SYNTHETIC FUELS. Latest published applications 2017-2019. Synthetic natural gas
Summary
Synthetic natural gas (SNG) can be produced from a variety of energy sources, primarily coal, biomass and solid waste through a process called gasification. The carbonaceous feedstocks can be gasified and the generated synthesis gas converted to methane, the main component of natural gas. SNG production has a number of advantages, first of all the abundant and cheaper feedstock base, which allows large-scale production, usage for electricity and heating through putting into existing natural gas infrastructure, and also offers the option of producing transport fuels. In addition, SNG is a promising way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, especially by conversion of biomass. Nevertheless, the SNG production process requires further developments to optimize the design of reactors, ensure long-term catalyst stability, improve the utilization pathways of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, etc. The present statistical bulletin gives an overview on the latest investigations and technological achievements on the way to the commercial implementation of technologies for the production of SNG.
The present bulletin reviews patent applications registered by patent offices around the globe in 2017-2019 in the field related to the subject of synthetic natural gas. General research methodology can be found on the Advanced Energy Technologies website. 170 patent documents from 21 patent offices around the world are represented in the bulletin. In total, 62 applicants from 11 countries and 162 subgroups of the International Patent Classification are mentioned.
Key Highlights
Statistical information presented in the bulletin includes distribution of patent documents by years, by patent offices and by applicant countries, applicant-related data (residents and non-residents), and data on the most frequently mentioned International Patent Classification divisions (sections, classes, subclasses, groups, and subgroups). The largest number of applications during the period of time under revision was registered by the patent office of China.
From the analysis of texts of patent documents presented in this bulletin, detailed information is extracted for each of the unified indicators, which include: technical problems, types of inventive solutions employed, belonging of a patent document to one or other technological segment. The results of the statistical processing of this data for the entire array of the applications examined are summarized in the correspondingly-named diagrams and tables. In addition to that, a list of the top 10 groups of patent documents with identical unified indicators is provided, where the groups are sorted by the number of patent documents and include ID numbers and applicant names of the documents.
Data is provided for each of the top 10 applicants, leading in terms of the number of published patent documents among the ones examined in the bulletin, illustrating their share in the established intellectual property market, distribution of applications by problems, IPC sections, patent offices. Representatives of China and France prevail among the patenting leaders in the examined period of time. These leaders include: Engie (FR), China Petroleum & Chemical Company (CN), Haldor Topsoe A/S (DK), 8 RIVERS CAPITAL, LLC (US), Sinopec SRIPT Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology (CN), ENN Science & Technology Development Co Ltd (CN), GDF SUEZ (FR), Sinopec Engineering Incorporation (CN), Wison Engineering Co. Ltd. (CN), Sinopec China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (CN).
The prominent documents pages contain the top 10 patent applications with the highest bibliographical rating, the most extensive coverage of IPC sections, and those not being a part of patent family.
The conclusive part of the bulletin represents the lists of all of the documents reviewed, arranged by the top 10 groups of patent documents with identical unified indicators and by patent offices with the indication of the ID numbers of 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. 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 synthetic fuel production technologies.
