PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16117039
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["252", "373000"]

Abstract:
A system and method for processing unconditioned syngas first removes solids and semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOC), then removes volatile organic compounds (VOC), and then removes at least one sulfur containing compound from the syngas. Additional processing may be performed depending on such factors as the source of syngas being processed, the products, byproducts and intermediate products desired to be formed, captured or recycled and environmental considerations.

Claim (Index 29):
A method of producing Fischer-Tropsch products, comprising:\n (a) providing a source of unconditioned syngas; (b) after step (a), hydrocarbon reforming the unconditioned syngas with an oxidant source to generate additional hydrogen and carbon monoxide and produce a syngas of improved quality, wherein the oxidant source includes one or more selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, steam, air, and oxygen; (c) after step (b), cooling the syngas of improved quality; (d) after step (c), removing at least a portion of the steam from the syngas of improved quality; (e) after step (d), compressing the syngas of improved quality; (f) after step (e), removing one or more volatile organic compounds from the syngas of improved quality; (g) after step (f), removing ammonia from the syngas of improved quality, thereby producing an ammonia-depleted syngas of improved quality; (h) after step (g), removing carbon dioxide from the ammonia-depleted syngas of improved quality, thereby forming an ammonia-and-carbon-dioxide-depleted syngas of improved quality; and (i) after step (h), introducing the ammonia-and-carbon-dioxide-depleted syngas of improved quality to a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) catalytic synthesis process and generating Fischer-Tropsch products including at least a Medium Fraction Fischer-Tropsch Liquid (MFFTL) and wax; wherein: the unconditioned syngas in step (a) includes:\n (I) a carbon monoxide concentration ranging from between 5 volume percent to 35 volume percent on a dry basis; \n (II) a hydrogen concentration ranging from between 20 volume percent to 60 volume percent on a dry basis; \n (III) one or more volatile organic compounds (VOC) selected from the group consisting of benzene, toluene, phenol, styrene, xylene, cresol, and combinations thereof, the VOC concentration ranges from between 500 parts per million by volume to 10,000 parts per million by volume on a dry basis; and \n (IV) one or more semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOC) selected from the group consisting of indene, indan, napthalene, methylnapthalene, acenapthylene, acenapthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, (methyl-) anthracenes/phenanthrenes, pyrene/fluoranthene, methylpyrenes/benzofluorenes, chrysene, benz[a]anthracene, methylchrysenes, methylbenz [a]anthracenes, perylene, benzo[a]pyrene, dibenz[a,kl]anthracene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene, and combinations thereof, the SVOC concentration ranges from between 10 parts per million by volume to 1,000 parts per million by volume on a dry basis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42593
- Patent Class: 252.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15793252', '14347431', '15430654', '15430592', '15430633']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8921924969518386
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6773274830921264
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8707059955658674
- Mean Citation Score: 612.590694
- Max Citation Score: 655.6806
- Similarity Product: 580.0567481443405

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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