公开(公告)号：US20230340919A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-26

申请号：US18161059

申请日：2023-01-28

Applicant: M2X Energy, Inc.

Inventor： Kyle I. Mercal ,  John Anthony Dean ,  Paul E. Yelvington ,  Joshua B. Browne

IPC: F02D41/14 ,  F02M21/02 ,  F02D41/00 ,  F02B75/04 ,  F02B75/24 ,  F02B43/10

CPC classification number: F02D41/1454 ,  F02M21/0209 ,  F02M21/0227 ,  F02D41/0027 ,  F02B75/047 ,  F02B75/24 ,  F02B75/045 ,  F02D41/0002 ,  F02B43/10 ,  F02B2075/025

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for using fuel rich partial oxidation to produce an end product from waste gases, such as flare gas. Lambda sensor modifications and other control parameters that provide closed-loop mixture control at extremely fuel-rich operating conditions utilizing feed-forward and feedback approaches, physics-based engine models, novel use of a lambda sensor (O2-based sensor), sensors with intermittent contact with the gas stream. In an embodiment the system and method use air-breathing engines having control systems, control parameters, sensors and input/output (I/O) for the fuel rich (ER of 1.2 and greater), partial oxidation of the flare gas to form syngas. In embodiments the syngas is further converted into an end product. In an embodiment the end product is methanol.

公开(公告)号：US12252461B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-18

申请号：US18197308

申请日：2023-05-15

Applicant: M2X Energy Inc.

Inventor： Paul E Yelvington ,  Bunmi Tolu Adekore ,  Joshua B. Browne ,  John Anthony Dean ,  Andrew Randolph

IPC: C07C29/151 ,  B01D53/02 ,  B01D53/22 ,  B01J12/00 ,  B01J19/00 ,  C01B3/02 ,  C01B3/36 ,  C01C1/04 ,  C07C1/04 ,  C10L3/08 ,  F02C3/30

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for using fuel-rich partial oxidation to produce an end product from waste gases, such as flare gas. In an embodiment, the system and method use air-breathing piston engines and turbine engines for the fuel-rich partial oxidation of the flare gas to form synthesis gas, and reactors to convert the synthesis gas into the end product. In an embodiment the end product is methanol.

公开(公告)号：US20240124377A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-18

申请号：US18197308

申请日：2023-05-15

Applicant: M2X Energy Inc.

Inventor： Paul E. Yelvington ,  Bunmi Tolu Adekore ,  Joshua B. Browne ,  John Anthony Dean ,  Andrew Randolph

IPC: C07C29/151 ,  B01D53/02 ,  B01D53/22 ,  B01J12/00 ,  B01J19/00 ,  C01B3/02 ,  C01B3/36 ,  C01C1/04 ,  C07C1/04 ,  C10L3/08 ,  F02C3/30

CPC classification number: C07C29/1518 ,  B01D53/02 ,  B01D53/229 ,  B01J12/005 ,  B01J19/004 ,  C01B3/025 ,  C01B3/36 ,  C01B3/366 ,  C01C1/0488 ,  C07C1/0485 ,  C10L3/08 ,  F02C3/30 ,  B01D2256/16 ,  B01J2219/00182 ,  B01J2219/00186 ,  C01B2203/025 ,  C01B2203/061 ,  C01B2203/062 ,  C01B2203/068 ,  C01B2203/1241 ,  C01B2203/1614 ,  C01B2203/1628 ,  C01B2203/82 ,  C10L2200/0461 ,  C10L2290/02 ,  C10L2290/145 ,  F05D2220/75

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for using fuel-rich partial oxidation to produce an end product from waste gases, such as flare gas. In an embodiment, the system and method use air-breathing piston engines and turbine engines for the fuel-rich partial oxidation of the flare gas to form synthesis gas, and reactors to convert the synthesis gas into the end product. In an embodiment the end product is methanol.

公开(公告)号：US20240017993A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18161058

申请日：2023-01-28

Applicant: M2X Energy, Inc

Inventor： John Anthony Dean ,  Andrew L. Randolph ,  Joshua B. Browne ,  Doug C. Hofer

IPC: C01B3/32 ,  C01B32/40 ,  B01J8/02

CPC classification number: C01B3/326 ,  C01B32/40 ,  B01J8/0285 ,  C01B2203/0222 ,  C01B2203/0261 ,  C01B2203/061 ,  C01B2203/068 ,  B01J2208/027 ,  B01J2208/00309

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for using partial oxidation to produce an end product from hydrocarbon gases, such as flare gas. There are provided methods and systems to minimize the amount of compression work needed for an air breathing engine reformer in a gas-to-liquid system and method by one or more of: (a) reducing the amount of nitrogen; (b) increasing back-pressure of the engine reformer from standard 1 or 2 bar, to up to 5 bar; (c) use of a turbo-expander to recover much of the compression work, thus lowering the cost, among other efficiencies, to operate a plant; and (d) utilizing an intensified synthesis loop to achieve acceptable methanol synthesis at lower overall pressure. In an embodiment, the end product is methanol.

公开(公告)号：US20240017235A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18198279

申请日：2023-05-16

Applicant: M2X Energy Inc.

Inventor： Paul E. Yelvington ,  Edwin Yik ,  John Anthony Dean ,  Joshua B. Browne

IPC: B01J19/00 ,  B01J19/24 ,  B01J35/04 ,  C07C29/152 ,  B01D3/00 ,  B01D53/02 ,  B01D53/22

CPC classification number: B01J19/0013 ,  B01J19/0093 ,  B01J19/2415 ,  B01J35/04 ,  C07C29/152 ,  B01D3/009 ,  B01D53/02 ,  B01D53/229

Abstract: Intensified plants comprising chemical reformers and downstream chemical synthesis equipment. Systems, methods and devices for process intensification (PI) that result in lowering part count, merging functionality, removing bottlenecks, reducing costs, and modularizing subsystems for ease of assembly and maintenance to obtain the overall simplification needed to achieve competitive product cost at small scales. In an embodiment, the improved plants employ engine reformers to produce synthesis gas, which is further converted into end products using intensified downstream reactors.

公开(公告)号：US20230286807A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US18161060

申请日：2023-01-28

Applicant: M2X Energy, Inc

Inventor： Paul E. Yelvington ,  John Anthony Dean ,  Joshua B. Browne

IPC: C01B32/50

CPC classification number: C01B32/50 ,  C01B2203/86 ,  C01B2203/0238 ,  C01B2203/0866

Abstract: There are provided CCUS systems and methods having gas-to-liquid systems and processes, e.g., for processing flare gas to methanol. In these systems an air-breathing engine reformer produces a syngas intermediate that is further converted to methanol in a downstream synthesis step. The CCUS system has a CO2 separator that receives a gas-phase stream and separates this stream into two streams, a CO2-rich stream and a CO2-depleted stream. The CCUS systems may further have a hydrogen separator that receive a gas-phase stream and separates that stream into a hydrogen-rich stream and a hydrogen-depleted stream. The CO2-rich stream can be used for use in EOR, storage or both.

公开(公告)号：US20230279802A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-07

申请号：US17984126

申请日：2022-11-09

Applicant: M2X Energy Inc.

Inventor： Kyle I. Merical ,  Andrew Randolph ,  John Anthony Dean ,  Paul E. Yelvington ,  Joshua B. Browne

IPC: F02B19/12 ,  F02B19/18 ,  F02B43/10

CPC classification number: F02B19/12 ,  F02B19/18 ,  F02B43/10 ,  F02B2043/103 ,  F02M23/00

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for the use of rich limit extenders, and in particular pre-chamber assemblies, for increasing the ability of a spark-ignition engine to operate under fuel-rich conditions. In embodiments the pre-chamber assemblies are combined with spark-ignition engines as a reformer in a gas-to-liquid system for converting a combustible fuel source into synthesis gas. Embodiments of the reformers having pre-chambers provide a synthesis gas product having a H2/CO ratio, with increased H2 concentrations.