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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2016
Joshua J. Stanislowski, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Michael J. Holmes, Thompson, ND (US);
Michael L. Swanson, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Joshua J. Stanislowski, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Michael J. Holmes, Thompson, ND (US);
Michael L. Swanson, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Energy & Environmental Research Center Foundation, Grand Forks, ND (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed relate to cooling shale gas via reaction of methane, light hydrocarbons, or a combination thereof, with water. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of cooling syngas. The method includes contacting the hot syngas with methane or light hydrocarbons. The hot syngas includes water and has a temperature of about 800° C. to about 3000° C. The contacting is effective to endothermically react the methane or light hydrocarbons with the water in the hot syngas to form carbon monoxide and hydrogen and to provide a cooled syngas having a lower temperature than the hot syngas.