Patent ID: 8889037
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: C01B

Abstract:
1. A method for reforming a hydrocarbon, comprising: combusting at least a portion of an expanded turbine exhaust gas and a first fuel within a first reformer to produce a first reformer exhaust gas; reforming a hydrocarbon in the first reformer in the presence of one or more first catalysts and steam at conditions sufficient to produce a first reformed hydrocarbon; heating one or more first transfer mediums by indirectly transferring heat from the first reformer exhaust gas to the one or more first transfer mediums; powering one or more refrigeration units with thermal energy from the one or more heated first transfer mediums; cooling one or more second transfer mediums within the one or more refrigeration units to produce one or more cooled second transfer mediums; transferring heat from one or more oxidants to the one or more cooled second transfer mediums to produce a cooled first oxidant and a cooled second oxidant; introducing the cooled first oxidant and a second fuel to a gas turbine unit to produce the expanded turbine exhaust gas and mechanical power; powering a compressor with the mechanical power; compressing the cooled second oxidant in the compressor to produce a compressed second oxidant; and introducing the compressed second oxidant and the first reformed hydrocarbon to a second reformer to produce a syngas product.