Hydromethanation of a carbonaceous feedstock with vanadium recovery

• Main Authors: SPITZ, ROBERT A, RAPPAS, ALKIS S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.09.2013
• Subjects: ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; CARBURETTING AIR OR OTHER GASES; CHEMISTRY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; FIRELIGHTERS; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; NATURAL GAS; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS; PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRODUCTION OF PRODUCER GAS, WATER-GAS, SYNTHESIS GAS FROMSOLID CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, OR MIXTURES CONTAINING THESE GASES; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

The present invention relates to processes and apparatuses for hydromethanating a vanadium-containing carbonaceous feedstock while recovering at least a portion of the vanadium content originally present in the carbonaceous feedstock.