contacting the synthesis gas with an F-T catalyst to form liquid products a... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7879919 | Production of hydrocarbons from natural gas A process for producing hydrocarbons from natural gas includes, in a cryogenic separation stage, cryogenically separating the natural gas to produce at least a methane stream and natural gas liquids, in a reforming stage, reforming the methane stream to produce a sy... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7855235 | Method to start a process for producing hydrocarbons from synthesis gas A method to start a steady state process for producing normally gaseous, liquid and solid hydrocarbons comprises providing a synthesis gas and catalytically converting the synthesis gas into normally gaseous, liquid or solid hydrocarbons. The process involves using ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7846979 | Process for the production of synthesis gas with conversion of CO2 into hydrogen Process for the production of liquid hydrocarbons from a feedstock that comprises at least one elementary feedstock from the group of biomass, coal, lignite, petroleum residues, methane, and natural gas, comprising: at least one stage a) for gasification of the feed... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7799834 | Methanol production process and system A process and a system are disclosed for producing methanol from synthesis gas. The synthesis gas is a stream containing H2, CO, and CO2 that is created using a nitrogen containing oxidant stream, such as air. The synthesis gas is then reacted ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7795317 | Process to prepare a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product The invention provides a process to prepare a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product from a gaseous mixture of hydrocarbons comprising methane, ethane and optional higher carbon number hydrocarbons comprising the steps of: (a) pre-reforming the hydrocarbon m... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7776932 | Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process with improved regulation A process for the production of liquid hydrocarbons by the Fischer-Tropsch process comprises a step a) for generating a synthesis gas, a step b) for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, a step c) for condensing the gaseous effluent obtained during step b), a step d) for separ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7501456 | Process for preparing liquid hydrocarbons A process for converting methane to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons comprises: (A) reforming methane by catalytic reaction with steam at elevated temperature to generate carbon monoxide and hydrogen; (B) subjecting the mixture of carbo... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7459486 | Making a methanol product in a slurry bubble reactor This invention is directed to a process of making a methanol product using a slurry bubble reactor. The reactor is operated in the liquid phase, with catalyst particles being suspended in the liquid. The invention provides for efficient use of heat and recovery of p... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7456226 | Method and installation for producing liquid energy carriers from a solid carbon carrier The invention relates to a method and installation for producing liquid energy carriers from a solid carbon carrier by means of gasifying a solid carbon carrier. The installation is at least comprised of a drying device, a gasification apparatus, a synthesizing devi... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7439274 | Process for producing liquid, and, optionally, gaseous products from gaseous reactants A process (10) for producing liquid and, optionally, gaseous products from gaseous reactants includes feeding at a low level gaseous reactants (14) and, optionally, a portion of a recycle gas stream into a vertically extending slurry bed (70) of... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432310 | Process for synthesising hydrocarbons A process (10) for synthesising hydrocarbons includes feeding a gaseous feedstock (18) comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide, into a first Fischer-Tropsch reaction stage (12) which is a three-phase low temperature catalytic Fischer-Tropsch rea... | 10/07/2008 |
| RE40419 | Production of synthetic transportation fuels from carbonaceous material using self-sustained hydro-gasification A process and apparatus for producing a synthesis gas for use as a gaseous fuel or as feed into a Fischer-Tropsch reactor to produce a liquid fuel in a substantially self-sustaining process. A slurry of particles of carbonaceous material in water, and hydrogen from ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7351750 | Method for producing long-chain hydrocarbons from natural gas Natural gas is reacted with steam for generating carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a first catalytic reactor. The resulting gas mixture is used to perform Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in a second catalytic reactor. After performing Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, the remainin... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7323497 | Production of hydrocarbons by steam reforming and Fischer-Tropsch reaction A process for the production of hydrocarbons is described including; a) subjecting a mixture of a hydrocarbon feedstock and steam to catalytic steam reforming to form a partially reformed gas, b) subjecting the partially reformed gas to partial combustion with an ox... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314891 | Production of hydrocarbons A process for production of hydrocarbons including a) reforming a divided hydrocarbon feedstock stream, mixing the first stream with steam, passing the mixture over a catalyst disposed in heated heat exchange reformer tubes to form a primary reformed gas, forming a ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7288693 | Pulse flow reaction A method of operating a multi-phase downflow reactor so as to induce a pulsing flow regime is disclosed. The pulse may be induced by increasing the gas rate while maintaining the liquid rate until a pressure drop sufficient to induce the pulse flow is achieved. The ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7250449 | High temperature hydrocarbon cracking A process for converting natural gas to a hydrocarbon liquid wherein a stream of natural gas at a selected pressure is mixed with a hot gas stream which is at a temperature sufficient to affect a chemical reaction and form an intermediate product stream containing r... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250450 | Process for the production of hydrocarbons from gaseous hydrocarbonaceous feed A process for the production of hydrocarbons from gaseous hydrocarbonaceous feed involving the steps of: i) partial oxidation conversion of the gaseous hydrocarbonaceous feed and oxygen containing gas at elevated temperature and pr... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247656 | Membrane-enhanced liquid production for syngas hubs This disclosure discusses problems associated with using natural gas to produce a variety of synthetic hydrocarbon products by production processes that require syngas feedstocks with varying H2/CO and (H2−CO2)/(CO+CO2) ratios. A number of gas separation membranes... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7230034 | Prevention of and recovering from a catalyst bed slumping in a gas-agitated multiphase reactor The invention relates to methods for prevention of and recovery from a catalyst bed slumping in a gas-agitated multiphase hydrocarbon synthesis reactor, while the reactor is either under non-reactive conditions or under reaction promoting conditions when syngas is c... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214721 | Pre-converter for methanol synthesis A reactor system, plant and a process for the production of methanol from synthesis gas is described in which the reactor system comprises: (a) a first reactor adapted to be maintained under methanol synthesis conditions having inlet means for supply of... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214720 | Production of liquid fuels by a concatenation of processes for treatment of a hydrocarbon feedstock The invention relates to an installation and a process for the production of liquid fuels starting from a solid feedstock that contains the organic material in which: a) the solid feedstock is subjected to a gasification stage so a... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208530 | Production of synthetic transportation fuels from carbonaceous material using self-sustained hydro-gasification A process and apparatus for producing a synthesis gas for use as a gaseous fuel or as feed into a Fischer-Tropsch reactor to produce a liquid fuel in a substantially self-sustaining process. A slurry of particles of carbonaceous material in water, and hydrogen from ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7183328 | Methanol manufacture using pressure swing reforming A process for producing methanol is described in which a hydrocarbon is steam reformed in a reforming zone, and during the reforming stage, of a cyclic steam reformer having a reforming stage and a regeneration stage, the steam reforming being conducted under condit... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168265 | Integrated processing of natural gas into liquid products An integrated process for producing LNG and GTL products is provided, wherein a CO2-containing natural gas feed to an LNG production zone is first pre-treated to separate at least a portion of the CO2 therefrom, and the resulting CO2 | 01/30/2007 |
| 7148261 | Methanol manufacture using pressure swing reforming A process for producing methanol is described in which a hydrocarbon is steam reformed in a reforming zone, and during the reforming stage, of a cyclic steam reformer having a reforming stage and a regeneration stage, the steam reforming being conducted under condit... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144559 | Device and process optimizing the circulation of a suspension in an installation comprising a Fischer-Tropsch reactor Installation for chemical conversion of a feedstock by Fischer-Tropsch reaction comprising a reactor that contains a slurry constituted by at least one suspension of at least one solid in a liquid, a gas feed, a circuit, external to the reactor, of continuous circul... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144924 | Process for the production in continuous of hydrocarbons from synthesis gas in slurry reactors and for the separation of the liquid phase produced from the solid phase Hydrocarbons are prepared, liquid at the reaction temperature, by feeding synthesis gas into three-phase turbulent reactors in which the solid phase, consisting of the catalyst in the form of particles, is kept in suspension in the liquid phase by the rising synthes... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144923 | Methanol synthesis Methanol is synthesized from pre-heated methanol synthesis gas in one or more adiabatic synthesis stages with cooling of the resultant gas after each stage. Further methanol synthesis is then effected on the resultant partially reacted synthesis gas in a bed of synt... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138434 | Fischer-Tropsch process Process for converting synthesis gas to higher hydrocarbons, at an elevated temperature and pressure. The process comprises continuously introducing a synthesis gas feed stream comprising 0.1 to 50% by volume of carbon dioxide into a continuous stirred reactor syste... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7125524 | Device and method for optimising the circulation of a suspension in a plant comprising a three-phase reactor To facilitate operation of a facility for chemical conversion of a feed that comprises a reactor (2) containing a slurry constituted by at least one suspension of at least one solid in a liquid, a gas supply, and a circuit that is external of the reactor, for... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119240 | Method for converting natural gas to olefins A process for converting natural gas to an olefin includes heating the gas to a selected range of temperature to convert a fraction of the gas stream to reactive hydrocarbons, primarily ethylene or acetylene, and reacting with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115669 | Minimizing the volume or maximizing the production rate of slurry bubble reactors by using large gas flow rates and moderate single pass conversion A gas-agitated multiphase reactor system that is effective for enabling maximum reactor productivity or minimizing reactor volume comprising at least two stages with or without recycle, wherein inlet gas superficial velocity is at least 20 cm/sec at Fischer-Tropsch ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115668 | Process for the production in continuous of hydrocarbons from synthesis gas Hydrocarbons are prepared, which are liquid at the reaction temperature, by feeding synthesis gas into three-phase turbulent reactors in which the solid phase, consisting of the catalyst in the form of particles, is kept in suspension in the liquid phase by the risi... | 10/03/2006 |
