Patent ID: 8591631

Claim:
A method of assembling an acid gas component reduction system, said method comprising: coupling at least one acid removal system in flow communication with a source of a first synthetic gas (syngas) stream, wherein the first syngas stream includes at least one acid gas component having a first acid gas component concentration and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ); coupling a singular integral absorber in flow communication with the at least one acid removal system such that the singular integral absorber is not in direct flow communication with the first syngas stream; configuring at least one phase separation unit within the at least one acid removal system to: receive at least one acid removal material stream that includes CO 2 and at least a portion of the at least one acid gas component; separate at least a portion of the CO 2 and at least a portion of the at least one acid gas component from at least a portion of the at least one acid removal material stream, thereby forming at least one CO 2 /acid gas stream; and supply the at least one CO 2 acid gas stream to the singular integral absorber in a first gas stream having a first CO 2 concentration; configuring the singular integral absorber to generate a second gas stream having a second CO 2 concentration that is greater than the first CO 2 concentration; coupling a discharge conduit between the singular integral absorber, the source of the first syngas stream, and a flare conduit; and configuring the discharge conduit to selectively channel the second gas stream from the singular integral absorber to at least one of the source of the first syngas stream and the flare conduit.