Patent ID: 11912637
Assignee: nan
Field: Organic fine chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 14:
15. A method for converting biomass to synthetic hydrocarbons, the method comprising:
via a biomass preparer:
sorting and/or changing a particle size, density, and/or dryness of a received biomass provided to the biomass preparer sufficiently for a resulting prepared biomass to have, on average, dimensions between approximately and approximately 30 centimeters, a bulk density between approximately 0.2 and approximately 0.9 kilograms/liter, and/or a dryness between 0 and approximately 30 weight percent; and
conveying and/or storing a volume of prepared biomass that is sufficient for operating a first thermal decomposer for at least 2 hours at approximately a nameplate biomass input flow rate of the first thermal decomposer;

via the first thermal decomposer, converting a supplied portion of prepared biomass, combined with a hydrocarbon-comprising gas supplied from an external source, into synthesis gas;
via a synthesis gas cleaner, producing cleaned synthesis gases from synthesis gas;
via a hydrocarbon synthesizer, producing synthetic hydrocarbons from synthesis gas and/or hydrogen-comprising gas;
via a mass and/or heat integrator, recycling carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, water, steam, hydrocarbon, hydrogen-comprising gas, and/or material received from the hydrocarbon synthesizer to the first thermal decomposer, a second thermal decomposer, a hydrogen generator, and/or the hydrocarbon synthesizer.