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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1979
Robert D Wesselhoft, Baytown, TX (US);
Daniel F Ryan, Friendswood, TX (US);
Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
Hydrocarbon liquids and a methane-containing gas are produced from carbonaceous feed solids by contacting the solids with a mixture of gases containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a devolatilization zone at a relatively low temperature in the presence of a carbon-alkali metal catalyst. The devolatilization zone effluent is treated to condense out hydrocarbon liquids and at least a portion of the remaining methane-rich gas is steam reformed to produce the carbon monoxide and hydrogen with which the carbonaceous feed solids are contacted in the devolatilization zone. The char produced in the devolatilization zone is reacted with steam in a gasification zone under gasification conditions in the presence of a carbon-alkali metal catalyst and the resultant raw product gas is treated to recover a methane-containing gas.