Method for the production of synthetic jet fuel

    公开(公告)号:US11685869B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-27

    申请号:US17492324

    申请日:2021-10-01

    Abstract: A method to produce a fuel product such as jet fuel, diesel or single battlefield fuel from a Fischer Tropsch syncrude comprising the steps of: 1) Separating the HFTL product from the reactor effluent gasses at reactor temperature and partially cooling the reactor effluent gas before transferring it to the enhanced hot separator; 2) enhancing the hot separator downstream of the Fischer Tropsch reactor with trays or packing and also adding reflux of the LFTL product, to improve separation efficiency and substantially reduce the C16+ portion of the hydrocarbons in the LFTL product; 3) combining the HFTL and MFTL product to from a combined HFTL product and further processing the combined HFTL in a hydroprocessing reactor that has a stacked bed with a layer of hydrocracking catalyst to crack the waxy C20+ hydrocarbons and a layer of hydroisomerization catalyst to isomerize the light fraction to increase the iso to n-paraffin ratio of the hydroprocessed product; 4) the LFTL product that is not recycled to the hot separator as reflux, bypasses the hydroprocessing reactor and is blended with the hydroprocessed product before distillation; and 5) the combined raw LFTL product and the hydroprocessed product is distilled to make naphtha, a fuel product, and a baseoil product. The method may be modified to make a single fuel product, preferably a jet fuel product.

    Integrated GTL process
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11220473B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-11

    申请号:US17179924

    申请日:2021-02-19

    Inventor: Kenneth L. Agee

    Abstract: An integrated process for converting light hydrocarbon gases into products. Pre-packaged equipment such as a gas turbine and process compressors may be used to efficiently integrate the process. The gas turbine may provide all or a portion of the oxygen required in the process as compressed air. The turbine may be configured with a gradual oxidizer that can oxidize the process tail gas and drive the turbine, providing power for the process.

    Stacked zone vertical tubular reactor

    公开(公告)号:US10434484B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-08

    申请号:US16369695

    申请日:2019-03-29

    Inventor: Kenneth L. Agee

    Abstract: A stacked zone vertical tubular reactor for conducting an exothermic reaction. The reactor may comprise two or more stacked catalyst zones in each reactor tube. Each reactor tube may contain internal feed and discharge tubes, transition zones comprising a catalyst support plate and a zone separator plate, and a heat transfer element located in each catalyst zone.

    Enhanced GTL process
    7.
    发明授权
    Enhanced GTL process 有权
    增强GTL流程

    公开(公告)号:US09062257B1

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-23

    申请号:US14546109

    申请日:2014-11-18

    Abstract: A process for converting carbonaceous materials or light hydrocarbon gases into products comprising predominately C5+ hydrocarbons. The process converts the feedstock into synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide and then uses the Fischer-Tropsch reaction to produce heavy hydrocarbons. A small excess of hydrogen is produced in the syngas generator or by water gas shift for use in product upgrading and for blending with Fischer-Tropsch tail gas for recycle back to syngas generation. A portion of the Fischer-Tropsch tail gas is used as fuel, thus purging combustible light gases and CO2 from the tail gas. Hydrogen rich purge gas is blended into the remaining tail gas resulting in a recycle stream that is returned to the syngas generator. The tail gas components are therefore efficiently used to produce more products.

    Abstract translation: 将碳质材料或轻烃气体转化成主要包含C5 +烃的产品的方法。 该方法将原料转化成包含氢气和一氧化碳的合成气,然后使用费 - 托反应来生产重烃。 在合成气发生器中产生少量氢气,或通过水煤气变换产生产品升级,并与费 - 托尾气混合,以循环回合成气。 一部分费 - 托尾气用作燃料,从而从尾气中清除可燃的轻质气体和二氧化碳。 将富氢吹扫气体混合到剩余的尾气中,产生回流到合成气发生器的再循环流。 因此,尾气组分有效地用于生产更多的产品。

    METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LOW CARBON JET FUEL

    公开(公告)号:US20230383194A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US18201246

    申请日:2023-05-24

    Inventor: Kenneth L. Agee

    Abstract: A method to produce a fuel product such as jet fuel, diesel, or single battlefield fuel from a Fischer Tropsch syncrude comprising the steps of: 1) generation of synthesis gas; 2) conversion of synthesis gas to hydrocarbon products by the Fischer Tropsch reaction; 3) upgrading raw Fischer Tropsch products by hydrocracking and hydroisomerization; 4) converting a portion of the Fischer Tropsch naphtha into aromatic hydrocarbons by dehydrocyclization; 5) hydrogenating CO2 from steps 1 and 2 to make olefinic hydrocarbon products; 6) alkylating aromatics from step 4 with olefins from step 5; and 7) combining the paraffin and iso-paraffin products from step 3 with alkylated aromatics from step 6 and distilling to make a low carbon distillate fuel. The method can be modified to make a single fuel product, preferably a jet fuel product.

    Heat transfer elements
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11565227B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US17159949

    申请日:2021-01-27

    Inventor: Kenneth L. Agee

    Abstract: A method for enhancing the heat transfer performance of a vertical tubular reactor by adding heat transfer elements inside the reactor tubes. Such heat transfer elements have two or more substantially curved legs of equal length with no cross fins, each with a foot that engages the inside wall of the tube, and can optionally have two or more substantially curved sub-legs that do not engage the wall of the tube.

    METHOD FOR THE ACTIVATION OR REJUVENATION OF A CATALYST

    公开(公告)号:US20230015935A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17376461

    申请日:2021-07-15

    Inventor: Kenneth L. Agee

    Abstract: A method is disclosed for rejuvenation a cobalt Fischer Tropsch catalyst used in a Fischer Tropsch process operating in recycle mode. The method permits the use of specific inert gases to adjust the mole weight of the gas so that the recycle compressor designed for normal steady state operation can also be used in the method. Hydrogen from a membrane permeate stream is added to the reactor loop at a temperature between 300 F and 400 F and the carbon oxides are reacted out to purify the hydrogen. This stream is continuously recycled and the temperature is raised to between 425 F and 500 F and held at the final temperature for between 4 hours and 48 hours. The cobalt Fischer Tropsch catalyst is effectively rejuvenated in-situ by the method.

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