WO2008057049A1 - Marine vessel with plasma-based integration gasification combined cycle (igcc) plant - Google Patents
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- C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
- C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
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- a feedstock material containing some carbon is first subjected to thermal conversion to yield a syngas blend comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen (syngas), further subjecting blend to a chemical conversion process to produce a hydrocarbon product having a carbon number of between Ci to C 6 o, additionally, the entire method may be implemented onboard a maritime vehicle system (such as a ship, barge, FPSO, tanker, moored structure, etc).
- US patent 4568522 discloses a synfuel production ship that produces synthetic fuel from the synthesis of carbon dioxide and hydrogen. Further disclosed is the use of a nuclear powerplant to provide energy required for the synthesis. There is no disclosure nor is anything said which suggests that the manner of synthesis involves the formation of a Syngas blend and passing the Syngas blend into a reaction to create the synthetic fuel.
- US patent 6380268 discloses a process wherein a Syngas is formed from a feedstock using a electric-powered plasma reactor and then converting the Syngas into a higher molecular weight hydrocarbon using a Fischer-Tropsch reactor. In the section "general teaching of the invention", the invention can be mounted on a barge or larger vessel. Feedstock is predominantly a hydrocarbon source. There is no disclosure as to how the barge or larger vessel will interact with the invention to perform any cooling of parts of the plasma reactor, or its plant. No molten material is disclosed as a medium to cause formation of the syngas from the feedstock.
- US patent 4181504 discloses a method for using high temperature plasma to convert carbonaceous feedstock into a Syngas, and further discloses the plasma heating a molten metal as part of the plasma's conductive electrode, and carbonaceous feedstock is fed into the molten metal by gravity for gasification into the Syngas.
- Carbonaceous feedstock disclosed is predominantly coal. There is no disclosure nor is anything said which suggests that the invention is performed onboard a marine vessel.
- US patent numbers 5280757, 4644877, 4431612, 6037560 discloses the use of a plasma as heat source to perform waste detoxification, treatment and decomposition. There is no disclosure nor is anything said which suggests that US patent numbers 5280757, 4644877, 4431612, 6037560 is performed onboard a marine vessel.
- US patent 5878814 discloses a production marine vessel that converts natural gas into liquefied natural gas onboard.
- US patents 6518321 and 6635681 discloses a process for converting a light hydrocarbon feedstock into Syngas, and then forming a syncrude hydrocarbon product using Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.
- US patent 6797243 discloses the intake of Syngas for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis into a long- chain hydrocarbon product. Feedstock for Syngas is predominantly lighter molecular weight hydrocarbons.
- US patent 6732796 discloses a process for in-situ conversion of hydrocarbon into Syngas, at a suitable pyrolysis conversion temperature.
- US patent 4566961 discloses the use of an electric arc to convert carbonaceous material (coal) into lower molecular weight hydrocarbons by bringing the material into contact with the arc and further utilizing the heat of the formed hydrocarbon to implement further material conversion (of higher molecular weight carbonaceous material into lower molecular weight hydrocarbons. There is no disclosure nor is anything said which suggests that the manner of conversion utilizes a high temperature plasma as heat source.
- US patent 4588850 discloses the use of coal in an electric arc furnace (EAF) to convert the coal into Syngas and acetylene at a pyrolysis temperature provided by the electric arc as its heat source. It further discloses that the heat can also be derived from a plasma process. There is no disclosure nor is anything said which suggests that the invention is performed onboard a marine vessel.
- EAF electric arc furnace
- US patent 4536603 discloses the use of coal for conversion into acetylene by using a heat source from a combustion gas.
- US patent 4772775 discloses the use of a electric arc plasma as heat source to separate a water spray stream into hydrogen and oxygen, and having the recombined hydrogen and oxygen to form a super-heated steam product.
- US patent 6200430 discloses the use of a three-stage electric arc gasifier process wherein synthetic gas is produced.
- US patent 4406666 discloses gasification of carbon in a molten metal bath to produce a synthetic gas product, the molten melt bath in a reactor is made to be swivel periodically. There is no disclosure nor is anything said which suggests that the invention is performed onboard a marine vessel.
- hydrocarbons may include methanol, light olefins, gasoline, diesel, heavy wax fuels etc.
- Upstream technologies developed for the oil industry include marine vessels (offshore oil rigs, submersible platforms, etc.) that can drill to depths that was not possible just one decade ago, and various downstream technologies such as dedicated FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) vessels that can perform a variety of refinery and storage functions.
- FPSO floating production storage and offloading
- Marine vessels ranging from container ships that can travel between continents and vast distances to maritime vessels that are simply moored or anchored to body of water, such as storage platforms or ships that can function of depositories for energy assets such as crude oil, or to conduct drilling of energy reserves found deep within the depths of the sea.
- energy assets such as crude oil
- production vessels In addition to ships that either perform transportation of energy, there are vessels that can drill and extract energy, and further "production" vessels that can convert the extracted energy such as natural gas, into denser or more suitable forms, such as methanol, LNG, etc.
- any floatation structure, vehicle, platform, and/or offshore platform could be operated in seawater, freshwater, or both.
- a ship ocean-going vessel, barge, hull- vessel, hull, tanker, cargo ship, VLCC (very large crude carrier), FPSO (floating production, storage and off-loading vessel), offshore platforms (semi-submersible, submersible, "rigs") are included in this definition of marine vessel or vessel. Submarines are further included in the definition as same as the term "submersible platform” or vessel.
- Plasma producing device or plasma producing apparatus, or plasma system
- a plasma is a mixture of ions, electrons and neutral particles produced when stable molecules are dissociated (in this case by an electric arc).
- the electric arc is formed between two electrodes, the anode (+) and cathode (-).
- Variations of a plasma-producing device may be in the electrode assembly, the type of flow gas (air, argon, carbon dioxide etc.), use of plasma arc torches, and their power supply requirements (AC versus DC current etc).
- Material, or feedstock may be in any form and can be either naturally occurring, or a synthetic material, or both, most forms of matter such as solids, liquids and gases are included in the term feedstock or material or carbonaceous material or carbonaceous feedstock.
- MSW Municipal solid waste
- scrap waste material sludge, marine sludge, waste oil, waste sludge, scrap metal, wood, coal, lignite, waste coal, carbon black, rubber, scrap rubber material, rubber derived material, wood chips, charcoal, glass, paper, refuse derived waste, refused derived fuel (RDF), sand, soil material, granular particles, tar s
- a hydrocarbon product comprising a carbon number of between C 1 to C 4 , or C 5 to C 10 , or C 11 to C 20 , C 21 to C 30 , or C 31 to C 60
- carbon-based fuels comprising a carbon number of between C 1 to C 4 , or C 5 to C 10 , or C 11 to C 20 , C 21 to C 30 , or C 3 i to C 6O1
- Syngas has a heating value of between 75 to 350 BTU per cubic foot - however, BTU values will vary and may exceed the given range depending on gas element composition ratio.
- Electrolysis refers to any device or system that can split water, seawater or any liquid or fluid or vapor phase gas mixture into component elements.
- Method of splitting into component elements may be electric, electrochemical, thermal or a combination.
- Voltage Refers to a supply of voltage (or electric energy) and can include direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC) power. Voltage may further comprise of a particular voltage phase.
- the prime mover device or system or engine of the vessel usually responsible for supplying propulsion power to the vessel, and may feature a mechanical system (sometimes called a marine drive) coupling the engine to the propeller shalf.
- a mechanical system sometimes called a marine drive
- the marine drive would be the interface wherein energy generated from the powerplant is converted into propulsion for the vessel.
- the device or system may produce mechanical power, or electric power, or both, depending on the type of powerplant.
- the device or system may produce mechanical power, or electric power, or both, depending on the type of powerplant.
- a device usually comprising a furnace that utilizes an induction coil that is powered from an ac power source. Alternating current flowing through the coil creates a magnetic field that is applied to the electrically conductive charge placed inside of the furnace's crucible. Eddy currents induced by the field in the charge can be used to heat, melt and superheat the charge.
- Electric Arc Furnace Refers to a furnace that heats a charge metal using an electric arc.
- the charge metal will eventually melt to form a molten melt bath.
- Numerous designs are devised to form the electric arc in the furnace.
- EAF deployed in the iron and steelmaking industry predominantly features carbon- based electrodes to cause formation of the electric arc.
- a metallic material or mixture of dissimilar metals is brought together to be melted into a molten form, usually in a furnace device.
- Metals may include iron, copper, steel, tin, metallic alloys, etc.
- the thermal conversion plant may be in communication or operationally connected with a variety of parts and subsystems of the marine vessel, or other related plant system of the overall process of the present invention.
- the thermal conversion plant uses mainly thermal energy to cause the conversion process, either by convection, radiation, conduction, or a combination thereof.
- the chemical reaction unit is in communication or operationally connected with the thermal conversion plant. Conversion process may or may not make use of a catalyst material or medium to aid in the conversion process to hydrocarbon.
- a marine vessel (such as a suitably adapted floatation vehicle) performs intake and loading of a carbonaceous feedstock up to a predetermined load tonnage, from a first remote site, which may be a port terminal facility, a second marine vessel, or a flotation terminal/structure such as an offshore platform, or a land-based/terrestrial facility.
- the feedstock may be pre-treated including reducing or increasing its moisture content, either by heat drying (reducing moisture), or fluid spraying or steaming (increasing moisture).
- the feedstock may also be reduced in physical size by means of a grinder device, or be pulverized into a suitable sieve size. The reduction of the feedstock will enlarge surface area that can be converted into the Syngas blend during conversion stage in the thermal conversion plant.
- the pre-treated feedstock is then passed into the thermal conversion plant to allow for the feedstock to be thermally converted into a Syngas blend comprising CO and H 2 , however, the Syngas blend may further comprise of additional gases such as CO 2 etc, depending on the proximate/ultimate analysis and composition of the feedstock used.
- the present invention may use a mixture of different feedstock types depending on the location where the feedstock is collected for conversion).
- the syngas blend may undergo a gas "clean-up" stage where the additional gases are removed to an acceptable level, and passed into the chemical reaction unit/plant, where the syngas is converted into a hydrocarbon product, commonly with the aid of a catalyst.
- the choice of catalyst, reaction pressure, residency time in the reaction unit, temperature of the syngas feed-stream will determine the hydrocarbon formation of a particular molecular weight.
- the hydrocarbon product is then isolated, or collected for storage onboard the vessel, which is then subsequently delivered and distributed to a remote site.
- the marine vessel is simultaneously performing delivery of the predetermined product to a remote site while converting the carbonaceous feedstock into the said product using the onboard thermal conversion plant, the chemical reaction unit and the marine vessel's system.
- FIG. 1 depicts a schematic of the present invention comprising a marine vessel, a first remote site and a second remote site.
- the marine vessel performs intake of a carbonaceous feedstock from the first remote site into the vessel, and converts the feedstock into a syngas blend comprising CO and H 2 , and then converting syngas into a predetermined hydrocarbon product that is delivered and distributed to the second remote site.
- FiG. 2 depicts a schematic of the present invention comprising a marine vessel, the vessel further comprising at least one thermal conversion plant, and at least one chemical reaction unit.
- the thermal conversion plant converts the carbonaceous feedstock into a syngas blend comprising CO and H 2 ; the chemical reaction unit converts the syngas into a predetermined hydrocarbon product.
- a marine vessel (2) performs intake and loading of a carbonaceous feedstock (A), from a first remote site (1 ).
- the first remote site (1 ) may be a land-based terrestrial facility, or a second marine vessel, or an offshore platform, or a floating terminal platform.
- the vessel (2) will also simultaneously convert the carbonaceous feedstock (A) into a hydrocarbon product (B), which is delivered and distributed to the second mote site (3).
- the vessel (2) may conduct a second intake of additional carbonaceous feedstock (A) from the second remote site (3), to replenish the feedstock (A) that is consumed to produce the hydrocarbon product (B).
- the marine vessel (2) may also conduct replenishment of the feedstock (A) while at the same time, distributing the hydrocarbon product (B) to the second remote site (3).
- FIG. 2 converts a carbonaceous feedstock (A) FIG. 1 into a hydrocarbon product (B) FIG. 1 , by sending the feedstock (A) FIG. 1 into the thermal conversion plant (5) FIG. 2, and converting the feedstock (A) FIG. 1 into a syngas (7) FIG. 2, this syngas (7) FIG. 2, comprises CO, H 2 , and is an industrially valuable product by itself.
- the syngas (7) FIG. 2 is passed into a chemical reaction unit (6) FIG. 2, to convert the syngas (7) FIG. 2 into the hydrocarbon product (B) FIG. 1.
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