Liquid Phase Fischer-tropsch Reaction Patents (Class 518/700)
  • Patent number: 11578281
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a useful product from carbonaceous feedstock of fluctuating compositional characteristics, comprising the steps of: continuously providing the carbonaceous feedstock of fluctuating compositional characteristics to a gasification zone; gasifying the carbonaceous feedstock in the gasification zone to obtain raw synthesis gas; recovering at least part of the raw synthesis gas from the gasification zone and supplying at least part of the recovered raw synthesis gas to a partial oxidation zone; equilibrating the H2:CO ratio of the raw synthesis gas in the partial oxidation zone to obtain equilibrated synthesis gas; recovering at least part of the equilibrated synthesis gas from the partial oxidation zone and treating the gas to remove impurities and generate a fine synthesis gas; and converting the optionally adjusted fine synthesis gas into the useful product in a further chemical reaction requiring a usage ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Velocys Technologies Ltd
    Inventors: Ivan Philip Greager, Roger Allen Harris, Neil Alexander King, Soumitra R. Deshmukh, Zheyan Qiu, Ashish Gupta
  • Patent number: 11576929
    Abstract: This invention provides a more efficient means for treating inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases using CO. More specifically, the invention provides a composition for preventing and/or treating inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases, the composition comprising carbon monoxide and a solvent, the CO concentration being 800 ?M or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD., KYOTO PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Takagi, Yuji Naito, Katsura Miura, Shigeki Sakaue
  • Patent number: 11492301
    Abstract: An object is to provide a methane synthesis device having as a whole a reduced size and a simplified configuration. A methane synthesis device 100 is composed of respective components from an end plate 2 at the leftmost side to an end plate 23 at the rightmost side and is compactly assembled by fastening plural bolts and nuts to bring these individual components into tightly contact with each other. The components may be divided into a Sabatier reaction unit of signs 3 to 9, a water electrolysis unit of signs 13 to 19, and other components. Hydrogen gas generated in the water electrolysis unit is mixed with carbon dioxide gas and supplied to the Sabatier reaction unit, and methane is synthesized in the Sabatier reaction unit. The size of the device is reduced as a whole and configuration is simplified by integrally stacking the water electrolysis unit, the Sabatier reaction unit, a carbon dioxide supplying unit, and a hydrogen gas supplying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Sone, Omar Mendoza, Asuka Shima, Takayuki Abe, Mitsuhiro Inoue, Hiroshige Matsumoto, Yuki Terayama, Motohiko Sato
  • Patent number: 11344860
    Abstract: A reactor system for conducting multiple continuous reactions in parallel may include a preheating unit that includes an outer preheater shell and a plurality of heating tubes disposed within the preheating shell and arranged in parallel. The reactor system may include a reactor unit downstream of the preheating unit, the reactor unit comprising a plurality of reactor tubes disposed within a reactor shell and an outer heating element disposed about the reactor shell. An inlet end of at least one of the reactor tubes may be fluidly coupled to at least one of the heating tubes of the preheating unit. The reactor unit may include a multi-chamber separator downstream of the reactor unit, the multi-chamber separator having a plurality of separation chambers. At least one of the separation chambers may be fluidly coupled to at least one of the reactor tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ali H. Alshareef, Omer Refa Koseoglu
  • Patent number: 11332674
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to improved catalysts that provide for reduced product contaminants, related methods and improved reaction products. It more specifically relates to improved direct fuel production and redox catalysts that provide for reduced levels of certain oxygenated contaminants, methods related to the use of those catalysts, and hydrocarbon fuel or fuel-related products that have improved characteristics. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of converting one or more carbon-containing feedstocks into one or more hydrocarbon liquid fuels. The method includes the steps of: converting the one or more carbon-containing feedstocks into syngas; and, converting the syngas to one or more hydrocarbons (including liquid fuels) and a water fraction. The water fraction comprises less than 500 ppm of one or more carboxylic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Greyrock Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Schuetzle, Dennis Schuetzle
  • Patent number: 11104853
    Abstract: A unique process and catalyst is described that operates efficiently for the direct production of a high cetane diesel type fuel or diesel type blending stock from stochiometric mixtures of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This invention allows for, but is not limited to, the economical and efficient production high quality diesel type fuels from small or distributed fuel production plants that have an annual production capacity of less than 10,000 barrels of product per day, by eliminating traditional wax upgrading processes. This catalytic process is ideal for distributed diesel fuel production plants such as gas to liquids production and other applications that require optimized economics based on supporting distributed feedstock resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Greyrock Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Schuetzle, Dennis Schuetzle
  • Patent number: 10926239
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel processor component for a propylene glycol fuel processor, comprising at least one housing (G) having at least two inlets (E1, E2) and two outlets (A1, A2), wherein there is a multitude of first plates (P1) having a first side (S1) and a second side (S2) and second plates (P2) having a third side (S3) and a fourth side (S4) arranged as a stack in the housing (G), wherein the stacked first and second plates (P1, P2) form at least first cavities (H1) and second cavities (H2), wherein the first inlet (E1) has fluid connection to the first outlet (A1) via first cavities (H1) and the second inlet (E2) has fluid connection to the second outlet (A2) via second cavities (H2). The invention further relates to a propylene glycol fuel processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: DIEHL AEROSPACE GMBH
    Inventors: David Tiemann, Jochen Schuerer, Gunther Kolb
  • Patent number: 10874977
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process and a plant for removal of acidic gas constituents from synthesis gas by absorption in a physical scrubbing medium. A first scrubbing medium laden with at least carbon dioxide (CO2) is supplied to a decompression vessel for depressurization from a first absorption apparatus via a first feed conduit. Furthermore, a second scrubbing medium laden with at least carbon dioxide (CO2) is supplied to the decompression vessel for depressurization from a second absorption apparatus via a second feed conduit. The carbon dioxide concentration in the first laden scrubbing medium is higher than the carbon dioxide concentration in the second laden scrubbing medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Explotation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Sharon Corbet, Micro Guan, Alfred Gubrinski, Dorit Rappold, Sophia Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10821416
    Abstract: A box style steam methane reformer (15) has plural sections (37), with each section having walls (27-29-31, 33) forming an interior cavity (35) and open ends (43) that communicate with the interior cavity. Each section has a feedstock supply pipe (71) and a fuel supply pipe (63) located along the top wall, as well as a syngas collection pipe (79) and a flue gas collection duct (75) located outside of the bottom wall. The pipes and ducts have ends that are aligned with each other to allow the sections to be assembled together. Burners (67) are in the interior cavity and are connected to the fuel supply pipe. Reactor tubes (59) extend through the interior cavity. Refractory members (81) are located in the interior cavity and across a slot. The spacing between the refractory members varies to control the flow of flue gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventors: Tom Brown, Greg Carr, Cuong Nguyen, Michael O'Brien
  • Patent number: 10745624
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, disclosed herein is a method comprising the steps for producing lower molecular weight hydrocarbons. Also disclosed herein, is a system utilized to produce low molecular weight hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Labeeb Chaudhary Ahmed, Khalid Karim, Ali Al-Hammad
  • Patent number: 10590348
    Abstract: The disclosure deals with a slurry bubble column reactor for converting a gas mixture comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen into liquid hydrocarbons. The slurry bubble column reactor features a slurry bed of catalyst particles, an inlet conduit for feeding the gas mixture into the slurry bed, a filtration zone for separating the liquid hydrocarbons from the catalyst particles and a liquid outlet conduit for withdrawing the separated hydrocarbons from the filtration zone. The filtration zone is situated in the slurry bubble column reactor such that the slurry bed is found in a first and a second heat exchange zone with the filtration zone arranged between the first and the second heat exchange zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: L'AIR LIQUIDE Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude, The Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd
    Inventors: Marc Brueschke, Patrick Otto Taylor, Pål Søraker
  • Patent number: 10562003
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to chemical synthesis. The teachings thereof may be embodied in methods for chemical synthesis and/or reactors for synthesis. The teaching may increase the conversion of equilibrium-limited reactions in a single pass through a synthesis reactor. For example, a method may include: introducing a synthesis reactant into a reaction chamber with a prevailing pressure p1; forming a synthesis product; discharging the product and any unreacted reactant; separating the product from the unreacted reactant; and introducing the unreacted reactant into a second reaction chamber with a prevailing pressure p2 lower than the pressure p1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jakob Albert, Manfred Baldauf, Jenny Reichert, Alexander Tremel, Peter Wasserscheid
  • Patent number: 10464872
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing higher-value products from carbonaceous feedstocks. The process includes converting carbonaceous feedstock in a hydromethanation reactor to a methane-enriched raw product stream, converting the methane-enriched raw product stream to a methanol synthesis feed gas, then converting the methanol synthesis feed gas to higher-value products such as methanol and dimethyl ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: GreatPoint Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Avinash Sirdeshpande, Earl Robinson, Pattabhi K. Raman
  • Patent number: 10421912
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing hydrocarbons by operating a Fischer-Tropsch reactor comprising a fixed bed of reduced Fischer-Tropsch catalyst that comprises cobalt as catalytically active metal. Further, the present invention relates to a mixture of hydrocarbons obtainable by said Fischer-Tropsch reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Gerrit Leendert Bezemer, Harold Boerrigter, Hai Ming Tan
  • Patent number: 10384993
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, disclosed herein is a method comprising the steps for producing lower molecular weight C1-C5 hydrocarbons and alcohols. Also disclosed herein, are systems utilized to produce low molecular weight C1-C5 hydrocarbons and alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Labeeb Chaudhary Ahmed, Khalid Karim, Ali Al-Hammad
  • Patent number: 10214469
    Abstract: A method for producing high-efficiency methanol capable of reducing emission of carbon dioxide. The method includes: a first step of preparing mixed gas by using steam and natural gas as raw materials and converting C2+ hydrocarbon contained in the natural gas into methane on a catalyst; a second step of preparing a synthesis gas including carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen by reforming the mixed gas in a reformer filled with a reforming catalyst; and a third step of preparing methanol by using the synthesis gas as the raw material and reacting the synthesis gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ki Won Jun, In Hyuck Choi, Chun Dong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10214418
    Abstract: A system and method for processing unconditioned syngas first removes solids and semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOC), then removes volatile organic compounds (VOC), and then removes at least one sulfur containing compound from the syngas. Additional processing may be performed depending on such factors as the source of syngas being processed, the products, byproducts and intermediate products desired to be formed, captured or recycled and environmental considerations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: ThermoChem Recovery International, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Chandran, Daniel Michael Leo, Shawn Robert Freitas, Dave G. Newport, Hamilton Sean Michael Whitney, Daniel A. Burciaga
  • Patent number: 10208256
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for directly synthesizing monocyclic aromatic compounds and long-chain olefin compounds from a carbon dioxide-rich synthetic gas and, specifically, a method for directly synthesizing monocyclic aromatic compounds and long-chain olefin compounds from a carbon dioxide-rich synthetic gas, the method comprising a step of preparing a C1-C15 short-chain hydrocarbon by Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis and a step of preparing monocyclic aromatic compounds and long-chain olefin compounds by dehydrogenating the short-chain hydrocarbon products, and maximizing the yield of the short-chain hydrocarbon by using, as a synthetic gas to be used in FT synthesis, a carbon dioxide-rich synthetic gas in which the molar ratio of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide is delimited to a specific range, and maximizing the yield of the monocyclic aromatic compounds or the long-chain olefin compounds by specifying the composition of a catalyst to be used in the dehydrogenation and the temperature and pressure
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ki Won Jun, Yun Jo Lee, Geun Jae Kwak, Hae Gu Park, Yong Tae Kim, Seok Chang Kang
  • Patent number: 10196266
    Abstract: Process for producing hydrogen in which tail gas from a separate plant for production of gasoline or diesel is added downstream the steam methane reforming stage and upstream the water gas shift stage of a hydrogen production plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/S
    Inventor: Kristian Lindell
  • Patent number: 10112166
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for capturing and recycling iron catalyst used in the production of haloalkane compounds and more particularly, to an improved process for the manufacture of the compound 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane (HCC-240fa), in which an electromagnetic separation unit (EMSU) is used to facilitate the reaction. When energized, the EMSU functions to remove all iron particles from the reactor effluent; when de-energized, the iron particles captured by the EMSU can be flushed back into the reactor for re-use in the continued production of HCC-240fa. The present invention is also useful in the manufacturing processes for other haloalkane compounds such as HCC-250 and HCC-360.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Close, Haiyou Wang, Hsueh Sung Tung, Stephen A. Cottrell
  • Patent number: 10087121
    Abstract: A process to efficiently convert organic feedstock material into liquid non-oxygenated hydrocarbons in the C5 to C12 carbon skeleton range is disclosed. The process can utilize gaseous, liquid or solid organic feedstocks containing carbon, hydrogen and, optionally, oxygen. The feedstock may require preparation of the organic feedstock for the process and is converted first into a synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The synthesis gas is then cleaned and conditioned and extraneous components removed, leaving substantially only the carbon monoxide and hydrogen. It is then converted via a series of chemical reactions into the desired liquid hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbons are suitable for combustion in a vehicle engine and may be regarded a replacement for petrol made from fossil fuels in the C5 to C12 carbon backbone range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Inventors: Karen Sue Kelly, Larry Jack Melnichuk
  • Patent number: 9969939
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for producing a hydrocarbon fraction. The hydrocarbon fraction is formed from biomass based synthesis gas, the synthesis gas is fed through at least two catalyst layer, the first catalyst layer includes Fe-based catalyst, the second catalyst layer includes Co-based catalyst, and the synthesis gas is treated by supplying the synthesis gas through the first and second catalyst layers in order to form a hydrocarbon composition including the hydrocarbon fraction. Further, provided is a hydrocarbon fraction and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy
    Inventors: Matti Reinikainen, Pekka Simell
  • Patent number: 9909071
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a process ideal for small scale (distributed) gas to liquids production by recycling and processing some side (non-targeted) products. During operation, the system produces a range of hydrocarbon outputs. The disclosed embodiments recycle non-targeted outputs to maximize the output of targeted hydrocarbon products. Recycled outputs include waxes, light gases and syngas. These embodiments allow for, but are not limited to, the efficient production of high cetane diesel fuel through the recycling of long-chain hydrocarbon wax and short-chain light. Process efficiency is further increased through the recycling of tail-gas produced from catalytic reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Greyrock Technology LLC
    Inventors: Robert Schuetzle, Dennis Schuetzle, Matthew Caldwell
  • Patent number: 9759699
    Abstract: A gas sensor system is disclosed for detection of a compound that decomposes upon exposure to a metal oxide catalyst. The gas sensor system includes a sensor which includes a microheater, and a metal oxide catalyst that covers the microheater. The gas sensor system includes a pre-concentrator upstream from the sensor that lowers the limit of the detection of a compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Council on Postsecondary Education
    Inventors: Otto J. Gregory, Daniel Mallin, Zach Caron, Mitch Champlin
  • Patent number: 9745234
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of ethylene glycol and 1, 2-propylene glycol from starting material comprising one or more saccharides, wherein the process comprises the steps of i) providing the starting material and hydrogen to a first reactor, which first reactor operates with mixing; ii) reacting said starting material and hydrogen in the first reactor in the presence of solvent and a catalyst system; iii) continuously removing a first reactor product stream from the first reactor; iv) supplying at least a portion of the first reactor product stream to a second reactor, which reactor operates essentially in a plug flow manner; and v) further reacting the first reactor product stream with hydrogen in the presence of a solvent and optionally a catalyst system in the second reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Evert Van Der Heide, Pieter Huizenga, Govinda Subbanna Wagle
  • Patent number: 9732281
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to modifications of bitumen and heavy oil upgrading and refining processes to synthesize synthetic crude oil and other valuable synthesized hydrocarbon products in an efficient manner along with the production of commercially valuable co-products from by-products formed by the upgrading process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Expander Energy Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Kresnyak
  • Patent number: 9718751
    Abstract: A process for preparing one or more reaction products, in which a first methane-rich feed stream is subjected to a partial oxidation process and/or an autothermal reforming process and a second methane-rich feed stream is subjected to a steam reforming process, in which a first synthesis gas-containing output stream is formed from the first methane-rich feed stream and a second synthesis gas-containing output stream is formed from the second methane-rich feed stream and these synthesis gas streams are used to form a collective synthesis gas stream and fluid from the collective synthesis gas stream is subjected to a molecular weight-increasing reaction in a synthesis feed stream to obtain a synthesis output stream comprising carbon dioxide and the reaction product(s). At least one carbon dioxide-rich first recycle stream is formed from fluid from the synthesis output stream and fluid from the first recycle stream is subjected to the steam reforming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Peschel, Helmut Fritz, Thomas Bartesch, Johannes Fendt
  • Patent number: 9708543
    Abstract: An integrated plant for the conversion of a hydrocarbon gas such as natural gas to useful hydrocarbon liquid fuels and feed-stocks comprises an H2+CO syn-gas generation system which provides feed gas to a Fischer-Tropsch catalytic hydrocarbon synthesis system with an associated power and heat energy system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: GTLpetrol LLC
    Inventor: Rodney J. Allam
  • Patent number: 9656247
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of a modified catalyst support comprising: (a) treating a bare catalyst support material with an aqueous solution or dispersion of one or more titanium metal sources and one or more carboxylic acids; and (b) drying the treated support, and (c) optionally calcining the treated support. Also provided are catalyst support materials obtainable by the methods, and catalysts prepared from such supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Velocys Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Francis Daly, Laura Richard, Sreekala Rugmini
  • Patent number: 9637432
    Abstract: A method and system for producing methanol that employs steam methane reforming (SMR) and/or autothermal (ATR) synthesis gas production system, together with a partial oxidation system, is disclosed. The dual mode system and method for producing the synthesis gas in a methanol production process optimizes the efficiency and productivity of the methanol plant by using the partial oxidation based reforming system as an independent source of synthesis gas. The disclosed methods and systems are configurable either as a retrofit to existing methanol production facilities or as an integrated package into newly constructed methanol production facilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Shrikar Chakravarti, Minish Shah, Raymond F. Drnevich
  • Patent number: 9637433
    Abstract: A mobile system and method that reform flare gas, methane, or natural gas, using air without steam, to directly produce methanol, a clean burning gasoline blend, component, and/or substitute are disclosed. The system first reforms the air-methane mixture at ambient atmospheric pressure, then compresses the resulting CO-hydrogen-nitrogen gas mixture to 600 psi, and feeds it through a methanol reactor which reacts the gas mixture directly into methanol. The nitrogen is returned by the system back to the atmosphere. Methanol is a clean burning gasoline substitute, and can be used to displace significantly costlier and dirtier petroleum-based fuel, while solving a critical problem with flaring. For example, the over 120 billion cubic feet per year that was flared in North Dakota in 2014 could be converted into over 6 million tons of methanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Pioneer Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M Zubrin, Boris Nizamov, Thomas L Henshaw, Adam M Kortan, James Siebarth, Colin Apke, Mark Berggren
  • Patent number: 9631147
    Abstract: A unique process and catalyst is described that operates efficiently for the direct production of a high cetane diesel type fuel or diesel type blending stock from stoichiometric mixtures of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This invention allows for, but is not limited to, the economical and efficient production high quality diesel type fuels from small or distributed fuel production plants that have an annual production capacity of less than 10,000 barrels of product per day, by eliminating traditional wax upgrading processes. This catalytic process is ideal for distributed diesel fuel production plants such as gas to liquids production and other applications that require optimized economics based on supporting distributed feedstock resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Greyrock Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Schuetzle, Dennis Schuetzle
  • Patent number: 9616406
    Abstract: A method is proposed for installing monoliths (2) each formed of a ceramic block having a multiplicity of mutually parallel channels wherethrough the reaction gas mixture of a heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase reaction can flow in a reactor (1) for conducting heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase reactions, wherein said monoliths (2) are stacked side by side and on top of each other in the reactor interior, wherein the monoliths are sealed off from each other and from the inner wall of said reactor (1) by mats (3) each comprising an intumescent mat which before installation in said reactor (1) were completely enveloped in a polymeric film, wherein the interior enclosed by the polymeric film and containing said mat (3) is evacuated and wherein the interior enclosed by the polymeric film and containing said mat (3) is devacuated after installation in said reactor (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerhard Olbert, Jochen Gauer, Arnold Kühling, Carlos Tellaeche Herranz
  • Patent number: 9556392
    Abstract: This invention relates to an integrated gasification apparatus for carbonaceous fuel, wherein high-pressure steam produced during a gasification process of carbonaceous fuel is directly used to dry the carbonaceous fuel, and steam obtained through the drying process is directly used in a water gas shift process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD, SK ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Hoe Yi, In Kwon Bae, Gyoo Tae Kim, Jae Wook Shin
  • Patent number: 9528049
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a paraffin product from a carbonaceous feedstock comprising (a) partial oxidation of the carbonaceous feedstock to obtain a mixture comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide, (b) performing a Fischer-Tropsch reaction using the mixture as obtained in step (a) and recovering an off-gas from the Fischer-Tropsch reaction and a paraffin product, (c) subjecting at least a part of the off-gas from the Fischer-Tropsch reaction to conversion using a catalyst comprising iron, or a catalyst comprising iron and chromium, followed by a hydrogenation step (d) using a steam/off-gas mol ratio in the range of between 0.5 and 1.5 and a catalyst comprising copper and zinc, followed by a conversion step (e) using a nickel based catalyst, and (f) preparing a hydrogen comprising gas from at least a part of the off-gas from the Fischer-Tropsch reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Matthieu Simon Henri Fleys, Tathagata Goswami, Arjan Allert Jonckers
  • Patent number: 9505689
    Abstract: Process and reaction system for the preparation of methanol comprising two reaction units, wherein a first unit is operated on a mixture of fresh synthesis gas and unconverted synthesis gas and a second unit solely with unconverted synthesis gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/S
    Inventors: Marcus Almqvist, Christophe Duwig, Per Juul Dahl
  • Patent number: 9487710
    Abstract: A process for producing at least one product from at least one gaseous reactant includes feeding the gaseous reactant, as a gaseous feed or as part of a gaseous feed which is at an inlet superficial gas velocity of at least 0.5 m/s, into a vessel holding an expanded slurry bed of solid catalyst particles suspended in a suspension liquid so that the gaseous reactant can bubble upwardly through the slurry bed. The slurry bed has a catalyst loading of at least 20% by volume of degassed slurry. The gaseous reactant is allowed to react catalytically at a pressure above atmospheric pressure as the gaseous reactant bubbles upwardly through the slurry bed to produce at least one product. The product and any unreacted gaseous reactant are withdrawn from the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: SASOL TECHNOLOGY (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
    Inventor: Berthold Berend Breman
  • Patent number: 9464014
    Abstract: In a process for the preparation of methanolin parallel reactors, comprising the steps of (a) reacting carbon oxides and hydrogen in the presence of a methanol catalyst in a first methanol reactor to obtain a first methanol-containing effluent, (b) introducing and reacting unconverted synthesis gas in a second methanol reactor in the presence of a methanol catalyst to obtain a second methanol-containing effluent, the first methanol reactor and the second methanol reactor being connected in parallel, (c) combining the first and second effluent, and (d) cooling and separating the combined and cooled effluent into a methanol-containing liquid phase and unconverted synthesis gas, the methanol catalyst in the first methanol reactor is indirectly cooled by boiling water and the methanol catalyst in the second methanol reactor is either directly or indirectly cooled by the unconverted synthesis gas prior to conversion into the second effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/S
    Inventors: Hassan Modarresi, Christian Wix
  • Patent number: 9403693
    Abstract: A process for the purification of an aqueous stream coming from the Fischer-Tropsch reaction using distillation and/or stripping treatment, a treatment with at least one inorganic base and a treatment with at least one organic base. This process allows at least a part of the aqueous stream coming from the Fischer-Tropsch reaction to be used as process water in the synthesis gas production plant, subsequently sent to the Fischer-Tropsch plant for the production of hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: ENI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Lino Carnelli, Roberta Miglio, Roberto Zennaro
  • Patent number: 9387463
    Abstract: A process for preparing a cobalt-containing hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst includes, in a carbide formation step, treating an initial catalyst precursor comprising a catalyst support supporting cobalt and/or a cobalt compound, with a CO containing gas at a temperature T. T is from 200° C. to 280° C. The cobalt or cobalt compound is converted to cobalt carbide thereby obtaining a cobalt carbide containing catalyst precursor. The CO containing gas (when it contains H2) does not have a CO to H2 molar ratio equal to or less than 33:1. The carbide formation step is carried out under non-oxidative conditions. In a subsequent activation step, the cobalt carbide containing catalyst precursor is subjected to treatment with a hydrogen containing gas at a temperature T2. T2 is at least 300° C. The cobalt carbide is converted to cobalt metal thereby activating the cobalt carbide containing catalyst precursor and obtaining a cobalt-containing hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: SASOL TECHNOLOGY (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
    Inventor: Hendrik Van Rensburg
  • Patent number: 9381496
    Abstract: A nanoparticle carrying method making a carrier adsorb ammonium ions, making the nanoparticles adsorb an organic acid, and making the carrier and the nanoparticles contact each other in a basic solution to thereby cause the carrier to adsorb the nanoparticles. Nanoparticles can be carried in high dispersion irrespective of superhydrophilicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Takeshima, Toru Sasatani
  • Patent number: 9376352
    Abstract: A start-up method of a bubble column slurry bed reactor for producing hydrocarbons includes: a first step that fills into a reactor a slurry in which a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction catalyst particles are suspended in a slurry preparation oil with a 5% distillation point of 120 to 270° C., a 95% distillation point of 330 to 650° C., and a sulfur component and an aromatic component of 1 mass ppm or less, and a second step that, in a state where synthesis gas that is primarily hydrogen and carbon monoxide is introduced into the slurry filled into the reactor, raises the temperature of the reactor and starts the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction. As the slurry preparation oil, one containing predetermined components in preset amounts is used. In the first step, the slurry is filled into the reactor in an amount in which airborne droplets do not flow out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, INPEX CORPORATION, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Tasaka
  • Patent number: 9365466
    Abstract: A system and method for producing a liquid hydrocarbon product from a Fischer-Tropsch process using a synthesis gas feed produced in an oxygen transport membrane based reforming reactor. The system and method involve reforming a mixed feed stream comprising natural gas, hydrogen and the Fischer-Tropsch tail gas, in a reforming reactor in the presence of steam, radiant heat from oxygen transport membrane elements and a reforming catalyst to produce a reformed synthesis gas stream comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and unreformed hydrocarbon gas. The reformed synthesis gas stream is further reformed in an oxygen transport membrane based reforming reactor and conditioned to produce a synthesis gas product stream preferably having a H2/CO ratio of from about 1.7 to about 2.2. The synthesis gas product stream is then synthesized using a Fischer Tropsch process to produce the liquid hydrocarbon product and a Fischer-Tropsch tail gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Shrikar Chakravarti, Kenneth L. Burgers, Raymond F. Drnevich, Ines C. Stuckert
  • Patent number: 9340732
    Abstract: A bitumen and heavy oil upgrading process and system is disclosed for the synthesis of hydrocarbons, an example of which is synthetic crude oil (SCO). The process advantageously avoids the waste attributed to residuum and/or petcoke formation which has a dramatic effect on the yield of hydrocarbon material generated. The process integrates Fischer-Tropsch technology with gasification and hydrogen rich gas stream generation. The hydrogen rich gas generation is conveniently effected using singly or in combination a hydrogen source, a hydrogen rich vapor from hydroprocessing and the Fischer-Tropsch process, a steam methane reformer (SMR) and autothermal reformer (ATR) or a combination of SMR/ATR. The feedstock for upgrading is distilled and the bottoms fraction is gasified and converted in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor. A resultant hydrogen lean syngas is then exposed to the hydrogen rich gas stream to optimize the formation of, for example, the synthetic crude oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Expander Energy Inc.
    Inventor: Kresnyak Steve
  • Patent number: 9328291
    Abstract: A bitumen and heavy oil upgrading process and system is disclosed for the synthesis of hydrocarbons, an example of which is synthetic crude oil (SCO). The process advantageously avoids the waste attributed to residuum and/or petcoke formation which has a dramatic effect on the yield of hydrocarbon material generated. The process integrates Fischer-Tropsch technology with gasification and hydrogen rich gas stream generation. The hydrogen rich gas generation is conveniently effected using singly or in combination a hydrogen source, a hydrogen rich vapor from hydroprocessing and the Fischer-Tropsch process, a steam methane reformer (SMR) and autothermal reformer (ATR) or a combination of SMR/ATR. The feedstock for upgrading is distilled and the bottoms fraction is gasified and converted in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor. A resultant hydrogen lean syngas is then exposed to the hydrogen rich gas stream to optimize the formation of, for example, the synthetic crude oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Expander Energy Inc.
    Inventor: Kresnyak Steve
  • Patent number: 9314780
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst composition useful in a process for producing lower olefins from a oxygenate feedstream, a process for producing said catalyst composition and a process for producing lower olefins comprising contacting a oxygenate feedstream with the catalyst composition M1-M2-P/ZSM-5 with an oxygenate-comprising feedstream, wherein M1 is one or more basic species, M2 is one or more redox elements selected from Groups 6-8 of the Periodic Table of Elements and Sn and P is phosphorus, wherein said basic species is a molecular entity forming a weak Lewis base and/or a weak Bronsted base in the catalyst composition. In addition thereto, the present invention relates to an integrated process for producing lower olefins from a feedstream comprising hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Aghaddin Kh. Mammadov
  • Patent number: 9290700
    Abstract: The invention relates to synthesis of liquid C5 and higher hydrocarbons from CO and H2 according to the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. An object is to provide high syngas conversion rate, minimum content of waxes in the products, high content of C10-C20 fractions per pass within a single reactor and avoidance of use of expensive catalyst components. The claimed method for preparing synthetic liquid hydrocarbons by catalytic conversion of a syngas according to the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis comprises sequential passing the reaction mixture through at least four layers of a multilayer fixed bed of granulated catalysts, wherein a first layer in the direction of passing the reaction mixture comprises a cobalt Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst that provides occurring the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis at Anderson-Schulz-Flory factor of 0.67 to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: INFRA XTL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Lilia Vadimovna Sineva, Vladimir Zalmanovich Mordkovich
  • Patent number: 9290699
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the synthesis of hydrocarbons from a feed comprising synthesis gas, in which a solid catalyst comprising cobalt is used in a three-phase reaction section operated such that said catalyst is maintained in suspension in a liquid phase by movement of a gas phase from the bottom to the top of said reaction section, said process comprising an external loop for separating waxes, characterized in that: 1) the theoretical ratio PH2O:PH2 in the external loop for separating waxes is determined using the following calculation: PH2O:PH2 theoretical=Cv/(R1?Rft×Cv) where Cv=(COinlet?COdegas)/COinlet R1=H2 inlet/COinlet Rft=(H2 inlet?H2 degas)/(COinlet?COdegas) 2) if the theoretical ratio PH2O:PH2 determined in step 1) has a value of Rthreshold or higher, the temperature in the degassing means for the external loop for separating waxes is reduced, 3) steps 1) to 2) are repeated until the theoretical ratio PH2O:PH2 has a value strictly less than Rthreshold, where Rthreshold
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: ENI S.P.A., IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Jean Philippe Heraud, Jean Christophe Viguie, Sebastien Boucher, Chiara Della Torre, Elsa Mignone
  • Patent number: 9290422
    Abstract: A hybrid plant and method for producing liquid fuel product from hydrogen and carbon monoxide containing streams produced by gasifying solid carbonaceous feedstock and steam reforming of light fossil fuels. When a gasification unit in the hybrid plant is operating at reduced capacity or is not operational, oxygen that would have been used in the gasification unit is diverted to a light fossil fuel conversion unit containing an autothermal reformer to increase H2-rich syngas flow to a liquid fuel production unit and maintain liquid fuel production at near nameplate capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond F. Drnevich, Shrikar Chakravarti, Minish M. Shah
  • Patent number: 9278891
    Abstract: A system for a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis using a three-phase reactor in which a primary filter removes coarse catalyst particles from the product and in which catalyst fines are removed in a secondary filter. Some or all portion of the product wax from the secondary filter can be recycled back to the reactor, either as a back flush medium for the primary filter or directly to the slurry in the reactor, whereby removal of catalyst fines is rendered independent of the rate of wax production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: GTL.F1 AG
    Inventors: Pal Soraker, Manfred Ruppel, Dag Schanke, Matthias Wagner