SYNTHESIS GAS PRODUCTION BY MIXED CONDUCTING MEMBRANES WITH INTEGRATED CONVERSION INTO LIQUID PRODUCTS

摘要

Natural gas or other methane-containing feed gas is converted to a C5-C 19 hydrocarbon liquid in an integrated system comprising an oxygenative synthes is gas generator, a non-oxygenative synthesis gas generator, and a hydrocarbon synthesis process such as the Fischer-Tropsch process. The oxygenative synthesis gas generator is a mixed conducting membrane reactor system and the non-oxygenative synthesis gas generator is preferably a heat exchange reformer wherein heat is provided by hot synthesis gas product from the mixed conducting membrane reactor system. Offgas and water from the Fischer-Tropsch process can be recycled to the synthesis gas generation system individually or in combination.