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Production of hydrogen and removal and sequestration of carbon dioxide from coal-fired furnaces and boilers

  • US 20040200393A1
  • Filed: 04/08/2004
  • Published: 10/14/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for incrementally reducing, and subsequently eliminating by sequestration, the emissions of carbon dioxide from the combustion of solid fossil fuels, in energy systems that contain components including one or more of furnaces, boilers, and heat engines, comprising:

  • changing the processes by which said fuels are gasified and burned so as to produce hydrogen; and

    eliminating one or more other gaseous species selected from the group consisting of nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, volatile trace metals, mercury, and dioxins and furans that are emitted during the operation of said energy systems.

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