Processes for gasification of a carbonaceous feedstock
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C10J-003/00
C01B-003/36
C01B-006/24
C01B-003/02
C01B-003/24
B01J-007/00
출원번호
US-0562925
(2009-09-18)
등록번호
US-8328890
(2012-12-11)
발명자
/ 주소
Reiling, Vincent G.
Robinson, Earl T.
Nahas, Nicholas Charles
Smith, Jeffery
Mims, Charles
출원인 / 주소
GreatPoint Energy, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
16인용 특허 :
201
초록▼
The present invention relates to processes for preparing gaseous products, and in particular, methane via the catalytic gasification of carbonaceous feedstocks in the presence of steam and an oxygen-rich gas stream. The processes comprise using at least one catalytic methanator to convert carbon mon
The present invention relates to processes for preparing gaseous products, and in particular, methane via the catalytic gasification of carbonaceous feedstocks in the presence of steam and an oxygen-rich gas stream. The processes comprise using at least one catalytic methanator to convert carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the gaseous products to methane and do not recycle carbon monoxide or hydrogen to the catalytic gasifier.
대표청구항▼
1. A process for generating a plurality of gaseous products from a carbonaceous feedstock and recovering a methane product stream, the process comprising the steps of: (a) supplying a carbonaceous feedstock, an oxygen-rich gas stream, an alkali metal gasification catalyst, and steam to a catalytic g
1. A process for generating a plurality of gaseous products from a carbonaceous feedstock and recovering a methane product stream, the process comprising the steps of: (a) supplying a carbonaceous feedstock, an oxygen-rich gas stream, an alkali metal gasification catalyst, and steam to a catalytic gasifier;(b) reacting the carbonaceous feedstock in the catalytic gasifier in the presence of steam, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, the oxygen-rich gas stream and the alkali metal gasification catalyst, and at a temperature of from about 450° C. to about 800° C. and pressure of from about 400 psig to about 1000 psig, to form a first gas stream comprising a plurality of gaseous products comprising methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide, wherein the first gas stream comprises at least 50 mol % methane plus carbon dioxide based on the moles of methane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the first gas stream;(c) optionally reacting at least a portion of the carbon monoxide and at least a portion of the hydrogen present in the first gas stream in a catalytic methanator in the presence of a sulfur-tolerant methanation catalyst to produce a methane-enriched first gas stream;(d) removing a substantial portion of the carbon dioxide and a substantial portion of the hydrogen sulfide from the first gas stream (or the methane-enriched first gas stream if step (c) is present) to produce a second gas stream comprising a substantial portion of the methane from the first gas stream (or the methane-enriched first gas stream if step (c) is present);(e) optionally, if the second gas stream comprises hydrogen and greater than about 100 ppm carbon monoxide, reacting the carbon monoxide and hydrogen present in the second gas stream in a catalytic methanator in the presence of a methanation catalyst to produce a methane-enriched second gas stream; and(f) recovering the second gas stream (or the methane-enriched second gas stream if step (e) is present),wherein: (i) at least one of step (c) and step (e) is present,(ii) the second gas stream (or the methane-enriched second gas stream if step (e) is present) is the methane product stream, or the second gas stream (or the methane-enriched second gas stream if step (e) is present) is purified to generate the methane product stream;(iii) a solid char product is produced in step (b), which is periodically withdrawn from the catalytic gasifier; and(iv) carbon monoxide in the first gas stream is subjected to a water-gas shift reaction in the presence of an aqueous medium to convert a portion of the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and to increase the fraction of hydrogen in the first gas stream. 2. The process of claim 1, wherein steps (a), (b), (d) and (f), and when present (c) and (e), are continuous. 3. The process of claim 1, wherein the carbonaceous feedstock comprises one or more of anthracite, bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal, lignite, petroleum coke, asphaltenes, liquid petroleum residues or biomass. 4. The process of claim 1, wherein the carbonaceous feedstock is loaded with a gasification catalyst prior to introduction into the catalytic gasifier. 5. The process of claim 4, wherein the carbonaceous feedstock is loaded with an amount of an alkali metal gasification catalyst sufficient to provide a ratio of alkali metal atoms to carbon atoms ranging from about 0.01 to about 0.10. 6. The process of claim 1, wherein the methane product stream is a pipeline-quality natural gas. 7. The process of claim 1, wherein step (c) is present. 8. The process of claim 1, wherein step (e) is present. 9. The process of claim 1, wherein the steam supplied to the catalytic gasifier is superheated to a desired temperature and pressure for the catalytic gasifier through one or more stages of process heat recovery. 10. The process of claim 1, wherein no carbon fuel fired superheater is present. 11. The process of claim 1, which is a once-through process. 12. The process of claim 1, wherein the first gas stream comprises at least 20 mol % methane based on the moles of methane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the first gas stream. 13. The process of claim 1, wherein the amount of oxygen supplied to the catalytic gasifier is greater than about 3 volume % based on the volume of the steam fed to the catalytic gasifier. 14. The process of claim 1, wherein the amount of oxygen supplied to the catalytic gasifier ranges from about 0.05 to about 1.0 pounds of O2 per pound of carbonaceous feedstock. 15. The process of claim 1, wherein the solid char product withdrawn from the catalytic gasifier is passed to a catalyst recovery unit. 16. The process of claim 1, wherein the first gas stream is generated at a temperature of from about 450° C. to about 800° C. and a pressure of from about 400 psig to about 1000 psig. 17. The process of claim 16, wherein heat energy is extracted from the first gas stream to generate a cooled first gas stream having a temperature ranging from about 250° C. to about 600° C., and steam supplied to the catalytic gasifier is superheated to a desired temperature and pressure for the catalytic gasifier through the extracted heat energy. 18. The process of claim 8, wherein step (c) is not present. 19. The process of claim 13, wherein the amount of oxygen supplied to the catalytic gasifier ranges from greater than about 3 volume % to about 15 volume % based on the volume of the steam fed to the catalytic gasifier. 20. The process of claim 14, wherein the amount of oxygen supplied to the catalytic gasifier ranges from about 0.1 to about 0.75 pounds of O2 per pound of carbonaceous feedstock. 21. The process of claim 20, wherein the amount of oxygen supplied to the catalytic gasifier ranges from about 0.1 to about 0.5 pounds of O2 per pound of carbonaceous feedstock.
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