Process for producing a synthesis gas
AssigneeCasale SA
InventorsRaffaele Ostuni, Geoffrey Frederick Skinner, Ermanno Filippi
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Abstract
Process for manufacturing a hydrogen-containing synthesis gas from a natural gas feedstock, comprising the conversion of said natural gas into a raw product gas and purification of said product gas, the process having a heat input provided by combustion of a fuel; said process comprises a step of conversion of a carbonaceous feedstock, and at least a portion of said fuel is a gaseous fuel obtained by said step of conversion of said carbonaceous feedstock.
Claims1
A method for revamping a plant for the production of a hydrogen-containing synthesis gas, said plant comprising a conversion section, at least one fired device producing heat for said conversion section and a fuel line being directed to said fired device;
- said plant being fed with a natural gas feedstock and said natural gas feedstock being split into a first fraction used as process gas in the conversion section and a second fraction used as fuel and directed to said fired-device;
- wherein:
- a gasification section including a gasifier fed with a carbonaceous feedstock is added to said plant, wherein said carbonaceous feedstock is solid or liquid;
- said gasification section being arranged to produce at least part of said fuel directed to said fired device, replacing a corresponding part of said second fraction of natural gas,
- wherein the conversion section includes a reforming section, and the effluent of said gasifier is used as fuel, not as a process gas, and provides at least part of the total amount of fuel directed to said reforming section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.