摘要 |
A method and system for producing heavier hydrocarbons from a solid carbon and water are disclosed as including an arc plasma reactor (APR) which has arc electrodes and a large number of minute arc passages (35) formed in solid carbon particles filled in the plasma reactor. Feed water is converted into steam in the plasma reactor and the steam is fed through the minute arc passages in which steam reacts with the carbon in the presence of arc plasmas to produce synthesis gas. The synthesis gas is converted into methane and a portion of methane is converted into acetylene. A mixture of methane and acetylene is reacted in the presence of a solid superacid catalyst into isobutene, which in turn is converted into heavier hydrocarbons in an oligomerization reactor. The hydrocarbons are distilled into gasoline-range and jet fuel-range liquid fuels.
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