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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 18, 2010
Siva Ariyapadi, Pearland, TX (US);
Kamalkumar I. Gursahani, Houston, TX (US);
Avinash Malhotra, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Siva Ariyapadi, Pearland, TX (US);
Kamalkumar I. Gursahani, Houston, TX (US);
Avinash Malhotra, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Kellogg Brown & Root LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A gasification system and method. The system can include a gasifier and a purification unit fluidly coupled to the gasifier, with the purification unit receiving raw syngas from the gasifier and producing waste gas and a syngas product. The system can also include a first reformer fluidly coupled to the purification unit, with the first reformer receiving a first portion of the waste gas and producing reformed hydrocarbon. The system can further include a second reformer having a first inlet fluidly coupled to the purification unit, a second inlet fluidly coupled to the first reformer, and an outlet fluidly coupled to the purification unit. The second inlet can receive the reformed hydrocarbon from the first reformer, and the first inlet can receive a second portion of the waste gas from the purification unit. The second reformer can produce a recovered raw syngas that is directed to the purification unit.