Patent ID: 8679368

Claim:
A process for the liquefaction of carbonaceous material in a liquefaction reactor comprising: (a) providing a carbonaceous material and separately feeding a portion to a gasification reactor and forming hydrogen and carbon monoxide gaseous products and separately feeding a portion of said carbonaceous material to said liquefaction reactor; (b) feeding the hydrogen and carbon monoxide gaseous products of the gasification reactor with water directly into said liquefaction reactor containing an inorganic metal halide salt wherein said products and materials undergo both of the following: (i) a water gas shift reaction wherein the carbon monoxide and water react to form carbon dioxide and hydrogen; (ii) a hydrogenation reaction of the carbonaceous material wherein said material is converted to a hydrocarbon; wherein said process for liquefaction of said carbonaceous material is conducted without the use of a separate reactor for reacting carbon monoxide with water to form carbon dioxide and hydrogen.