Process for co-producing commercially valuable products from byproducts of fischer-tropsch process for hydrocarbon fuel formulation in a GTL environment
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C07C-027/00
C07C-273/00
C07C-273/04
C01C-001/04
C01B-003/38
C10L-001/04
C10G-002/00
C10G-045/02
C10G-045/58
C10G-047/00
C10G-047/22
C10K-001/00
C10K-001/08
C10K-001/32
C07C-029/151
출원번호
US-0540084
(2014-11-13)
등록번호
US-9315452
(2016-04-19)
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Kresnyak, Steve
출원인 / 주소
Expander Energy Inc.
대리인 / 주소
MBM Intellectual Property Law LLP
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The present invention is directed to the modification of the hydrocarbon production sequence of operations including the Fischer-Tropsch process for the production of hydrocarbon fuels in an efficient manner, along with the production of commercially valuable co-products from by-products of the hydr
The present invention is directed to the modification of the hydrocarbon production sequence of operations including the Fischer-Tropsch process for the production of hydrocarbon fuels in an efficient manner, along with the production of commercially valuable co-products from by-products of the hydrocarbon production process.
대표청구항▼
1. A process for synthesizing hydrocarbons in a Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) environment, and for co-producing chemical products from by-products of the hydrocarbon synthesis process, comprising the steps of: (a) formulating a first hydrogen rich syngas stream with a syngas generator, wherein said first hydr
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A process for synthesizing hydrocarbons in a Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) environment, and for co-producing chemical products from by-products of the hydrocarbon synthesis process, comprising the steps of: (a) formulating a first hydrogen rich syngas stream with a syngas generator, wherein said first hydrogen rich synqas stream has a H2 to CO ratio of more than 2:1;(b) subjecting a portion of said first hydrogen rich syngas stream to a hydrogen separator unit to provide a purified hydrogen by-product stream and a second hydrogen rich syngas stream, wherein said second hydrogen rich syngas stream has a H2 to CO ratio less than the H2 to CO ratio of said first hydrogen rich syngas stream;(c) subjecting at least a portion of said first hydrogen rich syngas stream, at least a portion of said second hydrogen rich syngas stream, or a combination thereof, to a carbon dioxide removal operation to obtain purified hydrogen rich syngas stream and one or more carbon dioxide by-product streams;(d) reacting at least a portion of said first hydrogen rich stream, at least a portion of said second hydrogen rich stream and/or at least a portion of said purified hydrogen rich syngas stream in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor to synthesize said hydrocarbons; and(e) converting said one or more carbon dioxide by-product streams into said chemical co-products. 2. The process according to claim 1, wherein said chemical co-products comprise methanol, ammonia, urea or any combination thereof. 3. The process according to claim 1, wherein said syngas generator comprises a steam methane reformer (SMR), an autothermal reformer (ATR), any series or parallel combination thereof, or a merged unit (XTR) having an autothermal reformer merged in a single unit with a steam methane reformer. 4. The process according to claim 1, comprising subjecting air to an air separation unit to generate a nitrogen stream and an oxygen stream, wherein said oxygen stream is for the syngas generator when said generator comprises an ATR. 5. The process according to claim 1, wherein said chemical co-product is methanol, which is obtained by reacting a portion of said first hydrogen rich syngas stream, a portion of said second hydrogen rich syngas stream, a portion of said purified hydrogen rich syngas stream, or a combination thereof, with at least a portion of said one or more CO2 by-product streams, or at least a portion of said purified hydrogen by-product stream or a combination thereof. 6. The process according to claim 4, wherein said chemical co-product is urea, which is obtained by reacting said nitrogen stream with at least a portion of said purified hydrogen by-product stream to form ammonia and reacting said ammonia with said one or more CO2 by-product streams. 7. The process according to claim 1, wherein said purified hydrogen by-product stream is obtained by purification of at least a portion of said first hydrogen rich syngas stream via pressure swing adsorption, membrane or liquid absorption, or by treating at least a portion of said first hydrogen rich syngas stream to a water gas shift (WGS) reaction prior to pressure swing adsorption, membrane or liquid absorption with optional removal of an additional CO2 by-product stream from the said second hydrogen rich stream. 8. The process according to claim 7, wherein the additional CO2 by-product stream is used for conversion into said chemical co-products. 9. The process according to claim 1, wherein said hydrocarbons include at least naphtha, and wherein at least a portion of said naphtha is re-circulated to said syngas generator. 10. The process according to claim 1, wherein said hydrocarbons include at least one of Fischer-Tropsch vapours, paraffinic Fischer-Tropsch naphtha, light Fischer-Tropsch liquid, heavy Fischer-Tropsch liquid, or Fischer-Tropsch wax. 11. The process according to claim 10, wherein said Fischer-Tropsch vapours are further treated to a CO2 removal operation to form an additional CO2 by-product stream for conversion into said commercially valuable co-products. 12. The process according to claim 1, further including the step of processing said hydrocarbons in a hydroprocessing unit. 13. The process according to claim 12, wherein said hydroprocessing unit includes at least one operation selected from the group consisting of hydrocracking, thermocracking, hydrotreating, isomerization, fractionation and combinations thereof. 14. The process according to claim 1, wherein CO2 is further captured in a CO2 removal operation from flue gas streams resulting from syngas generator or any other furnaces, boilers, power generation and any other combustion units used in the hydrocarbon synthesis process to form an additional CO2 by-product stream for conversion into said chemical co-products. 15. The process according to claim 1, further comprising providing CO2 from any other external source other than the hydrocarbon synthesis process to form an additional CO2 by-product stream for conversion into said chemical co-products. 16. The process according to claim 1, wherein the hydrocarbon synthesis process is capable of near zero green house gas CO2 emissions.
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