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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
Bowie G. Keefer, Galiano Island, CA;
Matthew L. Babicki, West Vancouver, CA;
Brian G. Sellars, Coquitlam, CA;
Edson NG, North Vancouver, CA;
Bowie G. Keefer, Galiano Island, CA;
Matthew L. Babicki, West Vancouver, CA;
Brian G. Sellars, Coquitlam, CA;
Edson Ng, North Vancouver, CA;
G4 Insights Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia, CA;
Abstract
Certain aspects of the system and method concern producing hydrocarbons from biomass. The method is particularly useful for producing substitute natural gas from forestry residues. A biomass feedstock may be converted into a product hydrocarbon by fast pyrolysis. The resulting pyrolysis gas is converted to the product hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide in the presence of hydrogen and steam while simultaneously generating the required hydrogen by reaction with steam under prescribed conditions for self-sufficiency of hydrogen. Methane is a preferred hydrocarbon product. A system also is described for cycling the catalyst between steam reforming, methanation and regeneration zones.