System for producing organic substance and method for producing organic substance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11525147-B2
Application number	US-202017090164-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2020
Priority date	Jun 9, 2016
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

A system for producing an organic substance, including: a synthesis gas generation furnace for producing a synthesis gas by partially oxidizing a waste including a carbon source; a synthesis gas purification unit connected to the synthesis gas generation furnace and purifying the synthesis gas generated in the synthesis gas generation furnace to reduce an impurity concentration in the synthesis gas; and an organic substance synthesis unit which is connected to the synthesis gas purification unit and generates an organic substance from the synthesis gas purified in the synthesis gas purification unit, wherein the synthesis gas purification unit includes a detection unit for measuring an impurity concentration in the synthesis gas.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for producing an organic substance, comprising:
a synthesis gas generation furnace for producing a synthesis gas by partially oxidizing a waste comprising a carbon source;
a synthesis gas purification unit which is connected to the synthesis gas generation furnace and purifies the synthesis gas generated in the synthesis gas generation furnace to reduce an impurity concentration in the synthesis gas; and
an organic substance synthesis unit which is connected to the synthesis gas purification unit and generates an organic substance from the synthesis gas purified in the synthesis gas purification unit,
wherein the synthesis gas purification unit comprises:
a first purification unit for purifying the synthesis gas;
a second purification unit for purifying the synthesis gas purified in the first purification unit;
a detection unit for measuring an impurity concentration in the synthesis gas purified in the first purification unit,
wherein the detection unit is configured between the first purification unit and the second purification unit,
wherein the second purification unit is a pressure swing adsorption apparatus or a temperature swing adsorption apparatus, having a higher impurity concentration reducing ability than the first purification unit, and
wherein the detection unit is configured to:
feed the synthesis gas purified in the first purification unit to a part positioned downstream of the second purification unit while bypassing the second purification unit when the impurity concentration is not higher than a predetermined value, and
feed the synthesis gas purified in the first purification unit to the second purification unit when the impurity concentration is higher than the predetermined value.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first purification unit is a pressure swing adsorption apparatus or a temperature swing adsorption apparatus.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first purification unit is a desulfurization tank.

4. A system for producing an organic substance, comprising:
a synthesis gas generation furnace for producing a synthesis gas by partially oxidizing a waste comprising a carbon source;
a synthesis gas purification unit which is connected to the synthesis gas generation furnace and purifies the synthesis gas generated in the synthesis gas generation furnace to reduce an impurity concentration in the synthesis gas; and
an organic substance synthesis unit which is connected to the synthesis gas purification unit and generates an organic substance from the synthesis gas purified in the synthesis gas purification unit,
wherein the synthesis gas purification unit comprises:
a first purification unit for purifying the synthesis gas;
a second purification unit for purifying the synthesis gas purified in the first purification unit;
a detection unit for measuring an impurity concentration in the synthesis gas purified in the first purification unit,
wherein the detection unit is configured between the first purification unit and the second purification unit,
wherein the first purification unit is a desulfurization tank,
wherein the second purification unit is a pressure swing adsorption apparatus or a temperature swing adsorption apparatus.
wherein the detection unit is configured to:
feed the synthesis gas purified in the first purification unit to a part positioned downstream of the second purification unit while bypassing the second purification unit when the impurity concentration is not higher than a predetermined value, and
feed the synthesis gas purified in the first purification unit to the second purification unit when the impurity concentration is higher than the predetermined value.

5. A method for producing an organic substance using the system according to claim 1 , which comprises:
a step of generating a synthesis gas in the synthesis gas generation furnace;
a step of purifying the synthesis gas in the synthesis gas purification unit; and
a step of generating an organic substance from the purified synthesis gas in the organic substance synthesis unit,
wherein the step of purifying the synthesis gas comprises:
a step of purifying the synthesis gas in the first purification unit;
a step of measuring an impurity concentration in the synthesis gas purified in the first purification unit by the detection unit; and
a step of:
feeding the synthesis gas purified in the first purification unit to a part positioned downstream of the second purification unit while bypassing the second purification unit when the impurity concentration is not higher than a predetermined value, or
feeding the synthesis gas purified in the first purification unit to the second purification unit when the impurity concentration is higher than the predetermined value, thereby purifying the synthesis gas in the second purification unit, and feeding the synthesis gas purified in the second purification unit to a part positioned downstream of the second purification unit.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the predetermined value of the impurity concentration is in a range of concentration that adversely affects anaerobic bacteria that produce the organic substance in the organic substance synthesis unit.

Assignees

• Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujimori Yoji
• Okada Kazumi

Classifications

• C01B2203/06

  Integration with other chemical processes · CPC title

• C01B3/56

  by contacting with solids; Regeneration of used solids · CPC title

• C01B2203/146

  At least two purification steps in series · CPC title

• C01B2203/042

  Purification by adsorption on solids · CPC title

• C12P7/065 Primary

  with microorganisms other than yeasts · CPC title