Method to produce hydrogen or synthesis gas and carbon black
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C09C-001/48
C01B-003/12
C01B-003/24
출원번호
UP-0398818
(2006-04-06)
등록번호
US-7666383
(2010-04-09)
발명자
/ 주소
Green, Martin C.
출원인 / 주소
Cabot Corporation
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A method to produce hydrogen gas or synthesis gas is described and involves the use of a staged reactor. The present invention further relates to effectively running a process such that efficient quantities of hydrogen gas are produced, along with economically useful amounts of carbon black. A combi
A method to produce hydrogen gas or synthesis gas is described and involves the use of a staged reactor. The present invention further relates to effectively running a process such that efficient quantities of hydrogen gas are produced, along with economically useful amounts of carbon black. A combined facility utilizing a carbon black manufacturing plant and a refinery plant are further described, as well as products made by the various methods of the present invention.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method to produce at least one gas, wherein said gas comprises at least hydrogen gas, said method comprising: (a) in a carbon black reactor, converting at least a portion of at least one hydrocarbon feedstock to carbon black in the presence of combustion gases generated by
What is claimed is: 1. A method to produce at least one gas, wherein said gas comprises at least hydrogen gas, said method comprising: (a) in a carbon black reactor, converting at least a portion of at least one hydrocarbon feedstock to carbon black in the presence of combustion gases generated by burning a fuel in a gas consisting essentially of oxygen and nitrogen, wherein said carbon black is present in a product stream and said product stream comprises carbon black, one or more impurities, hydrogen gas, and CO gas, wherein said impurities comprise sulfur-containing material or nitrogen-containing material or both, wherein said fuel is a portion of said hydrocarbon feedstock or a separate fuel source; (b) removing substantially all of the carbon black from said product stream, wherein said carbon black removed in step (b) is a carbon black within at least an ASTM specification for carbon blacks with respect to at least structure and surface area; converting at least a portion of said CO gas in said product stream to CO2; and (c) removing at least a portion of the impurities including nitrogen from said product stream, transferring said product stream after step (c) to a process unit for use as a fuel or chemical feedstock, wherein said product stream has 1 wt % or less nitrogen present, and recovering said product stream after step (c), wherein said product stream after said converting of CO to CO2 and said removing of impurities comprises hydrogen gas in an amount of from about 90% to about 99.99% by volume of said product stream. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said converting at least a portion of said CO gas to CO2 comprises contacting said product stream containing said CO with water or steam in a shift reactor to produce additional hydrogen gas and CO2 in said product stream. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising substantially removing and optionally recovering said CO2. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein said substantially removing said CO2 comprises removing CO2 by processing said product stream containing CO2 through at least one scrubber, or at least one pressure swing adsorber, or at least one membrane, or one or more scrubbers, or one or more acceptor materials, or any combination thereof. 5. The method of claim 2, wherein said hydrogen gas is purified by passing said hydrogen through one or more pressure swing adsorbers or one or more membranes or combinations thereof. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein said method occurs without recycling said product stream to said reactor at step (a). 7. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one hydrocarbon feedstock comprises a primary hydrocarbon feedstock and at least one secondary hydrocarbon feedstock, wherein at least a portion of said primary hydrocarbon feedstock is converted to carbon black downstream of where said secondary hydrocarbon feedstock is introduced into said reactor. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein said reactor is a staged reactor. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising introducing said hydrocarbon feedstock into said reactor by multi-staged additions. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein at least 20% by weight of all sources of carbon being introduced into said reactor is recovered in the form of carbon black. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein at least 30% by weight of all sources of carbon being introduced into said reactor is recovered in the form of carbon black. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein at least 50% by weight of all sources of carbon being introduced into said reactor is recovered in the form of carbon black. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein at least 60% by weight of all sources of carbon being introduced into said reactor is recovered in the form of carbon black. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein from 25% to about 70% by weight of all sources of carbon being introduced into said reactor is recovered in the form of carbon black. 15. The method of claim 1, further comprising introducing at least one fuel into said reactor at a point prior to or where said converting of at least a portion of at least one hydrocarbon feedstock to carbon black is occurring. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein said fuel comprises a natural gas. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein said removing at least a portion of the impurities from said product stream comprises passing said product stream through at least one scrubber that removes sulfur containing species or nitrogen containing species or both. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein said product stream, after passing said product stream through at least one scrubber that removes sulfur containing species, has a sulfur amount in said product stream of 100 ppm or less. 19. The method of claim 1, wherein the % by volume of said hydrogen gas and the wt % of carbon black in said product stream is controlled by varying the type of said hydrocarbon feedstock, type of fuel when present, ratio of oxygen to fuel when present, ratio of O2 to hydrocarbon feedstock, temperature of feed gases, temperature of said hydrocarbon feedstock, the stoichiometric combustion rate, the stoichiometric carbon to hydrogen ratio in said hydrocarbon feedstock, or relative feed rates of oxygen, fuel, and hydrocarbon feedstock, or combinations thereof. 20. The method of claim 1, wherein said converting at least a portion of said CO gas to CO2 occurs prior to said step of removing at least a portion of the impurities. 21. The method of claim 1, wherein said converting at least a portion of said CO gas to CO2 occurs during and/or after said step of removing at least a portion of the impurities. 22. The method of claim 1, wherein an amount of CO gas remains in said product stream after converting at least a portion of said CO in said product stream to CO2 and said process further comprises removing at least a portion of the remaining CO gas from said product stream. 23. The method of claim 22, wherein said removing of a portion of said CO gas comprises passing said product stream through at least one pressure swing adsorber. 24. The method of claim 23, wherein said removing of CO gas by at least one pressure swing adsorber further removes at least a portion of methane, nitrogen, or combinations thereof which are present in said product stream as impurities. 25. The method of claim 23, wherein said CO gas that is removed is recycled or reprocessed through a shift reactor to convert a further portion of said CO to CO2. 26. The method of claim 1, wherein said oxygen has a purity of at least 90% by weight. 27. The method of claim 1, wherein said impurities, excluding H20, based on a dry weight basis, comprise 1% or less of the product stream. 28. The method of claim 1, wherein said impurities, excluding H20, based on a dry weight basis, comprise 5% or less of the product stream. 29. The method of claim 1, wherein said reactor has a combustion temperature of from about 2500° F. to about 5500° F. 30. The method of claim 1, wherein said reactor has a combustion temperature of from about 4000° F. to about 5000° F. 31. The method of claim 1, wherein said hydrocarbon feedstock has a sulfur level of at least 4% by weight of said hydrocarbon feedstock. 32. The method of claim 1, wherein said hydrocarbon feedstock has a sulfur level of from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight of said hydrocarbon feedstock. 33. The method of claim 1, wherein said method results in gaseous emissions at the location of the reactor of sulfur in gas phase species into the atmosphere of less than 5% by weight based on the total amount of sulfur fed into said method. 34. The method of claim 1, wherein said method results in gaseous emissions at the location of the reactor of sulfur in gas phase species into the atmosphere of less than 10 wt % based on the total amount of sulfur fed into said method. 35. The method of claim 1, wherein said method results in gaseous emissions at the location of the reactor of sulfur in gas phase species into the atmosphere of less than 20 wt % based on the total amount of sulfur fed into said method. 36. The method of claim 1, wherein said method results in gaseous emissions at the location of the reactor of nitrogen in gas phase species into the atmosphere of less than about 0.01 metric tonnes per metric tonne of carbon black produced. 37. The method of claim 1, wherein said method results in gaseous emissions at the location of the reactor of carbon in gas phase species into the atmosphere of less than 10% by weight based on the total carbon fed into said method. 38. The method of claim 1, wherein said method forms carbon black in the reactor in an amount of greater than 20% by weight of the product stream, based on a dry basis. 39. The method of claim 1, wherein said method forms carbon black in the reactor in an amount of greater than 25% by weight of the product stream, based on a dry basis. 40. The method of claim 15, wherein said fuel and said oxygen are present in a fuel/oxygen equivalence ratio of from about 0 to about 2. 41. The method of claim 1, wherein a portion of the sulfur present in said hydrocarbon feedstock is removed by the formation of said carbon black and is present with said carbon black. 42. The method of claim 1, wherein a portion of metal present in said hydrocarbon feedstock is removed by the formation of said carbon black and is present with said carbon black. 43. The method of claim 1, wherein said removing of said carbon black is achieved by cyclone or filtering and/or washing said product stream containing said carbon black with water. 44. The method of claim 1, wherein said process unit comprises an oil refinery. 45. The method of claim 42, wherein the process of forming said carbon black present in a product stream occurs at a carbon black manufacturing plant and said product stream after step (c) is transferred to an oil refinery. 46. The method of claim 2, wherein said steam is introduced in the presence of a catalytic bed. 47. The method of claim 1, wherein said product stream contains at least H2 and CO and said H2 and CO are present in a mol ratio of from about 0.5 to 2 in said product stream prior to removing said carbon black. 48. The method of claim 1, wherein said product stream contains at least H2 and CO and said H2 and CO are present in a mol ratio of from 2 to about 3.5 in said product stream prior to removing said carbon black. 49. The method of claim 1, wherein said hydrocarbon feedstock has a hydrogen to carbon mol ratio of from 0.5 to 3.5. 50. The method of claim 3, wherein CO2, that is recovered, has a purity level of from about 90% to about 99.99%. 51. The method of claim 1, wherein said method results in gaseous emissions at the location of the reactor of nitrogen in gas phase species into the atmosphere of less than about 0.1 metric tonnes per metric tonne of carbon black produced. 52. The method of claim 1, wherein said method results in gaseous emissions at the location of the reactor of nitrogen in gas phase species into the atmosphere of less than about 1 metric tonnes per metric tonne of carbon black produced. 53. The method of claim 1, wherein said method forms carbon black in the reactor in an amount of greater than 30% by weight of the product stream, based on a dry basis. 54. The method of claim 1, wherein said method results in gaseous emissions at the location of the reactor of carbon in gas phase species into the atmosphere of less than 20% by weight based on the total carbon fed into said method. 55. The method of claim 1, wherein said method results in gaseous emissions at the location of the reactor of carbon in gas phase species into the atmosphere of less than 30% by weight based on the total carbon fed into said method. 56. A method to produce at least one gas, wherein said gas comprises at least hydrogen gas, said method comprising: (a) in a carbon black reactor, converting at least a portion of at least one hydrocarbon feedstock to carbon black in the presence of combustion gases generated by burning a fuel in a gas consisting essentially of oxygen, wherein said carbon black is present in a product stream and said product stream comprises carbon black, one or more impurities, hydrogen gas, and CO gas, wherein said impurities comprise sulfur-containing material or nitrogen-containing material or both, wherein said fuel is a portion of said hydrocarbon feedstock or a separate fuel source; (b) removing substantially all of the carbon black from said product stream, wherein said carbon black removed in step (b) is a carbon black within at least an ASTM specification for carbon blacks with respect to at least structure and surface area; converting at least a portion of said CO gas in said product stream to CO2; and (c) removing at least a portion of the impurities from said product stream and recovering said product stream after step (c), transferring said product stream after step (c) to a process unit for use as a fuel or chemical feedstock, wherein said method occurs without recycling said product stream to said reactor at step (a), wherein said product stream after said converting of CO to CO2 and said removing of impurities comprises hydrogen gas in an amount of from about 90% to about 99.99% by volume of said product stream.
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