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US 12,584,071 B2Granted
Integrated system of biomass to renewable natural gas to methanol, and other value added products
AssigneeGasTechno Corp
InventorsWalter Breidenstein, Randy D. Glad
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Abstract
An integrated system for the conversion of biomass to renewable natural gas and then to methanol and other value-added products is provided. The integrated system includes a compressor that receives biomass gases from a biomass source and a series of purification stations that produce purified gas from the biomass gases. Characteristically, the purified gas has an enhanced amount of methane. A gas-to-liquids plant converts the purified gas to a product blend that includes methanol.
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An integrated system comprising:
- a compressor that receives biomass gases from a biomass source;
- a series of purification stations that produce a purified gas from the biomass gases, the purified gas having an enhanced amount of methane, and a gas-to-liquids plant that converts the purified gas to a product blend that includes methanol;
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- a plasma reactor system for producing ethanol from carbon dioxide that is a by-product, the plasma reactor system including one or more dielectric barrier discharge plasma reactors, each dielectric barrier discharge plasma reactor being packed with a transition metal oxide catalyst, wherein the dielectric barrier discharge plasma reactors are adapted to receive carbon dioxide from the integrated system, wherein the product blend further includes dimethyl ether and hydrogen.
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