MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617080155 A) filed by Purifire Labs Limited on June 29, 2026, for System And Method For Converting Waste Carbon Material Into Bio-Methanol Using Hydrothermal Gasification And Catalytic Methanol Synthesis.
Inventors include Pearce, Matthew; and Middleton, Ray.
The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.
Abstract: Disclosed is a system for converting waste carbon material into bio-methanol using hydrothermal gasification and catalytic methanol synthesis. The system comprises a mixing and recirculation tank configured to receive the waste carbon material, a hydraulic pumping unit configured to mix waste carbon material with water and to increase the pressure of the mixture, a plug flow reactor configured to maintain the pressure of mixture of the waste carbon material and water, wherein the plug flow reactor comprises a preheater configured to increase temperature of the mixture of waste carbon material and water to obtain waste flow and a hydrothermal reactor unit configured to receive the waste flow from the preheater. The hydrothermal reactor unit may further comprise a heater for increasing the temperature of the waste flow using a plurality of heating formats and a conduit configured to partially recirculate waste heat into the hydrothermal reactor unit. The system further comprises a methanol reactor chamber in fluid communication with the plug flow reactor for receiving the syngas therefrom, the methanol reactor chamber housing a catalyst for converting syngas to methanol.
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