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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Vincent G. Reiling, Wheaton, IL (US);
Earl T. Robinson, Lakeland, FL (US);
Avinash Sirdeshpande, Houston, TX (US);
Nicholas Charles Nahas, Chatham, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Vincent G. Reiling, Wheaton, IL (US);
Earl T. Robinson, Lakeland, FL (US);
Avinash Sirdeshpande, Houston, TX (US);
Nicholas Charles Nahas, Chatham, NJ (US);
Assignee:
GreatPoint Energy, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to processes for preparing gaseous products, and in particular methane, via the hydromethanation of a carbonaceous feedstock in the presence of steam, syngas, a hydromethanation catalyst and an oxygen-rich gas stream.