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US 12,071,345 B2Granted
Systems and methods for producing synthesis gas
OwnerBrian H. Dennis, Frederick M. MacDonnellinventors
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a system for producing synthesis gas, the system including a reactor including a burner, a combustion chamber, and a catalyst chamber, and a mixer upstream of the reactor configured to mix fuel with steam to produce humidified fuel that is provided to the burner of the reactor.
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A method for producing synthesis gas, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a reactor comprising a combustion chamber;
- providing an electric heater comprising a heating element disposed vertically within a pressure vessel;
- generating steam using the electric heater, wherein the step of generating steam comprises:
- pumping water into a bottom of the pressure vessel, supplying power to the heating element such that a free surface is formed within the pressure vessel between a liquid water phase and a saturated steam phase, and outputting steam from the pressure vessel;
- mixing the steam output from the pressure vessel with a fuel gas to produce humidified fuel;
- controlling the ratio of steam to fuel of the humidified fuel by adjusting the power supplied to the heating element to control a rate of steam generation from the pressure vessel;
- delivering the humidified fuel and oxygen gas to the combustion chamber of the reactor;
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- combusting the humidified fuel and the oxygen gas to produce synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide within the reactor.
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