Patents Assigned to West Biofuels, LLC
  • Synthesis gas reactor tubes and reactors and related systems and processes
    Patent number: 11207649
    Abstract: Methods, reactor tubes, reactors, and systems for catalysis are disclosed. A reactor tube includes an outer shell defining a catalyst bed, a catalyst within the catalyst bed, and an inner tube extending through the catalyst bed. An interior of the inner tube is isolated from the catalyst within the catalyst bed. Methods of activating a catalyst are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: West Biofuels, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew B. Hoffman, Matthew D. Summers
  • Fuel-gas reforming systems and methods
    Patent number: 7951350
    Abstract: A process and system for producing an effluent gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen is presented. The process includes introducing a fuel gas including a hydrocarbon and a reformer gas into a reactor system. The reformer gas may include steam, CO2, or a mixture thereof. Under steam reforming temperatures and pressures, the gases are reacted in the presence of reactant solids. The reaction process produces a carbon monoxide and hydrogen containing effluent, which may be withdrawn from the reactor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: West Biofuels, LLC
    Inventor: Donald Taylor