| abstract |
Process and systems for making a synthesis gas. The process includes reacting a fuel and an oxidant in a combustion zone within a reverse flow reactor under combustion conditions to produce a flue gas that includes CO2 and O2 and to heat a conversion zone within the reverse flow reactor. An anode input stream that includes H2, a reformable fuel, or a mixture thereof is introduced into an anode of a molten carbonate fuel cell. A cathode input stream that includes at least a portion of the flue gas is introduced into a cathode of the molten carbonate fuel cell. The molten carbonate fuel cell is operated to generate electricity, a cathode exhaust, and an anode exhaust. At least a portion of the anode exhaust is exposed to a catalyst in the conversion zone to produce a synthesis gas. |