Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
518712000 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL OR REGULATION OF THE FISCHER-TROPSCH REACTION | 27 |
20080287555 | Novel process and catalyst for carbon dioxide conversion to energy generating products - A catalytic process and a nano material for the conversion of moist carbon dioxide into methanol, propyne and oxygen have been developed. In the process invented, hydrogen is produced from water in a catalytic reaction, when the moist carbon dioxide enters into the catalytic reactor, resulting in C—O and H—OH bond breakage at a relatively low temperature and at atmospheric pressure in a single step using a combination of catalytic materials comprising at least three metals dispersed on a catalyst support, preferably anatase form of titanium dioxide, to induce a multifunctional surface chemical reaction for the production of oxygenated products such as hydrocarbons of different chain lengths. | 11-20-2008 |
20090124711 | Fischer-tropsch process and reactor assembly - A method of accommodating a reduction in production capacity of one or more reactors in a multi-reactor assembly adapted for the production of hydrocarbon products from syngas, the syngas being provided by a syngas manufacturing facility and provided to an entry stream system providing syngas to each of the reactors, and having an exit stream system taking at least hydrocarbon products from the reactors, wherein the method comprises the steps of: redistributing the syngas from the one or more said reactors to one or more other reactors, and increasing the temperature in the said one or more other reactors to at least partially take over the reduction in production capacity of the one or more reactors. | 05-14-2009 |
20090318574 | Microchannel compression reactor assembly - The present invention includes a removable microchannel unit including an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice in fluid communication with a plurality of microchannels distributed throughout the removable microchannel unit, and a pressurized vessel adapted have the removable microchannel unit mounted thereto, the pressurized vessel adapted to contain a pressurized fluid exerting a positive gauge pressure upon at least a portion of the exterior of the removable microchannel unit. The invention also includes a microchannel unit assembly comprising a microchannel unit operation carried out within a pressurized vessel, where pressurized vessel includes a pressurized fluid exerting a positive gauge pressure upon an exterior of the microchannel unit operation, and where the microchannel unit operation includes an outlet orifice in fluid communication with an interior of the pressurized vessel. | 12-24-2009 |
20100016455 | MODULAR REACTOR FOR EXOTHERMIC/ENDOTHERMIC CHEMICAL REACTIONS - Modular reactor for exothermic/endothermic chemical reactions which take place in three-phase systems, comprising a series of modules, superimposed with respect to each other, fixed to each other by means of coupling flanges, each module consisting of an external cylindrical body and a series of tube bundles, for the circulation of a thermal-exchange fluid, positioned inside said body. | 01-21-2010 |
20100160462 | HIGH-SPEED STOP IN A FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS - A process for carrying out a high-speed stop in a Fischer-Tropsch process which comprises providing a feed comprising CO and H | 06-24-2010 |
20100160463 | FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS USING MICROCHANNEL TECHNOLOGY AND NOVEL CATALYST AND MICROCHANNEL REACOTR - The disclosed invention relates to a process for converting a reactant composition comprising H | 06-24-2010 |
20100184874 | FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS - The present invention pertains to a Process for carrying out a high-speed stop in a Fischer-Tropsch process which comprises providing a feed comprising CO and H | 07-22-2010 |
20100184875 | HIGH-SPEED STOP IN FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS - The present invention pertains to a process for carrying out a high-speed stop in a Fischer-Tropsch process which comprises providing a feed to a fixed bed reactor comprising a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst, the reactor being at reaction temperature and pressure, and withdrawing an effluent from the reactor, wherein the high-speed stop is effected by blocking provision of feed to the reactor and simultaneously blocking the withdrawal of effluent from the reactor. | 07-22-2010 |
20100240780 | Fischer-Tropsch Reactions Using Heat Transfer Tubes with a Catalyst Layer on the Outside Surfaces - A method of converting synthesis gas into Fischer-Tropsch products comprises: (a) charging synthesis gas to a reactor comprising a shell, having an inlet nozzle near one end for receiving synthesis gas and an outlet nozzle near the opposite end for discharging products, with a plurality of heat transfer tubes inside the shell, having associated therewith means to pass heat transfer fluids through the inside of said heat transfer tubes to remove heat, and whereby the outside surfaces of said tubes have a layer of Fischer-Tropsch catalyst, (b) converting exothermically on said catalyst layer at least a portion of said synthesis gas to produce heat and Fischer-Tropsch products, (c) removing heat from said catalyst layer by passage of a heat transfer fluid through the inside of said tubes, and (d) recovering Fischer-Tropsch products from said reactor. | 09-23-2010 |
20100273900 | Process for Producing Liquid and Gaseous Products from Gaseous Reactants - A hydrocarbon synthesis process ( | 10-28-2010 |
20100280137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SYNTHESIS GAS FROM BIOMASS - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing synthesis gas ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100305222 | METHOD AND REACTOR FOR THE PREPARATION OF METHANOL - Improved design of a catalytic method and reactor for the production of methanol at equilibrium conditions whereby methanol as it is formed is separated from the gaseous phase into the liquid phase within the reactor without reducing the catalytic activity of the methanol catalyst. This is achieved by adjusting the boiling point or temperature of a liquid cooling agent being in indirect contact with the catalyst particles and by providing a specific ratio of catalyst bed volume to cooling surface area. Thereby, condensation of methanol as it is formed in the gaseous phase takes place for the most at the cooling surface arranged evenly distributed within the reactor and if at all within a very limited region of the catalyst bed. | 12-02-2010 |
20100324158 | Catalytic Reactor - A reactor module for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis having a generally rectangular reactor block with a stack of plates defining flow channels for coolant and flow channels for the synthesis reaction arranged alternately in the block. The synthesis flow channels extend in a generally vertical direction between upper and lower faces of the reactor block and are defined by plates in combination with either bars or sheets such that each channel is of width no more than 200 mm. The coolant flow channels are oriented in the same direction, and communicate through distributor chambers with inlet and outlet ports at side faces of the reactor block. A plant may contain a multiplicity of such reactor modules operating in parallel, the modules being interchangeable and replaceable. The temperature control is enhanced by allowing the coolant flow to be parallel to the synthesis gas flow. | 12-23-2010 |
20110039956 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SYNGAS AND METHANOL FROM ORGANIC WASTES - The invention is related to the preparation of low-tar syngas from organic wastes and optionally to the preparation of methanol from the syngas or from the separated carbon dioxide. The process is characterized by introducing the secondary raw material comprising preferably solid communal waste, sludge and/or biomass waste into a double-flow one-body generator, comprising an inner pyrolysing, oxidizing and reducing zone and converting the obtained pyrolysis coke, pyrolysis water and tar formed by the aid of the heat content of the gas flowing upwards in the outer gas space by blowing oxygen into the fix-bed, to a raw syngas comprising carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen, on the fix bed of the pyrolysis coke and optionally a liquid containing liquid hydrocarbons or a powder of high carbon content are added in order to control the temperature and hydrohalides are removed from the obtained raw syngas on a calcium carbonate bed at 200-700° C., the heat content of the raw syngas is utilized, carbon dioxide is removed by a method known per se, and carbon dioxide is converted to methanol by using an external hydrogen source and optionally the obtained syngas is also converted to methanol by a method known per se. | 02-17-2011 |
20110046245 | Catalytic Reaction Module - A catalytic reaction module ( | 02-24-2011 |
20110160314 | REACTOR WITH GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN BOTTOM - The invention relates to a reactor for carrying out an exothermic process comprising a reactor shell, inlets for introducing reactants and coolant into the reactor shell, outlets for removing product and coolant from the reactor shell, at least two reactor tubes, a coolant chamber, and a gas distribution system below the coolant chamber, whereby at least two reactor tubes extend through the coolant chamber to enable fluid communication between the space below the coolant chamber and the space above the coolant chamber, said reactor comprising one or more highly porous catalysts, said catalyst(s) having a size of at least 1 mm and comprising a porous body and a catalyst material, whereby the porous body has a porosity within the range of between 50 and 98 volume %. | 06-30-2011 |
20110245356 | Bubble column reactor and method of controlling bubble column reactor - A bubble column reactor includes a reactor body which contains a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in a liquid, an inflow port which is provided at the bottom of the reactor body and allows a synthesis gas including a carbon monoxide gas and a hydrogen gas as the main components to flow into the slurry therethrough, and an outflow port which is provided at the top of the reactor body and allows gaseous hydrocarbons synthesized by a chemical reaction between the synthesis gas and the slurry, an unreacted synthesis gas, and the like to flow out therethrough. The distance in a vertical direction between the liquid surface of the slurry and the outflow port is 1.4 m or more and 10 m or less. | 10-06-2011 |
20120329889 | METHOD FOR MAKING A COBALT METAL FOAM CATALYST IN WHICH A COBALT CATALYST POWDER IS COATED ONTO THE SURFACE OF A METAL FOAM, THE COBALT METAL FOAM CATALYST, A THERMAL-MEDIUM- CIRCULATING HEAT-EXCHANGE REACTOR USING THE COBALT METAL FOAM CATALYST, AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LIQUID FUEL BY MEANS OF A FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS REACTION USING THE THERMAL-MEDIUM-CIRCULATING HEAT-EXCHANGE REACTOR - The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a cobalt metal foam catalyst including a metal foam coated with cobalt catalyst powder, a cobalt metal foam catalyst manufactured by the method, a thermal medium-circulated heat exchanger type reactor using the cobalt metal foam catalyst, and a method of producing liquid fuel by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis using the reactor. An object of the present invention is to provide a catalyst, which is used to obtain high liquid fuel productivity even at a low CO conversion ratio because the reaction temperature can be kept stable by controlling reaction heat with high efficiency in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis so that the mass transfer characteristics of a catalyst layer can be improved, and a method of manufacturing the catalyst, a reactor filled with the catalyst, and a method of producing liquid fuel using the reactor. The method of manufacturing a cobalt metal foam catalyst includes the steps of: surface-pretreating a metal foam by atomic layer deposition (ALD) using trimethylaluminum ((CH | 12-27-2012 |
20130041051 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A METHANE-RICH PRODUCT GAS AND REACTOR SYSTEM USABLE FOR THAT PURPOSE - The invention relates to a method for producing a methane-rich product gas, in which a starting gas containing hydrogen and carbon dioxide is catalytically methanated under the influence of at least one adjustatable parameter in at least two stages and at least one criterion relating to the composition of the product gas is monitored. The criterion is fulfilled under a condition influencing the method and when the condition changes, a change in the parameter setting that preserves fulfilment of the criterion is affected. | 02-14-2013 |
20130090395 | Fischer Tropsch Reactor with Integrated Organic Rankine Cycle - A process for recovering heat uses a product stream from a Fischer Tropsch synthesis reactor as the coolant in the same Fischer Tropsch reactor. This stream is then used as the working fluid in an associated organic Rankine cycle. In this manner, the waste heat from the Fischer Tropsch reactor can be efficiently converted into shaft work within the Fischer Tropsch plant. The Fischer Tropsch fluid can then be recycled into the plant product stream. | 04-11-2013 |
20130165535 | Methanation Of A Syngas - Systems and methods for producing a synthetic natural gas are provided. A syngas can be separated into a first syngas, a second syngas, and a third syngas. The first syngas can be methanated to produce a first effluent. The first effluent can be mixed with the second syngas to produce a first mixed effluent. The first mixed effluent can be methanated to produce a second effluent. The second mixed effluent can be methanated to produce a third effluent. The third effluent can be cooled to produce a first cooled effluent. The first cooled effluent can be cooled to produce a synthetic natural gas. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165536 | PARTIAL BOILING IN MINI AND MICRO-CHANNELS - The invention provides methods, apparatus and systems in which there is partial boiling of a liquid in a mini-channel or microchannel. The partial boiling removes heat from an exothermic process. | 06-27-2013 |
20130289144 | Conversion of Natural Gas - A process and apparatus for converting a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide to hydrocarbons comprising reacting the hydrogen and carbon monoxide at elevated temperature and pressure in contact with a suitable catalyst in a reactive distillation column is disclosed. | 10-31-2013 |
20140148520 | CARBON TO LIQUIDS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A method of operating a carbon to liquids system is provided. The method includes receiving a flow of syngas and reacting, in a reactor, the syngas and a catalyst in a Fischer-Tropsch reaction to produce a product including steam, wherein the reactor includes a polymeric material that is configured to permit the permeation of the steam therethrough. The method also includes recycling the permeated steam to a vessel positioned upstream from the reactor. | 05-29-2014 |
20140364518 | MICROCHANNEL COMPRESSION REACTOR - A method of starting up one or more units, the method comprising the steps of: (a) starting up a first unit including a microchannel reactor housing a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst by initially feeding a carbon monoxide source and a hydrogen source to the first unit and through the microchannel reactor; (b) processing, within the microchannel reactor, at least a portion of the carbon monoxide source and the hydrogen source; (c) monitoring at least one of internal pressure, temperature, and concentration at least one of within the microchannel reactor and downstream from the microchannel reactor; (d) at least partially containing the microchannel reactor using a wall of a containment device, the wall cooperating with the microchannel reactor to delineate at least one of a first inlet cavity and a first outlet cavity of the microchannel reactor, where at least one of the first inlet cavity and the first outlet cavity is not in fluid communication with at least one of a second inlet cavity and a second outlet cavity; and, (e) using the containment device to reinforce the integrity of the microchannel reactor. | 12-11-2014 |
20160038904 | Microchannel Apparatus and Methods of Conducting Unit Operations With Disrupted Flow - The invention described herein concerns microchannel apparatus that contains, within the same device, at least one manifold and multiple connecting microchannels that connect with the manifold. For superior heat or mass flux in the device, the volume of the connecting microchannels should exceed the volume of manifold or manifolds. Methods of conducting unit operations in microchannel devices having simultaneous disrupted and non-disrupted flow through microchannels is also described. | 02-11-2016 |
20190143306 | COBALT CATALYST BASED ON A SUPPORT CONTAINING A MIXED OXIDE PHASE CONTAINING COBALT AND/OR NICKEL PREPARED BY THE USE OF A DICARBOXYLIC ACID COMPRISING AT LEAST THREE CARBON ATOMS | 05-16-2019 |