IP Library Granted Patent US 9,611,438
Granted Patent B2
US 9,611,438 · App. 14/428,461 · Granted Apr 4, 2017

Method and system for producing liquid fuel and generating power

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Patent No.
US 9,611,438
App. No.
14/428,461
Granted
Apr 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steam reformer generates reformed gas by a steam-reforming reaction of hydrocarbon gas such as natural gas. A methanol synthesis column and a gasoline synthesis column synthesize gasoline from the reformed gas via methanol and produce a liquid fuel. A superheater superheats a part of low-pressure steam that has been heat-recovered from the reformed gas with a part of middle-pressure steam that has been heat-recovered by the methanol synthesis column or the gasoline synthesis column, and the steam thereby brought into an unsaturated state is supplied to a low-pressure steam turbine.

Claims (9)

1. A system for producing a liquid fuel from hydrocarbon gas and for generating power, the system comprising:

a steam-reforming device configured to generate reformed gas by performing a steam-reforming reaction with hydrocarbon gas;

a synthesis column configured to synthesize gasoline, dimethyl ether, or a diesel fuel from the reformed gas via methanol;

a heat exchanging device configured to obtain saturated steam with a temperature of 180° C. or lower by performing heat exchange with the reformed gas before the reformed gas is used by the synthesis column;

a superheating device configured to superheat the saturated steam by using a heat source with a temperature of 200° C. or higher generated within the system and obtain superheated steam; and

a power generation device configured to generate power by using the superheated steam,

wherein the superheating device uses steam generated by an exothermic reaction run in the synthesis column as a heat source.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the reformed gas obtained by the steam-reforming device is used as the heat source for the superheating device.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein flue gas generated by from a burning portion of the steam-reforming device is used as the heat source for the superheating device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046733/0164 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2015
From: IIJIMA, MASAKI; YOSHIYAMA, RYUJI; HIRAYAMA, HARUAKI; SEIKI, YOSHIO
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035277/0808 →