Process for the production of liquid fuels using biomass gasification integrated with an electrolyzer
OwnerGlenn McGinnis, Robert Schuetzle +2inventors
InventorsGlenn McGinnis, Robert Schuetzle, Benjamin Wright, Harold Wright
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Abstract
An integrated process and system with processes configured to generate liquid fuels, electricity, and heat from carbonaceous fuel sources. The preferred system combines and maximizes the carbon and energy conversion potential and efficiency of the associated components or subsystems to produce a system for the co-production of fuels and electricity from syngas. The process can produce liquid fuels and electricity from carbonaceous feedstock at net thermal energy efficiencies of greater than 40-50%, which are significantly higher than fuel synthesis or electricity generation alone.
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A process for the production of liquid fuels, wherein the process comprises:
- a) generating synthesis gas from a carbonaceous feedstock using a biomass gasifier to provide a first product stream;
- b) feeding water into an electrolyzer to provide a second product stream comprising hydrogen and a third product stream comprising oxygen;
- c) combining the first product stream and the second product stream to provide a first feed stream;
- d) feeding the first feed stream to a liquid fuel production reactor comprising a catalyst that catalyzes the conversion of syngas to liquid fuel
- thereby producing liquid fuels.
A process for the production of liquid fuels, wherein the process comprises:
- a) generating synthesis gas from a carbonaceous feedstock using a biomass gasifier to provide a first product stream;
- b) generating synthesis gas using a non-thermochemical process to provide a second product stream;
- c) combining the first product stream and the second product stream to provide a first feed stream;
- d) feeding the first feed stream to a liquid fuel production reactor comprising a catalyst that catalyzes the conversion of syngas to liquid fuel
- thereby producing liquid fuels.
A system for the production of liquid fuels, wherein the system comprises:
- a biomass gasifier operably connected to an electrolyzer, such that a first product stream from the biomass gasifier can be combined with a second product stream from the electrolyzer in a chamber to provide a first feed stream;
- a liquid fuel production reactor operably connected to the chamber, such that it can receive the first feed stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.