Method for the recovery of power from lhv gas

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure, A method is disclosed for the utilization of energy in gas of low heating value discharged from a production well of an in-situ combustion process for the production of oil. The low heating value gas is mixed with an amount of air that will provide oxygen in an amount that will limit the maximum temperature rise in a catalytic combustion chamber to avoid excessive temperatures regardless of changes in composition of the low heating value gas. The mixture is preheated and delivered into the catalytic combustion chamber at a temperature exceeding about 400° F. that will cause ignition of the combustibles on contact with the catalyst. In a preferred embodiment, …