Co-production of fuels, chemicals and electric power using gas turbines
AssigneeGas Technology Institute
InventorsArunabha Basu, Iosif K. Rabovitser, John J. Lewnard, John M. Pratapas, Howard S. Meyer, Dennis Leppin, Dmitri Boulanov
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Abstract
A method and system for co-production of electric power, fuel, and chemicals in which a synthesis gas at a first pressure is expanded using a stand-alone mechanical expander or a partial oxidation gas turbine, simultaneously producing electric power and an expanded synthesis gas at a second pressure after which the expanded synthesis gas is converted to a fuel and/or a chemical.
Claims21
A method for co-production of fuels, chemicals, and electric power comprising the steps of:
- generating a synthesis gas in a reactor vessel, producing pressurized synthesis gas at a first pressure and a first temperature;
- expanding said pressurized synthesis gas using one of a stand-alone mechanical expander and a partial oxidation gas turbine, simultaneously producing electric power and an expanded synthesis gas at a second pressure and a second temperature;
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- converting said expanded synthesis gas to at least one of a fuel and a chemical.
A method for co-production of fuels, chemicals, and electric power comprising the steps of:
- introducing a fuel, an oxidant, and CO2 into a reactor vessel, producing pressurized synthesis gas at a first pressure;
- expanding said pressurized synthesis gas, simultaneously producing electric power and an expanded synthesis gas at a second pressure less than said first pressure and greater than one atmosphere;
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- converting said expanded synthesis gas to at least one of a fuel and a chemical.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.