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| 20090057202 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOVING VANADIUM FROM LOW-GRADE FUELS - A method for treating fuel containing vanadium including extracting vanadium from the fuel with an adsorption material and fractionating the fuel into a light oil fraction and a heavy fuel fraction. The light fuel fraction has a reduced amount of vanadium. Systems for fuel preparation are also provided. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090095155 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE - Methods and systems for handling sour carbon dioxide (CO | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090173079 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION - A method of producing substitute natural gas (SNG) includes providing at least one steam turbine engine. The method also includes providing a gasification system that includes at least one gas shift reactor configured to receive a boiler feedwater stream and a synthesis gas (syngas) stream. The at least one gas shift reactor is further configured to produce a high pressure steam stream. The method further includes producing a steam stream within the at least one gas shift reactor and channeling at least a portion of the steam stream to the at least one steam turbine engine. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090173080 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION - A method of producing substitute natural gas (SNG) includes providing a syngas stream that includes at least some carbon dioxide (CO | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090173081 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION - A method of producing substitute natural gas (SNG) includes providing a syngas stream that includes at least some carbon dioxide (CO | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090239959 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REACTOR LOW PRODUCT VARIATION - A method of operating a carbon-to-liquids system is provided. The method includes receiving a flow of syngas at the carbon-to-liquids system, shifting the syngas to facilitate increasing a hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio (H | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090239960 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FISCHER TROPSCH REACTOR LOW PRODUCT VARIATION - Methods and systems for operating a carbon to liquids system are provided. The method includes receiving a flow of syngas, shifting the syngas to increase an H | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100018115 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION - A method of producing substitute natural gas (SNG) includes providing a gasification reactor having a cavity defined at least partially by a first wall. The reactor also includes a first passage defined at least partially by at least a portion of the first wall and a second wall, wherein the first passage is in heat transfer communication with the first wall. The reactor further includes a second passage defined at least partially by at least a portion of the second wall and a third wall. The method also includes coupling the cavity in flow communication with the first and second passages. The method further includes producing a first synthetic gas (syngas) stream within the cavity. The method also includes channeling at least a portion of the first syngas stream to the first and second passages. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100146947 | EMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system comprising a fuel converter comprising a catalyst composition capable of converting a fuel into a selected one or both of a syngas reductant and a short chain hydrocarbon reductant, wherein the catalyst composition comprises: cracking sites that perform a cracking function when a temperature of an exhaust fluid is greater than a predetermined threshold temperature, wherein the cracking function converts long chain hydrocarbon molecules to short chain hydrocarbon molecules; and partial oxidation sites that perform a catalytic partial oxidation function when the temperature of the exhaust fluid is less than the predetermined threshold temperature, wherein the catalytic partial oxidation function oxidizes the fuel to produce the syngas reductant; and a selective catalytic reduction catalyst reactor in fluid communication with the fuel converter and the exhaust fluid. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100272619 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS GENERATION - A system comprising a multi-stage reactor. The multi-stage reactor may include a water gas shift (WGS) reactor and a sour methanation reactor configured to generate methane without prior removal of acid gas. Furthermore, the multistage reactor may be a single unit having both the WGS reactor and the methanation reactor. | 10-28-2010 |
