Patent ID: 8926717
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: C01B,C07C,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a synthetic fuel, said method comprising: thermally reforming methane and carbon dioxide to generate a syngas including a first quantity of carbon monoxide and a first quantity of hydrogen; oxidizing a first portion of said quantity of first carbon monoxide with a metal to produce metal oxide and carbon thereby separating oxygen from said carbon monoxide; gasifying said carbon using steam to produce a second quantity of carbon monoxide and a second quantity of hydrogen; reacting said metal oxide with methane to produce metal oxide, carbon dioxide, and a third quantity of hydrogen; and synthesizing a second portion of said first quantity of carbon monoxide, said first quantity of hydrogen, said second quantity of hydrogen, and said third quantity of hydrogen to form said synthetic fuel; wherein said synthetic fuel includes at least one of methanol (CH