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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2003
Rafael L. Espinoza, Ponca City, OK (US);
Sergio R. Mohedas, Ponca City, OK (US);
Ralph T. Goodwin, Iii, Ponca City, OK (US);
Stephen R. Landis, Katy, TX (US);
Barbara A. Belt, Seabrook, TX (US);
Rafael L. Espinoza, Ponca City, OK (US);
Sergio R. Mohedas, Ponca City, OK (US);
Ralph T. Goodwin, III, Ponca City, OK (US);
Stephen R. Landis, Katy, TX (US);
Barbara A. Belt, Seabrook, TX (US);
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for managing hydrogen in a hydrocarbon gas to liquid plant. The process includes passing a syngas feed stream produced by a partial oxidation reactor to a Fischer-Tropsch reactor, thereby converting the syngas to hydrocarbon liquids. The hydrogen management process further includes passing a second hydrogen rich stream produced by an auxiliary source to a hydrogen user such as an FT water stripper, an FT catalyst regeneration unit, and an FT product upgrading unit. The auxiliary source could be a process for converting hydrocarbons to syngas, a process for converting hydrocarbons to olefins, a process for converting hydrocarbons to aromatics, a process for catalytically dehydrogenating hydrocarbons, a process for catalytically cracking hydrocarbons, a process for refining petroleum, and a process for converting hydrocarbons to carbon filaments.