초록

An improved method for producing mechanical work from synthesis gas streams by exothermic, catalytic reaction of the stream, partial conversion to mechanical work by use of an expansion turbine and further conversion to mechanical work in a downstream heat engine.

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A process for producing mechanical work from a reactive gas stream comprising the steps of: selecting said reactive gas stream from a synthesis process which yields a gas stream containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and methane; feeding said reactive gas stream at a first temperature

A process for producing mechanical work from a reactive gas stream comprising the steps of: selecting said reactive gas stream from a synthesis process which yields a gas stream containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and methane; feeding said reactive gas stream at a first temperature and under pressure to a catalytic reactor containing suitable catalyst; reacting the reactive gas stream in one or more reactors without O2 and using at least one exothermic reaction to produce a second gas stream at a second, higher temperature than the temperature of the first gas stream; maintaining the second gas stream at substantially the second higher temperature; passing the second gas steam from the one or more reactors to the inlet of an expansion turbine without a substantial change in temperature; and expanding the second gas stream in the turbine to produce mechanical work from the turbine.