Patent ID: 8968685
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B01J,C10K

Abstract:
1. A fuel processing system, comprising: a fuel injection system configured to combine ambient air and a logistical fuel to produce a logistical fuel and air mixture; a reactor positioned downstream of the fuel injection system and configured to convert the logistical fuel and air mixture to synthesis gas, the reactor selected from the group consisting of a catalytic partial oxidation reactor, a thermal partial oxidation reactor, and an autothermal reactor; a recuperative heat exchanger positioned downstream of the reactor and configured to cool the synthesis gas produced by the reactor with the ambient air of the fuel injection system to produce a cooled synthesis gas; a water gas shift reactor positioned downstream of the recuperative heat exchanger and configured to treat the cooled synthesis gas to produce additional carbon monoxide; and a methanol synthesis system positioned and configured to convert the cooled, treated synthesis gas to a crude methanol liquid.