Patent ID: 8383078

Claim:
A process for the production of syngas comprising carbon monoxide and molecular hydrogen, said process comprising: exothermically reacting hydrocarbon-containing fuel with an oxidant gas comprising molecular oxygen in a first reactor to produce an exothermically-generated syngas product, the exothermically-generated syngas product having a first concentration of carbon monoxide; combining an effluent stream of the exothermically-generated syngas product with reactive diluent fluid to produce a mixture comprising cooled exothermically-generated syngas product and reactive diluent fluid, the mixture including carbon dioxide, molecular hydrogen and solid carbon particles; reacting the carbon dioxide and the molecular hydrogen in the mixture over a catalyst in a second reactor to produce reacted syngas product having a second concentration of carbon monoxide greater than the first concentration; and gasifying, in the second reactor, solid carbon particles in the mixture with at least one other component in the mixture to produce reacted syngas product.