Co-Fired Syngas System
A method of generating a blended syngas as a primary product from renewable feedstock, fossil fuels, or hazardous waste with the use of a gassifier arrangement. The generated syngas is blended with natural gas to form a blended fuel product that is delivered to a manufacturing facility or a natural gas power plant.
1 . A method of producing a fuel, the method comprising the steps of:
delivering a feedstock to a gassifier to generate a product syngas; and
blending the product syngas with natural gas to form a blended syngas fuel.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein there is provided the step of delivering the blended syngas fuel to a selectable combination of a manufacturing plant and a natural gas power plant.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein prior to performing said step of blending there is provided the step of cleaning the product syngas.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein prior to performing said step of blending there is provided the step of accumulating the product syngas in a buffer.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein said step of accumulating comprises the steps of:
first compressing the product syngas; and
storing the compressed product syngas in the buffer.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein there are provided the further steps of:
releasing the compressed product syngas from the buffer; and
boosting the pressure of the compressed product syngas released from the buffer.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the feedstock is a selectable combination of an organic compound, a fossil fuel, and a hazardous material.
8 . A method of producing a fuel, the method comprising the steps of:
operating a pregassifier on a selectable combination of waste heat, syngas, a fossil fuel, and a supplemental fuel;
operating a gassifier to generate a product syngas, by delivering a feedstock to the gassifier; and
blending the product syngas with natural gas to form a blended syngas fuel.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein there is provided the step of delivering the blended syngas fuel to a selectable combination of a manufacturing plant and a natural gas power plant.
10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein prior to performing said step of blending there is provided the step of cleaning the product syngas.
11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein prior to performing said step of blending there is provided the step of accumulating the product syngas in a buffer.
12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the feedstock is a selectable combination of an organic compound, fossil fuel, and a hazardous material.
13 . A method of producing a fuel, the method comprising the steps of:
operating a pregassifier on a selectable combination of waste heat, syngas, a fossil fuel, and a supplemental fuel;
operating a gassifier to generate a product syngas, the gassifier having a metal bath, an inductive heat source, and at least one plasma torch to reflect energy off the metal bath;
delivering a feedstock to the gassifier; and
blending a product syngas with natural gas to form a blended syngas fuel.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein there is provided the step of delivering the blended syngas to a selectable combination of a manufacturing plant and a natural gas power plant.
15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein prior to performing said step of blending there is provided the step of cleaning the product syngas.
16 . The method of claim 13 , prior to performing said step of blending there is provided the step of accumulating the product syngas in a buffer.
17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the feedstock is a selectable combination of an organic compound, a fossil fuel, and a hazardous material.
18 . The method of claim 13 , where the syngas is cleaned and buffered and compressed before blending with natural gas.
19 . The method of claim 13 , where the plasma torch operates in any combination of direct acting, indirect acting, AC driven, and DC driven.