# US 2017/0284295 A1 · System for generating syngas and an associated method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0284295 A1 - Document ID: US20170284295A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/085,409 - Filed: 2016-03-30 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-30 - Assignees: General Electric Company - Applicants: General Electric Company - Inventors: Vitali Victor Lissianski; Sergey Anatolievich Meshkov; Mathilde Bieber; Vitaly Vladimirovich Kuzminov - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170284295A1 ## CPC - F02C 3/30: Adding water, steam or other fluids {for influencing combustion, e.g. to obtain cleaner exhaust gases (F02C7/141, F02C7/30, F01D21/00, F01K21/04, F23D11/10 take precedence)} - F02C 3/28: using a separate gas producer for gasifying the fuel before combustion - F02C 3/34: with recycling of part of the working fluid, i.e. semi-closed cycles with combustion products in the closed part of the cycle - F02C: GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B11/00) ## Abstract A system and method for generating an exhaust syngas are disclosed. The system includes a mixing unit, a heat exchanger, and an engine. The mixing unit is configured to mix a hydrocarbon fuel, an oxidant, and water to generate a fuel mixture. The heat exchanger is coupled to the mixing unit and is configured to receive the fuel mixture from the mixing unit, evaporate the water by heating the fuel mixture using a hot fluid, and generate a heated fuel mixture. The engine is coupled to the heat exchanger and is configured to receive the heated fuel mixture from the heat exchanger and generate an exhaust syngas by partially combusting the heated fuel mixture. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: a mixing unit configured to mix a hydrocarbon fuel, an oxidant, and water to generate a fuel mixture; a heat exchanger coupled to the mixing unit and configured to receive the fuel mixture and evaporate the water by heating the fuel mixture, using a hot fluid, to generate a heated fuel mixture; and an engine coupled to the heat exchanger and configured to receive the heated fuel mixture and generate an exhaust syngas by partially combusting the heated fuel mixture. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a condenser coupled to the engine through an exhaust manifold, wherein the condenser is configured to receive the exhaust syngas from the engine through the exhaust manifold and generate a separated syngas and condensed water from the exhaust syngas by a condensation process. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, further comprising a recirculation channel coupled to the condenser and the mixing unit, wherein the recirculation channel is configured to recirculate the condensed water from the condenser to the mixing unit to generate the fuel mixture. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the exhaust manifold extends from the engine to the condenser through the heat exchanger, wherein the exhaust manifold is configured to transfer the hot fluid in heat exchange relationship with the fuel mixture. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, further comprising a compressor coupled to the condenser and configured to compress the separated syngas to produce a pressurized separated syngas. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, further comprising a catalytic converter coupled to the compressor and configured to receive the pressurized separated syngas from the compressor and generate a liquid fuel and a tail gas from the pressurized separated syngas by a catalytic reaction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, further comprising a recirculation channel coupled to the catalytic converter and the mixing unit, wherein the recirculation channel is configured to circulate a portion of the tail gas from the catalytic converter to the mixing unit to generate the fuel mixture. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a turbine coupled to the engine through a first exhaust manifold, wherein the turbine is configured to receive the exhaust syngas from the engine through the first exhaust manifold and expand the exhaust syngas to produce an expanded exhaust syngas. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, further comprising a condenser coupled to the turbine through a second exhaust manifold, wherein the condenser is configured to receive the expanded exhaust syngas from the turbine through the second exhaust manifold and generate a separated syngas and condensed water from the expanded exhaust syngas by condensation process. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, further comprising a compressor coupled to the condenser and configured to compress the separated syngas to produce a pressurized separated syngas. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising a catalytic converter coupled to the compressor and configured to receive the pressurized separated syngas from the compressor and generate a liquid fuel and a tail gas from the pressurized separated syngas by a catalytic reaction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, further comprising a recuperator coupled to the compressor and the catalytic converter, wherein the second exhaust manifold extends from the turbine to the condenser through at least one of the heat exchanger and the recuperator, wherein the second exhaust manifold is configured to transfer the hot fluid in heat exchange relationship with the fuel mixture in the heat exchanger, wherein the second exhaust manifold is further configured to transfer the hot fluid in heat exchange relationship with the pressurized separated syngas in the recuperator. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, further comprising a compressor coupled to the heat exchanger and the engine, wherein the compressor is configured to be driven by the turbine via a shaft, and wherein the compressor is configured to receive the heated fuel mixture from the mixing unit and compress the heated fuel mixture before feeding the heated fuel mixture to the engine. ### Claim 14 A method comprising: mixing a hydrocarbon fuel, an oxidant, and water in a mixing unit, to generate a fuel mixture; evaporating the water by heating the fuel mixture, using a hot fluid in a heat exchanger, to generate a heated fuel mixture; and generating an exhaust syngas by partially combusting the heated fuel mixture in an engine. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: receiving the exhaust syngas from the engine in a condenser, through an exhaust manifold; and generating a separated syngas and condensed water from the exhaust syngas by a condensation process, in the condenser. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising transferring the hot fluid from the engine in heat exchange relationship with the fuel mixture in the heat exchanger to heat the fuel mixture, wherein the hot fluid comprises the exhaust syngas. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: compressing the separated syngas in a compressor, to produce a pressurized separated syngas; and generating a liquid fuel and a tail gas from the pressurized separated syngas in a catalytic converter, by a catalytic reaction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: receiving the exhaust syngas from the engine into a turbine via a first exhaust manifold; and expanding the exhaust syngas in the turbine to produce an expanded exhaust syngas. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: transferring the expanded exhaust syngas from the turbine to a condenser via a second exhaust manifold; and generating a separated syngas and condensed water from the expanded exhaust syngas in the condenser by a condensation process. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising: compressing the separated syngas in a compressor, to produce a pressurized separated syngas; and generating a liquid fuel and a tail gas from the pressurized separated syngas in a catalytic converter, by a catalytic reaction. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, further comprising transferring the hot fluid from the turbine to the condenser via at least one of the heat exchanger and a recuperator coupled to the compressor and the catalytic converter, wherein the hot fluid is transferred in heat exchange relationship with the fuel mixture in the heat exchanger to heat the fuel mixture, wherein the hot fluid is further transferred in heat exchanger relationship with the pressurized separated syngas in the recuperator, and wherein the hot fluid comprises the expanded exhaust syngas. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising receiving the heated fuel mixture from the mixing unit in a compressor and compressing the heated fuel mixture in the compressor before feeding the heated fuel mixture to the engine, wherein the compressor is configured to be driven by the turbine via a shaft.