The Texas A&M University System

Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development

Byogy Renewables, Inc.

Mahmoud M El-Halwagi

Kenneth R Hall

Nimir O Elbashir

Harold Dennis Spriggs

Mohamedsufiyan A Challiwala

Debalina Sengupta

The present subject matter is directed to a system and method for producing carbon and syngas from carbon dioxide (CO). The system includes a first reactor () for producing solid carbon () from a feed including COand a volatile organic compound such as methane (), and a second reactor () for producing syngas. Reactions in the first reactor () are conducted in a limited oxygen atmosphere. The second reactor () can use dry reforming, steam reforming, and/or partial oxidation reforming to produce the syngas ().

System and method for carbon and syngas production

A unique, integrated non-obvious pathway to convert biomass to biofuels using integration of chemical processes is described herein. The present invention is simple, direct, and provides for the shortest or minimum path between biomass and transportation fuels with alcohols as intermediates, while avoiding hydrogen use during processing. Furthermore, the present invention allows the manufacture of 'drop-in' substitutable fuels to be used as-is without modifications instead of conventional petroleum based fuels. The processing described herein is done under mild conditions, under relatively low pressures and temperatures, and under non-corrosive conditions obviating use of special equipment or materials. The novel integration heat and mass generated during the process increases overall process efficiency and lowers financial costs for processing and capital equipment, manages environmental impact, and enables a relatively high degree of yield by an enhanced usage of fresh water and thermal energy in comparison to the amount of biomass processed.

Integrated biofuel processing system

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College Station, TX, United States of America

Mahmoud M El-Halwagi