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US 2014/0190179 A1Published application
Method of producing carbon black and generating energy
AssigneeAtlantic Hydrogen Inc.
InventorsMichael Owen Baker, Rodney Taylor
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Abstract
There is provided a process of producing carbon black and generating energy. The process includes converting a carbon black-yielding material supply into reaction product material. The reaction product material includes gaseous product material and solid particulate matter. The solid particulate matter includes carbon black. At least a fraction of the carbon black is recovered, and at least a fraction of the gaseous product material is combusted and used to effect generation of energy.
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A process of producing carbon black and generating energy comprising:
- converting a carbon black-yielding material supply into reaction product material, wherein the reaction product material includes gaseous product material and solid particulate matter, wherein the solid particulate matter includes carbon black;
- treating a solid particulate matter-comprising intermediate supply material, including at least a fraction of the gaseous product material, so as to effect production of a solid particulate matter-depleted intermediate supply material, wherein the ratio of [mass of solid particulate matter within the solid particulate matter-depleted intermediate supply material] to [total mass of solid particulate matter-depleted intermediate supply material] is less than the ratio of [mass of the solid particulate matter within the solid particulate matter-comprising intermediate supply material] to [total mass of the solid particulate matter-comprising intermediate supply material];
- supplying a fuel supply material, including at least a fraction of the solid particulate matter-depleted intermediate supply material, to a combustor;
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- combusting at least a fraction of the fuel supply material.
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A process of producing carbon black and generating energy comprising:
- while converting at least a fraction of a carbon black-yielding supply material into reaction product material, wherein the reaction product material includes gaseous product material and solid particulate matter, wherein the solid particulate matter includes carbon black, and while supplying a fraction of the gaseous product material to a combustor for effecting combusting of at least a fraction of the gaseous product material, upon termination of the combusting, diverting the supply of the gaseous product material to another unit operation.
A process of producing carbon black and generating energy comprising:
- while converting at least a fraction of a carbon black-yielding supply material into reaction product material, wherein the reaction product material includes gaseous product material and solid particulate matter, wherein the solid particulate matter includes carbon black, and while supplying a fraction of the gaseous product material to a combustor for effecting combusting of at least a fraction of the gaseous product material for supplying of combustion products to a gas turbine, in response to sensing of an upset condition associated with the operation of the gas turbine, diverting the supply of the gaseous product material to another unit operation.
A process of producing carbon black and generating energy comprising:
- converting a carbon black-yielding supply material into reaction product material, wherein the reaction product material includes gaseous product material and carbon black, and the gaseous product material includes heavy hydrocarbon material, and the heavy hydrocarbon material is defined by at least one heavy hydrocarbon compound;
- treating a heavy hydrocarbon-comprising intermediate supply material that includes a gaseous heavy hydrocarbon-comprising intermediate supply material, so as to effect production of a heavy hydrocarbon-depleted intermediate supply material that includes a gaseous heavy hydrocarbon-depleted intermediate supply material, wherein the ratio of [moles of heavy hydrocarbon material within the gaseous heavy hydrocarbon-depleted intermediate supply material] to [total moles of the gaseous heavy hydrocarbon-depleted intermediate supply material] is less than the ratio of [moles of heavy hydrocarbon material within the gaseous heavy hydrocarbon-comprising intermediate supply material] to [total moles of the gaseous heavy hydrocarbon-comprising intermediate supply material];
- supplying a fuel supply material, including at least a fraction of the heavy hydrocarbon-depleted intermediate supply material, to a combustor;
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- combusting at least a fraction of the fuel supply material;
- wherein the gaseous heavy hydrocarbon-comprising intermediate supply material includes at least a fraction of the gaseous product material.
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A process of producing carbon black and generating energy comprising:
- converting a carbon black-yielding supply material into reaction product material, wherein the reaction product material includes gaseous product material and carbon black, and the gaseous product material includes heavy hydrocarbon material, and the heavy hydrocarbon material is defined by at least one heavy hydrocarbon compound;
- cooling an intermediate supply material that includes a gaseous intermediate supply material, so as to effect condensation of, and thereby effect depletion of, heavier hydrocarbon material from the intermediate supply material, such that production of a heavy hydrocarbon-depleted intermediate supply material, that includes a gaseous heavy hydrocarbon-depleted intermediate supply material, is effected;
- supplying a fuel supply material, including at least a fraction of the heavy hydrocarbon-depleted intermediate supply material, to a combustor;
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- combusting at least a fraction of the fuel supply material;
- wherein the gaseous intermediate supply material includes at least a fraction of the gaseous product material.
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A process of producing carbon black, comprising:
- converting a carbon black-yielding material supply into reaction product material within a reaction zone, wherein the reaction product material includes gaseous product material and solid particulate matter, wherein the solid particulate matter includes carbon black;
- effecting separation of a solid particulate material from a solid particulate matter-comprising intermediate supply material, such that production of a solid particulate matter-depleted intermediate supply material is effected, wherein the solid particulate matter-comprising intermediate supply material includes at least a fraction of the reaction product material;
- collecting the separated solid particulate matter-comprising product material within a collection space;
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- after the collecting of the solid particulate matter-comprising product material within the collection space, purging at least a fraction of flammable material entrained within or adhered to, the solid particulate matter-comprising product material, such that production of a flammable material-depleted solid particulate matter-comprising product material is effected.
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The process as claimed in any one of claims 40 to 41;
- wherein the flammable material includes high calorific value- gaseous material.
A process for producing carbon black, comprising:
- converting a carbon black-yielding material supply into reaction product material, wherein the reaction product material includes gaseous product material and solid particulate matter, wherein the solid particulate material includes carbon black-comprising particulate material, and wherein the gaseous product material includes heavy hydrocarbon material;
- cooling a solid particulate matter-comprising intermediate supply material which includes at least a fraction of the reaction product material, such that at least a fraction of the heavy hydrocarbon material disposed within the gaseous product material is condensed and becomes entrained within, or adhered to, solid particulate material of the solid particulate matter-comprising intermediate supply material, such that production of a heavy hydrocarbon material-comprising solid particulate material is effected;
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- after the cooling, separating a solid particulate matter-comprising product material from the cooled solid particulate matter-comprising intermediate supply material, such that production of a solid particulate matter-depleted intermediate supply material is effected, wherein the solid particulate matter-comprising product material includes the heavy hydrocarbon material-comprising solid particulate material.
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A process for producing carbon black and generating energy, comprising:
- while reactive processes are being effected within a reaction zone, wherein the reactive processes include effecting at least one of pyrolysis and partial oxidation of a gaseous carbon black-yielding material supply, such that production of a reaction product material is effected, wherein the reaction product material includes gaseous product material and carbon black-comprising particulate material;
- indirectly cooling reaction zone material disposed within the reaction zone so as to effect at least partial quenching of the reaction processes being effected within the reaction zone, wherein the reaction zone material includes the gaseous carbon black-yielding material supply and the reaction product material;
- combusting at least a fraction of the produced gaseous product material to effect production of a gaseous combustion product;
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- contacting a turbine with a gaseous combustion product flow so as to effect rotation of the turbine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.