Inventors:
James Kindig - Silver City NM, US
Steven Styer - Phoenix AZ, US
Assignee:
ALCHEMIX CORPORATION - Carefree AZ
International Classification:
C10J 3/00, C10J 3/57
US Classification:
04819700A, 04819700R, 048210000, 048209000
Abstract:
A method for the gasification of a hydrocarbon feedstock that has a high moisture content to produce useful co-products such as high-value hydrocarbon fuels, pure H, electricity, and/or ammonia. The method advantageously gasifies the carbon in the feedstock to carbon monoxide (CO) without producing large quantities of carbon dioxide (CO). Supplemental hydrogen (H) is co-produced by reacting steam (HO) generated from the moisture in the hydrocarbon feedstock with a molten metal.