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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicants:
John Winter, Houston, TX (US);
Takahiro Obase, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
John Winter, Houston, TX (US);
Takahiro Obase, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
SYNTHESIS ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/00 (2006.01); C07C 7/12 (2006.01); C10J 3/48 (2006.01); B01J 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/00 (2013.01); B01J 8/1809 (2013.01); C07C 7/12 (2013.01); C10J 3/48 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00274 (2013.01); C10J 2200/152 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and gasification system for recycling methane-rich gas from syngas stream emanating from fluidized bed reactor and then returning the methane to the fluidized bed reactor. The method comprises recovering methane-rich gas from the synthesis gas and delivering at least a portion of the recovered methane-rich gas to the fluidized bed reactor. Methods to recover methane-rich gas from syngas at different steps in the gasification system are also provided herein.