METHOD OF PRODUCING LIQUID FUEL FROM CARBONACEOUS FEEDSTOCK THROUGH GASIFICATION AND RECYCLING OF DOWNSTREAM PRODUCTS
A feedstock delivery system transfers a carbonaceous material, such as municipal solid waste, into a product gas generation system. The feedstock delivery system includes a splitter for splitting bulk carbonaceous material into a plurality of carbonaceous material streams. Each stream is processed using a weighing system for gauging the quantity of carbonaceous material, a densification system for forming plugs of carbonaceous material, a de-densification system for breaking up the plugs of carbonaceous material, and a gas and carbonaceous material mixing system for forming a carbonaceous material and gas mixture. A pressure of the mixing gas is reduced prior to mixing with the carbonaceous material, and the carbonaceous material to gas weight ratio is monitored. A transport assembly conveys the carbonaceous material and gas mixture to a first reactor where at least the carbonaceous material within the mixture is subject to thermochemical reactions to form the product gas.
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2 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by one or more servers that are associated with a biorefinery that includes a three-stage gasifier, sensor data;
generating, by the one or more servers that are associated with the biorefinery that includes the three-stage gasifier, one or more instructions for one or more stages of the three-stage gasifier based at least on the sensor data; and
transmitting, by the one or more servers that are associated with the biorefinery that includes the three-stage gasifier, the one or more instructions to the one or more stages of the three-stage gasifier.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the three-stage gasifier comprises:
a first stage that involves an indirect endothermic thermochemical process;
a second stage that involves a sub-stochiometric oxidization process; and
a third stage that involves a partial oxidization process using a hot oxygen burner.
4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the sensor data is generated at an upstream stage of the stage of the gasifier that receives the one or more instructions.
5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the sensor data is generated at a feedstock delivery system that is upstream to the three-stage gasifier.
6 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the sensor data is generated at a gas cleanup system that is downstream to the three-stage gasifier.
7 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the sensor data is generated at an F-T upgrading system that is downstream to the three-stage gasifier.
8 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more instructions comprises a particular instruction to modify an amount of reactant.
9 . A system comprising:
one or more computer processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by one or more servers that are associated with a biorefinery that includes a three-stage gasifier, sensor data;
generating, by the one or more servers that are associated with the biorefinery that includes the three-stage gasifier, one or more instructions for one or more stages of the three-stage gasifier based at least on the sensor data; and
transmitting, by the one or more servers that are associated with the biorefinery that includes the three-stage gasifier, the one or more instructions to the one or more stages of the three-stage gasifier.
10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the three-stage gasifier comprises:
a first stage that involves an indirect endothermic thermochemical process;
a second stage that involves a sub-stochiometric oxidization process; and
a third stage that involves a partial oxidization process using a hot oxygen burner.
11 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the sensor data is generated at an upstream stage of the stage of the gasifier that receives the one or more instructions.
12 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the sensor data is generated at a feedstock delivery system that is upstream to the three-stage gasifier.
13 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the sensor data is generated at a gas cleanup system that is downstream to the three-stage gasifier.
14 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the sensor data is generated at an F-T upgrading system that is downstream to the three-stage gasifier.
15 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more instructions comprises a particular instruction to modify an amount of reactant.
16 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by one or more servers that are associated with a biorefinery that includes a three-stage gasifier, sensor data;
generating, by the one or more servers that are associated with the biorefinery that includes the three-stage gasifier, one or more instructions for one or more stages of the three-stage gasifier based at least on the sensor data; and
transmitting, by the one or more servers that are associated with the biorefinery that includes the three-stage gasifier, the one or more instructions to the one or more stages of the three-stage gasifier.
17 . The media of claim 16 , wherein the three-stage gasifier comprises:
a first stage that involves an indirect endothermic thermochemical process;
a second stage that involves a sub-stochiometric oxidization process; and
a third stage that involves a partial oxidization process using a hot oxygen burner.
18 . The media of claim 16 , wherein the sensor data is generated at an upstream stage of the stage of the gasifier that receives the one or more instructions.
19 . The media of claim 16 , wherein the sensor data is generated at a feedstock delivery system that is upstream to the three-stage gasifier.
20 . The media of claim 16 , wherein the sensor data is generated at a gas cleanup system that is downstream to the three-stage gasifier.
21 . The media of claim 16 , wherein the sensor data is generated at an F-T upgrading system that is downstream to the three-stage gasifier.