Patent ID: 9376639
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: B01J,C07C,C10G,C10J,C10K,C10L,Y02E,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a pyrolysis reaction chamber for containing a volume of feedstock; a first thermal energy transfer system in thermal communication with the pyrolysis reaction chamber and at least one heat source for converting at least a portion of the volume of feedstock to at least one pyrolysis reaction product; a second thermal energy transfer system in thermal communication with an outlet of the pyrolysis reaction chamber and an internal heat source for super-heating the at least one pyrolysis reaction product; a steam generator including an outlet arranged to mix super-heated steam with the super-heated at least one pyrolysis reaction product; a steam reformer in fluidic communication with the outlet of the pyrolysis reaction chamber and the steam generator, the steam reformer configured to convert the super-heated at least one pyrolysis reaction product and the super-heated steam to at least one reformed product; a water-gas-shift reactor in fluidic communication with an outlet of the steam reformer and configured to convert at least a portion of the at least one reformed product to at least one synthesis gas product via at least one water-gas-shift reaction; a compression system in fluidic communication with an outlet of the water-gas-shift reactor and configured to compress the at least one synthesis gas product in at least one compression phase; a methanol reactor in fluidic communication with an outlet of the compression system and configured to convert at least a portion of the compressed at least one synthesis gas product to a volume of methanol; and a methanol-to-gasoline reactor in fluidic communication with an outlet of the methanol reactor and configured to convert at least a portion of the volume of methanol to a volume of gasoline.