Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Joseph Michael Pietrantonio

Aleksandar Georgi Slavejkov

Mark Daniel D'Agostini

Bryan Clair Hoke, Jr

Kevin Alan Lievre

Leo W Bonnell

Leo Walter Bonnell

Method and apparatus for continuation of combustion with an oxy-fuel combustion system when the supply of oxygen is temporally reduced or stopped. Air or oxygen enriched air and fuel are introduced into the device being heated in place of the oxy-fuel mixture to effect combustion and maintain the heating level in the furnace. Water cooling of the furnace gases is used to reduce the volume of exhaust gases when operating in the air or oxygen enriched air mode.

Method and apparatus for backing-up oxy-fuel combustion with air-fuel combustion

The present invention is a process for increasing the capacity of a gas phase synthesis loop for the production of methanol from a syngas feed. The syngas feed is initially passed to a liquid phase methanol reactor to convert a portion of the syngas to methanol or methanol and higher aliphatic alcohols. The mixture is subsequently cooled to condense and recover the methanol and/or higher alcohols. The unreacted syngas is passed to a gas phase synthesis loop for further conversion and recovery of methanol.

Process for the production of methanol

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Fogelsville, PA, United States of America

Joseph Michael Pietrantonio