Industrial variable carbon potential gas generator
US5364476A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 1993 |
| Grant date | Nov 15, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P10/122
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A variable gas generator is disclosed which is capable of producing a wide variety of product gas compositions heretofore produced only by either exothermic gas generators or endothermic gas generators or a combination of gas generators. The variable gas generator includes a nitrogen membrane module producing a nitrogen-oxygen feed gas which is combined with a hydrocarbon fuel and fed into a conventional endothermic gas generator. By controlling the nitrogen membrane module to produce a desired oxygen-nitrogen feed gas and by controlling the addition of methane and the catalyst bed temperature of the gas within the endothermic generator, a wide variety of product gas composition with carbon potential varying anywhere from one to 80% combustibles can be produced.
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