Process for upgrading a carbonaceous material using microchannel process technology
AssigneeVelocys, Inc.
InventorsWayne W. Simmons, Robert Dwayne Litt, Anna Lee Tonkovich, Laura J. Silva, Daniel Francis Ryan, Bruce Stangeland, John Brophy, Jeffrey S. McDaniel
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Abstract
This invention relates to a process for converting a carbonaceous material to a desired product comprising one or more hydrocarbons or one or more alcohols, the process comprising: (A) gasifying the carbonaceous material at a temperature in excess of about 700° C. to form synthesis gas; and (B) flowing the synthesis gas in a microchannel reactor in contact with a catalyst to convert the synthesis gas to the desired product.
Claims94
A process for converting a carbonaceous material to a desired product comprising one or more hydrocarbons or one or more alcohols, the process comprising:
- (A) gasifying the carbonaceous material at a temperature of at least about 700° C. to form synthesis gas, the carbonaceous material comprising coal, oil, biomass, solid-waste, food resource, or a mixture of two or more thereof;
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- (B) flowing the synthesis gas in a microchannel reactor in contact with a catalyst to convert the synthesis gas to the desired product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.