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US 9,243,190 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for producing chemicals from a methane-containing gas
AssigneeMe Resource Corp
InventorsGregory Patience, Daria Camilla Boffito
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for producing chemicals from a methane-containing gas are provided. More specifically, the method and an apparatus make use of heterogeneous catalysis, beginning with the partial oxidation of methane to produce synthesis gas followed by a reaction, such as a Fischer-Tropsch reaction, to produce the chemicals.
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An apparatus for producing chemicals from a methane-containing gas, the apparatus comprising:
- a reactor comprising:
- a gas input,
- a reaction product output, the gas input and the reaction product output defining together a gas flow path in the reactor,
- a partial oxidation reaction zone located inside the reactor downstream of the gas input, the partial oxidation reaction zone comprising a supported or unsupported partial oxidation metal catalyst, and
- a Fischer-Tropsch reaction zone located inside the reactor downstream of the partial oxidation reaction zone, the Fischer-Tropsch reaction zone comprising a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst,
- a methane-containing gas source feeding the methane-containing gas at a given partial pressure to the gas input, and
- an air source feeding air at a given partial pressure to the gas input,
- wherein, upon starting operation, the partial oxidation reaction zone is heated to start a partial oxidation reaction, and
- wherein, during operation, the temperature in the partial oxidation reaction zone is controlled by variation of the partial pressure of the methane-containing gas fed to the input.
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