Patent · US Expired

Gasification process

US4113446A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

Michael Modell · Cambridge, US
Robert C. Reid · Calle de la Era, AU
Sanjay I. Amin · Kalamazoo, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 17, 1976
Grant date	Sep 12, 1978
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 17, 1996

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02W10/40
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Solid or liquid organic materials are converted to high BTU gas with little or no undesirable char formation by reaction with water at or above the critical temperature of water and at or above the critical pressure of water to achieve the critical density of water. The reaction can be conducted either in the presence or in the absence of a catalyst.

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