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Production of gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide
We've documented in a few previous reports, which include:
WV DuPont 1954 Coal and Steam to Hydrocarbon Syngas | Research & Development; which concerns: "United States Patent 2,698,227 - Preparation of Synthesis Gases from Carbonaceous Solids; 1954; Inventor: Luther Peery, et. al., Charleston, WV; Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; This invention relates to a process for the preparation of synthesis gases by the partial oxidation of comminuted solid carbonaceous materials, and is more particularly directed to the preparation of ... gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide by the partial oxidation of powdered coal"; and,
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We have, once or twice over the long course of our reportage, touched on yet another way in which various Carbon resources, including Coal and CO2, and co-reactants such as H2O, can be broken down into their more basic elemental and molecular constituents, so that a blend of those constituents, a "synthesis gas", can be formed; which synthesis gas can then be catalytically reacted and reconstituted into hydrocarbon compounds.
Most often, heat energy derived from the partial oxidation of Coal is utilized to drive those processes of decomposition which form the syngas; although, as we've reported, various of our USDOE National Laboratories have developed technologies that rely on heat energy derived from nuclear reactors, solar radiation and hydro-electric power to the same end.
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Last December, we made report of Carbon Dioxide recycling technology that had been developed by the once well-known Amoco Corporation; which report is now accessible on the West Virginia Coal Association's web site via the link:
Amoco CO2 + CH4 = Hydrocarbon Syngas | Research & Development; wherein we discussed: "United States Patent 5,614,163 - Process for Making Synthesis Gas; 1997; Assignee: Amoco Corporation; Abstract: A process is disclosed for preparing a synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide by partial oxidation of hydrocarbyl compounds using ... carbon dioxide, or mixtures thereof in the presence of a catalyst comprising ... a hydrotalcite-like compound".
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We've previously made report of the Coal and Carbon conversion technologies established by scientists working at Chicago's "Institute of Gas Technology".
Examples include:
Chicago Converts CO2 to Methane | Research & Development; concerning: "US Patent 3,766,027 - Method and Apparatus for CO Conversion to Methane (The title as published in the source we utilized is incorrect, and should read: "CO2 Conversion". - JtM); 1973; Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago; Claims: A process for the conversion of carbon dioxide to methane"; and:
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