Method for Production of Carbon Dioxide and Apparatus Therefor
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Abstract
A system for conversion of waste and solar heat energy into a carbon sequestration device, including as a collector for collecting carbon dioxide gas from a carbon dioxide gas source, such as ambient air. The Joule Thompson effect is used to cool and thereby refrigerate/liquefy ambient air and then extracting carbon dioxide therefrom, comprising steps of and means for providing a hydride heat engine, operating the hydride heat engine utilizing hydride thermal compression technology to compress hydrogen gas and thereby to cool ambient air to a temperature rendering air into a refrigerated/liquefied state by use of a Joule-Thompson type process, and extracting carbon dioxide from the refrigerated/liquefied ambient air and collecting the carbon dioxide.
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19 Claims
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15. A system for conversion of electrical energy into gaseous and liquid fuels, comprising:
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a) a collector of carbon dioxide gas from a carbon dioxide gas source; b) a reducing device for reducing at least a portion of the collected carbon dioxide gas to carbon monoxide; c) a hydrogen producing device for providing hydrogen available from a hydrogen source; d) a vessel for thermo-chemically reacting the hydrogen gas with carbon dioxide in a Fischer-Tropsch process in the presence of a catalyst and heat, thereby to provide a hydrocarbon fuel, wherein the collector for collecting carbon dioxide gas further comprises a cooling vessel in association with a heat exchanger that removes heat when high pressure hydrogen is depressurized. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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16. A method of producing carbon dioxide comprising:
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a) providing a hydride heat engine; b) operating said hydride heat engine utilizing hydride thermal compression technology to compress hydrogen gas and thereby to cool ambient air to a temperature rendering air into a refrigerated/liquefied state by use of a Joule-Thompson type process; c) extracting carbon dioxide from the liquefied ambient air; and d) collecting the carbon dioxide. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A system for producing carbon dioxide comprising:
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a) hydride heat engine; b) a Joule-Thompson type mechanism capable of adiabatically compressing hydrogen gas and depressurizing the compressed air in a second space; c) a heat exchange mechanism capable of using the decompression of the hydrogen gas to cool ambient air to a temperature rendering air into a refrigerated/liquefied state; d) a mechanism for extracting carbon dioxide from the refrigerated/liquefied ambient air; and e) a mechanism for collecting the carbon dioxide.
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