Hydrocarbon synthesis and production onboard a marine system using varied feedstock
OwnerHow Kiap Guehinventor
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Abstract
A process for producing hydrocarbon products onboard a marine vessel for carbonaceous feedstock includes the steps gasification of the feedstock in a thermal conversion plant connected to an onboard power plant and forming hydrocarbons in a chemical reaction plant.
Claims8
In a process for producing hydrocarbon products onboard a marine vessel, from at least one gas, liquid or solid, carbonaceous feedstock, the improvement comprising the steps of:
- conducting gasification in a thermal conversion plant, the thermal conversion plant being operationally connected to an onboard power plant unit, the thermal conversion plant comprising induction heating and a containment vessel holding a charge metal, the onboard power plant unit comprising a turbine for providing electric power, wherein gasification comprises the sub-step of using the electric power from the turbine for the induction heating;
- forming a hydrocarbon product in a chemical reaction plant;
- sending a gas stream intermediate product from the thermal conversion plant to the chemical reaction plant,
- recovering heat generated from the chemical reaction plant via a heat recovery system connected to said onboard power plant unit of said marine vessel;
- and,
- propelling said marine vessel using the heat generated from said heat recovery system having a heat exchanger bank for generating energy for providing propulsion power for said marine vessel,
- wherein heat recovery comprises the sub-step of converting a work fluid in the heat exchange bank of said heat recovery system into a pressurized state for miming the turbine, and
- wherein the energy for the induction heating and for the propulsion power for said marine vessel is provided by the same said turbine.
A process for producing a hydrocarbon product from a carbonaceous feedstock implemented onboard a marine vessel, and the marine vessel subsequently distributing the hydrocarbon product to at least one remote site, comprising the steps of:
- having a predetermined mass of metal onboard a marine vessel;
- inductively heating the metal mass into a molten metal;
- providing electrical power via a turbine of an onboard power plant;
- using the electrical power of the turbine for induction heating;
- holding the molten metal in a containment vessel;
- introducing a carbonaceous feedstock into contact with the molten metal;
- producing and yielding an intermediate gas stream from the molten metal;
- collecting the intermediate gas stream;
- subjecting the intermediate gas stream to a chemical catalytic reaction for yielding a predetermined hydrocarbon product;
- collecting thermal heat generated by the chemical catalytic reaction to a heat recovery system;
- propelling said marine vessel using the heat recovered from said heat recovery system having a heat exchanger bank for generating energy for providing propulsion power for said marine vessel, wherein the heat recovery comprises the sub-step of converting a work fluid in the heat exchanger bank of said heat recovery system into a pressurized state for running the turbine, wherein the energy for the induction heating and for the propulsion power is provided by the same said turbine;
- collecting the hydrocarbon product onboard the marine vessel;
- and,
- distributing the hydrocarbon product to at least one remote site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.