Patent ID: 9096479
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: C01B,C07C

Abstract:
1. A method for preparing a paraffin product from a carbonaceous feedstock comprising the following steps: (a) partial oxidation of the carbonaceous feedstock to obtain a mixture comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide; (b) performing a Fischer-Tropsch reaction using the mixture as obtained in step (a) and recovering an off-gas from the Fischer-Tropsch reaction and a paraffin product; (c) subjecting at least a part of the off-gas from the Fischer-Tropsch reaction to conversion of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and to hydrogenation using a steam/off-gas mol ratio in the range of between 0.5 and 1.5, and a catalyst comprising copper and zinc; (d) subjecting at least a part of the gas resulting from step (c) to conversion using a nickel based catalyst comprising at most 0.2 wt % cobalt, at most 0.2 wt % iron and at most 0.2 wt % ruthenium, calculated on the total weight of the catalyst; and, (e) preparing a hydrogen comprising gas from at least a part of the gas resulting from step (d) using a reforming process.