METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LIQUID BIOFUEL OR AT LEAST ONE OF ITS PRIMARY COMPONENTS
First Claim
1. A method of producing a liquid fuel or at least one of two liquid fuel primary components for said liquid fuel from carbonaceous materials, the steps of the method comprising:
- a) providing at least one photo-bioreactor for producing at least a first portion of a total feedstock needed for said method;
b) providing a feedstock outsource containing a second portion of a total feedstock needed for said method;
c) producing the total feedstock needed by combining the first and second portions of the total feedstock;
d) producing a primary synthesis gas from the total feedstock needed, the primary synthesis gas having a formulation rich in hydrogen and carbon monoxide;
e) reformulating the primary synthesis gas for producing a synthesis gas stream having a specific hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio and a source of carbon monoxide not used in producing the synthesis gas stream stored for later use in said method;
f) producing at least one alcohol from the synthesis gas stream; and
h) producing a first liquid fuel primary component by reacting a provided source of oxygen and a portion of the stored source of carbon monoxide with the at least one alcohol, the first liquid fuel primary component being one of the at least one of two liquid fuel primary components.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for producing a liquid fuel or at least one of its primary components from carbonaceous material, wherein a concatenation of individual processes, which make up the entire method, are employed. The concatenation of processes employed in said novel method has the potential to provide an exothermic operation during the production of the liquid fuel, or the at least one primary component, thereby producing a portion of its own raw material, supplying the majority of its energy requirements and consuming the majority of its byproducts, which in turn reduces feedstock reactant requirements for said method.
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1. A method of producing a liquid fuel or at least one of two liquid fuel primary components for said liquid fuel from carbonaceous materials, the steps of the method comprising:
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a) providing at least one photo-bioreactor for producing at least a first portion of a total feedstock needed for said method; b) providing a feedstock outsource containing a second portion of a total feedstock needed for said method; c) producing the total feedstock needed by combining the first and second portions of the total feedstock; d) producing a primary synthesis gas from the total feedstock needed, the primary synthesis gas having a formulation rich in hydrogen and carbon monoxide; e) reformulating the primary synthesis gas for producing a synthesis gas stream having a specific hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio and a source of carbon monoxide not used in producing the synthesis gas stream stored for later use in said method; f) producing at least one alcohol from the synthesis gas stream; and h) producing a first liquid fuel primary component by reacting a provided source of oxygen and a portion of the stored source of carbon monoxide with the at least one alcohol, the first liquid fuel primary component being one of the at least one of two liquid fuel primary components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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