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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Element 1 Corp., Bend, OR (US);
David J Edlund, Bend, OR (US);
Jason S. Steill, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Element 1 Corp., Bend, OR (US);
Abstract
Refining assemblies and methods for refining rich natural gas containing a first methane gas and other hydrocarbons that are heavier than methane gas are disclosed. In some embodiments, the assemblies may include a methane-producing assembly configured to receive at least one liquid-containing feed stream that includes water and rich natural gas and to produce an output stream therefrom by (a) converting at least a substantial portion of the other hydrocarbons of the rich natural gas with the water to a second methane gas, a lesser portion of the water, and other gases, and (b) allowing at least a substantial portion of the first methane gas from the rich natural gas to pass through the methane-producing assembly unconverted. The assemblies may additionally include a purification assembly configured to receive the output stream and to produce a methane-rich stream therefrom having a greater methane concentration than the output stream.