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US 2014/0191162 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for biomass gasification
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorJinmesh Pranav Majmudar
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Abstract
A system includes a gasifier configured to gasify a mixture of a biomass feedstock and an oxidant to generate a producer gas and a producer gas purification system configured to purify the producer gas from the gasifier. The system also includes a gas supply system configured to supply a gas that is not the oxidant to at least one of the gasifier, or the producer gas purification system, or any combination thereof.
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A system, comprising:
- a gasifier configured to gasify a mixture of a biomass feedstock and an oxidant to generate a producer gas;
- a producer gas purification system configured to purify the producer gas from the gasifier;
- and
- a gas supply system configured to supply a recycle gas to at least one of the gasifier, or the producer gas purification system, or any combination thereof, wherein the recycle gas comprises an exhaust gas, one or more gases separated from the exhaust gas, or a combination thereof, generated from a combustion system.
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A system, comprising:
- a gasifier configured to gasify a mixture of a biomass feedstock and an oxidant to generate a producer gas;
- a producer gas purification system configured to purify the producer gas from the gasifier;
- a combustion system configured to combust the producer gas from the producer gas purification system to generate an exhaust gas;
- and
- a pressure swing adsorption system configured to separate the exhaust gas from the combustion system into a first gas and a second gas, wherein the pressure swing absorption system is configured to supply the first gas to at least one of the gasifier, or the producer gas purification system, or any combination thereof.
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A method, comprising:
- gasifying a mixture of a biomass feedstock and an oxidant in a gasifier to generate a producer gas;
- purifying the producer gas from the gasifier using a producer gas purification system;
- combusting the producer gas to generate an exhaust gas using a combustion system;
- separating the exhaust gas into a first gas and a second gas using a pressure swing adsorption system;
- and
- supplying the first gas to at least one of the gasifier, or the producer gas purification system, or any combination thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.