The present invention provides a system and method for producing hydrocarbons from biomass. The method is particularly useful for producing substitute natural gas from forestry residues. Certain disclosed embodiments convert a biomass feedstock into a product hydrocarbon by fast pyrolysis. The resul
The present invention provides a system and method for producing hydrocarbons from biomass. The method is particularly useful for producing substitute natural gas from forestry residues. Certain disclosed embodiments convert a biomass feedstock into a product hydrocarbon by fast pyrolysis. The resulting pyrolysis gas is converted to the product hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide in the presence of hydrogen and steam while simultaneously generating the required hydrogen by reaction with steam under prescribed conditions for self-sufficiency of hydrogen. Methane is a preferred hydrocarbon product. A system also is disclosed for cycling the catalyst between steam reforming, methanation and regeneration zones.
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1. A method, comprising: pyrolyzing biomass to produce a pyrolysis gas and char;hydrogasifying the pyrolysis gas in the presence of a catalyst and hydrogen produced by a hydrogen generator powered by a renewable energy source, to produce a gas mixture;separating the gas mixture into a substitute nat
1. A method, comprising: pyrolyzing biomass to produce a pyrolysis gas and char;hydrogasifying the pyrolysis gas in the presence of a catalyst and hydrogen produced by a hydrogen generator powered by a renewable energy source, to produce a gas mixture;separating the gas mixture into a substitute natural gas stream and a residual gas stream. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the substitute natural gas stream comprises methane. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the residual gas stream comprises water. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the residual gas stream comprises a hydrogen rich stream. 5. The method of claim 4, comprising recycling at least a portion of the hydrogen rich stream to produce a recycled hydrogen stream. 6. The method of claim 4, comprising hydrogasifying the pyrolysis gas in the presence of a catalyst, the hydrogen, and a portion of the recycled hydrogen stream. 7. The method of claim 5, comprising at least partially deoxygenating the hydrogen rich stream prior to recycling. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein at least partially deoxygenating comprises at least partially removing carbon dioxide and water from the hydrogen rich stream. 9. The method of claim 1, comprising hydrogasifying the pyrolysis gas in the presence the catalyst, the hydrogen, and steam. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the hydrogen generator is an electrolytic hydrogen generator. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the renewable energy source comprises a wind turbine, a solar photovoltaic or a combination thereof. 12. The method of claim 1, comprising regenerating the catalyst. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the catalyst cycles between methanation and regeneration. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the catalyst is: a moving bed with granular catalyst;a fixed bed with granular packing or monolithic catalyst, and rotary or directional valve logic for cyclically switching beds between methanation and regeneration; ora bubbling or circulating fluidized bed. 15. The method of claim 1, comprising separating at least a portion of the char to form a separated char portion suitable for a carbon sequestration application. 16. The method of claim 13, wherein the separated char portion is a solid fuel, or a bio-char soil amendment for agriculture or forestry. 17. The method of claim 4, comprising: recycling at least a portion of the hydrogen rich stream to produce a recycled hydrogen stream;hydrogasifying the pyrolysis gas in the presence of the catalyst, the hydrogen, and a portion of the recycled hydrogen stream; andseparating at least a portion of the char to form a separated char portion. 18. A method, comprising: pyrolyzing biomass to produce a pyrolysis gas and char;providing a first portion of hydrogen from an electrolytic hydrogen generator powered by wind power, solar power, or a combination thereof;hydrogasifying the pyrolysis gas in the presence of a catalyst in a methanation zone, hydrogen from an electrolytic hydrogen generator powered by wind power, solar power, or a combination thereof, and a portion of a recycled hydrogen stream, to produce a gas mixture;separating the gas mixture into a hydrogen rich stream and a substitute natural gas stream comprising methane;recycling at least a portion of the hydrogen rich stream to form the recycled hydrogen stream;cycling the catalyst from the methanation zone to a regeneration zone;regenerating the catalyst; andseparating at least a portion of the char to form a separated char portion. 19. A system for producing substitute natural gas, comprising: a pyrolysis reactor for producing pyrolysis gas and char;an electrolytic hydrogen generator powered by renewable energy source to produce hydrogen;an independent catalytic reactor for converting the pyrolysis gas and the hydrogen into a gas mixture comprising hydrocarbons over a catalyst;a separator for separating the gas mixture into a substitute natural gas stream and a residual gas stream. 20. The system of claim 19, wherein the renewable energy source is a wind turbine, solar photovoltaic, or a combination thereof. 21. The system of claim 19, comprising a regeneration zone for regenerating the catalyst used in the independent catalytic reactor. 22. The system of claim 19, comprising a char separator.
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