Patent ID: 11866668
Assignee: nan
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B  C

Claim 27:
28. A conversion system for managing variable, multi-phase fluid conversion to output fuel and energy, the conversion system comprising:
a gas conditioning subsystem receiving a flow of input gas from a gas source input gas stream of varying composition comprising methane and non-methane hydrocarbons;
conditioning components of the gas conditioning subsystem configured to convert the input gas into conditioned gas and a compressor subsystem comprising a compressor configured for adjusting pressure of the conditioned gas;

a conversion system control subsystem comprising multiple automatically controlled closed loops managed by the control subsystem to direct fluids and/or gas flow, further comprising a first closed loop wherein a first controller adjusts system parameters to vary conditioned gas flow based on measurements by at least one measurement component;
a first blending subsystem in fluid communication with the conditioning subsystem, comprising a diverting valve subsystem directing the conditioned gas into one or more pre-separation application units and/or a separation subsystem, and a second controller in communication with at least one feedback component positioned at or before a gas inlet for the one or more pre-separation gas application units to form a second closed loop of the control subsystem, wherein the second controller adjusts system parameters to vary conditioned gas flow based on measurements by the at least one feedback component;
a separation subsystem comprising a Joule-Thomson (JT) apparatus in fluid communication with the first blending subsystem to receive a conditioned gas stream, separating at least a portion of the conditioned gas using a thermal management subsystem in fluid communication with the JT apparatus to condense heavier hydrocarbons out of the conditioned gas stream, to produce (a) a condensed liquid comprising primarily non-methane hydrocarbons, and (b) a converted gas comprising primarily methane and lessor amounts of non-methane hydrocarbons;
a dry produced gas subsystem in fluid communication with the separation subsystem, comprising one or more dry gas application units using a third controller in communication with a monitoring component positioned at or before a fuel gas inlet for the one or more dry gas application units to form a third closed loop of the control subsystem, wherein the third controller adjusts system parameters to vary dry gas flow in real-time, on-demand, based on measurements by the at least one monitoring component;
a second blending subsystem in fluid communication with the dry gas subsystem and comprising one or more mixing valve subsystems and/or waste gates controlling production rate of the blended gas comprising converted gas from the condensed liquid mixed with the dry gas stream within threshold limits of a predetermined enrichment ratio to match fuel flow demand of one or more wet gas application units by adjusting the flow rate of a dry gas stream;
a natural gas liquid (NGL) and wet gas subsystem in fluid communication with the separation subsystem and the second blending subsystem, directing blended gas to the one or more wet gas application units using a fourth controller in communication with a sensing component, wherein the fourth controller adjusts system parameters to vary blended gas flow in real-time, on-demand, based on measurements by the at least one sensing component; and
a set of conduits and or pipes interconnecting subsystems in fluid communication and an application unit product subsystem receiving unit products and delivering unit products to output destinations according to system parameters, wherein the control subsystem automatically controls flow and directs fluids/gases in real time using valves and components to meet one or more of: flow demand, predetermined thresholds, predetermined specifications, and predetermined system parameters.