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| 20100144907 | Process for conversion of synthesis gas to hydrocarbons using a zeolite-methanol catalyst system - A process is described for converting synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen to hydrocarbons via methanol as an intermediate, by contacting the synthesis gas with a catalyst system containing a mixture of gallium silicate zeolite catalyst and a methanol catalyst. The process results in reduced amounts of undesirable low carbon number hydrocarbons, e.g., C | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100160464 | Zeolite Supported Cobalt Hybrid Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst - A method for forming a catalyst for synthesis gas conversion comprises impregnating a zeolite extrudate using a solution, for example, a substantially non-aqueous solution, comprising a cobalt salt to provide an impregnated zeolite extrudate and activating the impregnated zeolite extrudate by a reduction-oxidation-reduction cycle. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100174002 | Preparation of Cobalt-Ruthenium Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts - A method for forming a cobalt-containing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst involves precipitating a cobalt oxy-hydroxycarbonate species by turbulent mixing, during which a basic solution collides with an acidic solution comprising cobalt. The method further involves depositing the cobalt oxy-hydroxycarbonate species onto a support material to provide a catalyst comprising cobalt and the support material. The support material comprises one or more of alumina, silica, magnesia, titania, zirconia, ceria-zirconia, and magnesium aluminate. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100312030 | PROCESS OF SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION TO LIQUID FUELS USING SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION CATALYST AND NOBLE METAL-PROMOTED ACIDIC ZEOLITE HYDROCRACKING-HYDROISOMERIZATION CATALYST - A process is disclosed for converting a feed comprising synthesis gas to liquid hydrocarbons within a single reactor at essentially common reaction conditions. The synthesis gas contacts a first catalyst bed comprising a synthesis gas conversion catalyst, and a second catalyst bed comprising a mixture of a hydrogenation catalyst and a solid acid catalyst. A Fischer-Tropsch wax is formed over the first catalyst bed and the wax is then hydrocracked and hydroisomerized over the second catalyst bed, resulting in liquid hydrocarbons substantially free of solid wax. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110118368 | PROCESS OF SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION TO LIQUID FUELS USING MIXTURE OF SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION CATALYST AND DUAL FUNCTIONALITY CATALYST - A process is disclosed for converting a feed comprising synthesis gas to liquid hydrocarbons within a single reactor at essentially common reaction conditions. The synthesis gas contacts a catalyst bed comprising a mixture of a synthesis gas conversion catalyst on a support containing an acidic component and a dual functionality catalyst including a hydrogenation component and a solid acid component. The hydrocarbons produced are liquid at about 0° C., contain at least 25% by volume C | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110124750 | ZEOLITE SUPPORTED COBALT HYBRID FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYST - A method for performing synthesis gas conversion is disclosed which comprises contacting synthesis gas with a hybrid Fischer-Tropsch catalyst formed by impregnating a ZSM-12 zeolite extrudate using a solution, for example, a substantially non-aqueous solution, comprising a cobalt salt and activating the impregnated zeolite extrudate by a reduction-oxidation-reduction cycle. The method results in reduced methane yield and increased yield of liquid hydrocarbons substantially free of solid wax. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110144219 | ZEOLITE SUPPORTED COBALT HYBRID FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYST - A method for forming a catalyst for synthesis gas conversion comprises impregnating a zeolite extrudate using a solution, for example, a substantially non-aqueous solution, comprising a cobalt salt to provide an impregnated zeolite extrudate and activating the impregnated zeolite extrudate by a reduction-oxidation-reduction cycle. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110160315 | PROCESS OF SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION TO LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES USING SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION CATALYST AND HYDROISOMERIZATION CATALYST - A process is disclosed for converting synthesis gas to a liquid hydrocarbon mixture useful as distillate fuel and/or lube base oil which is substantially free of solid wax. A synthesis gas feed is contacted with a synthesis gas conversion catalyst in an upstream bed and a hydroisomerization catalyst containing a metal promoter and an acidic component in a downstream bed within a single reactor at essentially common reaction conditions. A Fischer-Tropsch wax is formed over the synthesis gas conversion catalyst and said wax is subsequently hydroisomerized over the hydroisomerization catalyst, thereby resulting in a liquid hydrocarbon mixture having a desirable product distribution. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110160316 | CO2 INJECTION INTO SYNTHESIS FEED GAS TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE NET CO2 PRODUCTION DURING ISOSYNTHESIS OVER ZnO-Cr2O3 PLUS ZSM-5 HYBRID CATALYST COMBINATIONS - A process of form hydrocarbons boiling to the gasoline range and reducing or eliminating net CO | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110306685 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING THE OLEFIN CONTENT OF A FISCHER-TROPSCH PRODUCT STREAM - A method is provided for converting synthesis gas to liquid hydrocarbon mixtures useful as distillate fuel and/or lube base oil containing no greater than about 25 wt % olefins and containing no greater than about 5 wt % C | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120108682 | PROCESS OF SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION TO LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES USING ALTERNATING LAYERS OF SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION CATALYST, HYDROCRACKING AND HYDROISOMERIZATION CATALYST - Disclosed is a process for converting synthesis gas to liquid hydrocarbon mixtures useful in the production of fuels and petrochemicals. The synthesis gas is contacted with at least two layers of synthesis gas conversion catalyst wherein each synthesis gas conversion catalyst layer is followed by a layer of hydrocracking catalyst and hydroisomerization catalyst or separate layers of hydrocracking and hydroisomerization catalysts. The process can occur within a single reactor, at an essentially common reactor temperature and an essentially common reactor pressure. The process provides a high yield of naphtha range liquid hydrocarbons and a low yield of wax. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120129959 | RUTHENIUM HYBRID FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYST, AND METHODS FOR PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed is a method of forming a hybrid Fischer-Tropsch catalyst extrudate for use in synthesis gas conversion reactions. The method includes extruding a mixture of ruthenium loaded metal oxide support particles, particles of an acidic component and a binder sol to form an extrudate. The resulting extrudate contains from about 0.1 to about 15 weight percent ruthenium based on the weight of the extrudate. In a synthesis gas conversion reaction, the extrudate is contacted with a synthesis gas having a H | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129960 | PROCESS OF SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION TO LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES USING A CATALYST SYSTEM CONTAINING RUTHENIUM AND AN ACIDIC COMPONENT - The disclosure relates to a method of performing a synthesis gas conversion reaction in which synthesis gas contacts a catalyst system including a mixture of ruthenium loaded Fischer-Tropsch catalyst particles and at least one set of catalyst particles including an acidic component promoted with a noble metal, e.g., Pt or Pd. The reaction occurs at conditions resulting in a hydrocarbons product containing 1-15 weight % CH | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120172459 | Acetylene Enhanced Conversion of Syngas to Fischer-Tropsch Hydrocarbon Products - A method is disclosed for converting syngas to Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) hydrocarbon products. A synthesis gas including carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas is provided to a F-T reactor. Also, acetylene is supplied to the F-T reactor. The ratio of the volume of acetylene to the volume of synthesis gas is at least 0.01. The synthesis gas and acetylene are reacted under suitable reaction conditions and in the presence of a catalyst to produce F-T hydrocarbon products. The F-T hydrocarbon products are then recovered from the reactor. The synthesis gas and acetylene may be provided in a combined feed stream or introduced separately into the reactor. The acetylene enhanced syngas conversion in a F-T reactor results in the synthesis of F-T products which have a tighter distribution of intermediate length carbon products than do F-T products synthesized according to conventional methods. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20130001128 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING THE OLEFIN CONTENT OF A FISCHER-TROPSCH PRODUCT STREAM - A method is provided for converting synthesis gas to liquid hydrocarbon mixtures useful as distillate fuel and/or lube base oil. The synthesis gas is contacted with a synthesis gas conversion catalyst comprising a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis component in an upstream catalyst bed thereby producing an intermediate hydrocarbon mixture containing olefins and C | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130109768 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR CONVERTING SYNTHESIS GAS TO LIQUID HYDROCARBON PRODUCT | 05-02-2013 |
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| 20090170964 | MEMBRANE REACTOR WITH IN-SITU DEHYDRATION AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A fixed bed membrane reactor is disclosed. The reactor has a housing including an inlet for receiving reactants and an outlet for discharging retentate streams of reaction products. The inlet and outlet are in fluid communication with a reaction zone in which the reactants may passe downstream from the inlet to the outlet with the reactants reacting to produce reaction products including water. The reactor further includes a membrane assembly disposed in fluid communication with the reaction zone. The membrane assembly includes at least one porous support with a water permselective membrane affixed thereto. The membrane allows water produced in the reaction zone to be selectively removed from the reaction zone as a permeate stream while allowing retentate reaction products to remain in the reaction zone and be discharged as a retentate stream. Ideally, the membrane assembly locates most of the membrane proximate the downstream portion of the reaction zone where accumulated produced water may be selectively removed from the reaction product as opposed to the upstream portion where relatively little water accumulation has occurred. A method for using the reactor to perform in situ water dehydration of reactions, such as Fischer-Tropsch reaction, is also disclosed. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090170965 | ACETYLENE ENHANCED CONVERSION OF SYNGAS TO FISCHER-TROPSCH HYDROCARBON PRODUCTS - A method is disclosed for converting syngas to Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) hydrocarbon products. A synthesis gas including carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas is provided to a F-T reactor. Also, acetylene is supplied to the F-T reactor. The ratio of the volume of acetylene to the volume of synthesis gas is at least 0.01. The synthesis gas and acetylene are reacted under suitable reaction conditions and in the presence of a catalyst to produce F-T hydrocarbon products. The F-T hydrocarbon products are then recovered from the reactor. The synthesis gas and acetylene may be provided in a combined feed stream or introduced separately into the reactor. The acetylene enhanced syngas conversion in a F-T reactor results in the synthesis of F-T products which have a tighter distribution of intermediate length carbon products than do F-T products synthesized according to conventional methods. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20110240288 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR BLENDING SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL CRUDE OILS DERIVED FROM OFFSHORE PRODUCED FLUIDS - A process and system are described for the processing of gas associated with crude oil production, i.e. associated gas. A separation complex is used to separate produced fluids produced from a hydrocarbon reservoir into crude oil, liquefied petroleum gas, water, and natural gas. At least a portion of the natural gas is converted into synthesis gas in a synthesis gas generator. A combination of a synthesis gas conversion catalysts and hydroconversion catalysts are used in a synthesis gas reactor to convert the synthesis gas into a liquid effluent stream containing liquefied petroleum gas and a synthetic crude oil. The liquefied petroleum gas and synthetic crude oil from the synthesis gas reactor is sent to the separation complex. Liquefied petroleum gas is separated both from the synthetic crude oil and a natural crude oil obtained from the produced fluids. The system and process permits synthetic crude oil to be blended with the natural crude oil producing a blended stabilized crude oil having 2 wt % or more of the synthetic crude oil and with a pour point of 60° C. or less. Use of a common facility for separation operations on the natural crude oil and synthetic crude oil thus reduces capital costs and allows converted associated gases to be shipped with the natural crude oil on a conventional crude oil tanker. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110294653 | Fabrication of Catalyzed Ion Transport Membrane Systems - Process for fabricating a catalyzed ion transport membrane (ITM). In one embodiment, an uncatalyzed ITM is (a) contacted with a non-reducing gaseous stream while heating to a temperature and for a time period sufficient to provide an ITM possessing anion mobility; (b) contacted with a reducing gaseous stream for a time period sufficient to provide an ITM having anion mobility and essentially constant oxygen stoichiometry; (c) cooled while contacting the ITM with the reducing gaseous stream to provide an ITM having essentially constant oxygen stoichiometry and no anion mobility; and (d) treated by applying catalyst to at least one of (1) a porous mixed conducting multicomponent metallic oxide (MCMO) layer contiguous with a first side of a dense layer of MCMO and (2) a second side of the dense MCMO layer. In another embodiment, these steps are carried out in the alternative order of (a), (d), (b), and (c). | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110306686 | ZEOLITE SUPPORTED RUTHENIUM CATALYSTS FOR THE CONVERSION OF SYNTHESIS GAS TO HYDROCARBONS, AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A method for forming a catalyst for synthesis gas conversion and a synthesis gas conversion process impregnating a zeolite support wherein the catalyst contains ruthenium on a zeolite support, such as ZSM-5, ZSM-12, SSZ-32 or beta zeolite, and the product stream has less than 1 weight % C | 12-15-2011 |
| 20130102693 | MODIFIED FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYST AND METHOD FOR CONVERSION OF SYNGAS - A method of preparing a catalyst for conversion of syngas to Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon products comprising providing a reduced oxide Fischer-Tropsch catalyst and treating the reduced oxide catalyst with acetylene. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130210942 | MODIFIED FISCHER-TROPSCH MONOLITH CATALYSTS AND METHODS FOR PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed are hybrid synthesis gas conversion catalysts containing at least one Fischer-Tropsch component and at least one acidic component deposited on a monolith catalyst support for use in synthesis gas conversion processes and methods for preparing the catalysts. Also disclosed are synthesis gas conversion processes in which the hybrid synthesis gas conversion catalysts are contacted with synthesis gas to produce a hydrocarbon product containing at least 50 wt % C | 08-15-2013 |
| 20140142204 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR BLENDING SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL CRUDE OILS AND BLENDS MADE THEREBY. - A process and system are described for producing a synthetic crude oil by contacting a synthesis gas with a combination of a synthesis gas conversion catalyst and a hydroconversion catalyst in a synthesis gas reactor. The synthesis gas can be obtained from gas associated with crude oil production, i.e., associated gas, in a synthesis gas generator. The synthetic crude oil can be blended with a natural crude oil to produce a blended stabilized crude oil having 2 wt % or more of the synthetic crude oil. The resulting blended stabilized crude oil has improved flow characteristics including a pour point of 30° C. or less. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140241952 | SYSTEM FOR BLENDING SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL CRUDE OILS DERIVED FROM OFFSHORE PRODUCED FLUIDS - A process and system are described for the processing of gas associated with crude oil production, i.e. associated gas. A separation complex is used to separate produced fluids produced from a hydrocarbon reservoir into crude oil, liquefied petroleum gas, water, and natural gas. At least a portion of the natural gas is converted into synthesis gas in a synthesis gas generator. A combination of a synthesis gas conversion catalysts and hydroconversion catalysts are used in a synthesis gas reactor to convert the synthesis gas into a liquid effluent stream containing liquefied petroleum gas and a synthetic crude oil. The liquefied petroleum gas and synthetic crude oil from the synthesis gas reactor is sent to the separation complex. Liquefied petroleum gas is separated both from the synthetic crude oil and a natural crude oil obtained from the produced fluids. The system and process permits synthetic crude oil to be blended with the natural crude oil producing a blended stabilized crude oil having 2 wt % or more of the synthetic crude oil and with a pour point of 60° C. or less. Use of a common facility for separation operations on the natural crude oil and synthetic crude oil thus reduces capital costs and allows converted associated gases to be shipped with the natural crude oil on a conventional crude oil tanker. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140336286 | Modified Fischer-Tropsch Monolith Catalysts and Methods For Preparation and Use Thereof - Disclosed are hybrid synthesis gas conversion catalysts containing at least one Fischer-Tropsch component and at least one acidic component deposited on a monolith catalyst support for use in synthesis gas conversion processes and methods for preparing the catalysts. Also disclosed are synthesis gas conversion processes in which the hybrid synthesis gas conversion catalysts are contacted with synthesis gas to produce a hydrocarbon product containing at least 50 wt % C | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140343175 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION USING A HYBRID FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYST IN A COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGE REACTOR - Disclosed are a process and a system for synthesis gas conversion. The process includes contacting a synthesis gas feed of hydrogen and carbon monoxide having a H | 11-20-2014 |
