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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2014
Applicant:

Emerging Fuels Technology, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth L. Agee, Tulsa, OK (US);

Kym B. Arcuri, Tulsa, OK (US);

Rafael L. Espinoza, Tulsa, OK (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 2/00 (2006.01); C07C 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 2/32 (2013.01); C10G 2/341 (2013.01); C07C 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process for converting carbonaceous materials or light hydrocarbon gases into products comprising predominately C5+ hydrocarbons. The process converts the feedstock into synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide and then uses the Fischer-Tropsch reaction to produce heavy hydrocarbons. A small excess of hydrogen is produced in the syngas generator or by water gas shift for use in product upgrading and for blending with Fischer-Tropsch tail gas for recycle back to syngas generation. A portion of the Fischer-Tropsch tail gas is used as fuel, thus purging combustible light gases and COfrom the tail gas. Hydrogen rich purge gas is blended into the remaining tail gas resulting in a recycle stream that is returned to the syngas generator. The tail gas components are therefore efficiently used to produce more products.


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