Systems and methods for converting gases to liquids

摘要

A system and method of converting natural gases to liquids is provided. The system includes a catalytic partial oxidation (CPO) system with natural gas, air and steam input, a Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) system taking syngas from the CPO system, and supplying product gases to a power engine (PE), after separation of the product liquids. An F-T steam output line is in fluid communication with the CPO-steam input line. The energy output from the PE is supplied to the compressors and condensers, to provide self-sustainability in energy, for the gas-to-liquid separation system.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
a. providing natural gas, air, and steam to a catalytic partial oxidation (CPO) system as a CPO input; b. carrying out a CPO reaction to produce a CPO output comprising syngas and nitrogen; c. feeding at least a portion of the CPO output as a Fischer-Tropch (F-T) reactor input, to an F-T system; d. feeding water as an input to an outer region of the F-T system; e. carrying out an F-T reaction in the F-T system to produce an F-T steam product, and an F-T reactor output comprising F-T liquids and F-T gases; f. feeding the F-T gases as an input to a power engine (PE); and g. supplying at least a portion of the F-T steam as a feed-input to the CPO system.