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SYNTHETIC FUELS. Latest published applications 2017-2019. Integrated gasification combined cycle
Summary
Among the electricity generation technologies, the innovative Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) is considered to be a promising alternative for producing clean power from coal and other carbon-based feedstocks. IGCC uses both gas and steam turbines to generate electricity by burning synthesis gas (syngas), a mixture of primarily hydrogen and carbon monoxide produced by the gasifier. In comparison to conventional power generation technologies, IGCC has advantages such as high generation efficiency due to greater carbon conversion, lower environmental impact, and less water usage. However, the wide-spread adoption of IGCC is hindered by high capital and operating costs and the complexity of construction, operation, and maintenance. The latest technical solutions presented in this patent bulletin are aimed at the technological optimization of IGCC systems to make them competitive with conventional power generation plants.
A selection of patent applications related to the subject of synthetic fuels and published by patent offices around the globe in 2017-2019 is provided for review in the present bulletin. General research methodology can be found on the Advanced Energy Technologies website. The present bulletin includes 231 patent applications, prepared by applicants from 9 countries and registered in 13 patent offices. The patent documents mention 60 applicants and 276 IPC subgroups.
Key Highlights
The bulletin provides general statistical figures, including the overall distribution of patent documents by years, by patent offices and by applicant countries, applicant-related data (residents and non-residents), data on the most frequently mentioned International Patent Classification divisions (sections, classes, subclasses, groups, and subgroups). The most popular patent offices among the applicants were: CNIPA (CN), JPO (JP), WIPO, USPTO (US), KIPO (KR), EPO, INPI (BR).
For each of the patent documents selected for the examination in the present bulletin the characteristics of unified indicators were preliminary defined, they include: technical problems, types of inventive solutions employed, belonging to one or other technological segment. This allows the internal content for each of the indicators in the aggregate array of documents to be visualized, for instance, to define the sequence and proportional correlation of technical problems the inventive solutions disclosed in the texts aim to solve. A list of the top 10 groups consisting of patent documents with identical unified indicators contains ID numbers and applicant names of respective documents; the groups are sorted by the number of patent documents.
The following information can be found for the top 10 applicants: breakdown of applications by problems, IPC sections, patent offices, technological indicators, as well as the estimation of their share in the established intellectual property market. The 10 leading applicants by the number of patent documents were: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd (JP), Huaneng Clean Energy Research Institute (CN), 8 RIVERS CAPITAL, LLC (US), China Huaneng Group (CN), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (JP), Wormser Energy Solutions Inc (US), Korea Western Power Co., Ltd (KR), UPC China University of Petroleum (CN), General Electric (US), Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) (KR).
The bulletin contains lists of the top 10 prominent documents having the highest bibliographical rating, the most extensive coverage of IPC sections and those not being part a of patent family.
The patent bulletin also includes a list of all of the documents reviewed, arranged by patent offices and indicated by the ID numbers of the registered patent applications.
Who needs this bulletin?
The data provided in the proposed bulletin is a timely reflection of the transformations that take place in the intellectual property sector of the industrial direction concerned. A thoroughly edited selection of patent documents can become a good complement to your library of available technical solutions. The bulletin is targeted at inventors, engineers, researchers, managers and business administrators involved in the development of synthetic fuels production technologies.
