ZERO EMISSION POWER PLANT WITH CO2 WASTE UTILIZATION
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1. A clean energy system, comprising:
- a fuel processor receiving a natural gas, biogas or syngas and catalytically converting a CH.sub.4 component in the natural gas, biogas or syngas into a reformate including only H.sub.2, CO, CO.sub.2 and H.sub.20 species;
a heat exchanger for controlling a temperature of the reformate;
an energy reactor converting the reformate in gas form into a liquid fuel; and
a power generator generating power using an H.sub.2 component from an output of the fuel processor or from an output of the energy reactor,wherein the system is a zero emission power plant qualified for installation near energy source, market place, and with product shippable for off-site consumption.
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Abstract
A clean energy system, a renewable energy system or a zero emission energy system (ZEES) to utilize CO2 waste. The energy system may include a fuel processor, an energy catalytic reactor, and a power generator. The fuel processor may catalytically convert the CH4 component in the natural gas, biogas or syngas into a reformate including H2, CO, CO2 and H2O species. The energy reactor may convert the reformate in gas form into a liquid fuel. The power generator may generate power using an output of the fuel processor and/or an output of the energy reactor.
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1. A clean energy system, comprising:
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a fuel processor receiving a natural gas, biogas or syngas and catalytically converting a CH.sub.4 component in the natural gas, biogas or syngas into a reformate including only H.sub.2, CO, CO.sub.2 and H.sub.20 species; a heat exchanger for controlling a temperature of the reformate; an energy reactor converting the reformate in gas form into a liquid fuel; and a power generator generating power using an H.sub.2 component from an output of the fuel processor or from an output of the energy reactor, wherein the system is a zero emission power plant qualified for installation near energy source, market place, and with product shippable for off-site consumption. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for generating power, comprising:
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receiving natural gas, biogas or syngas and catalytically converting a CH.sub.4 component in the natural gas, biogas or syngas into a reformate including only H.sub.2, CO, CO.sub.2 and H.sub.20 species; controlling a temperature of the reformate using a heat exchanger; converting the reformate in gas form into a liquid fuel; storing the liquid fuel in a storage; and generating power using a hydrogen gas separated from the reformate or a hydrogen gas discharged from a liquid fuel processor. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method for generating clean power in a system, comprising:
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receiving a natural gas, biogas or syngas and catalytically converting a CH.sub.4 component in the natural gas, biogas or syngas into a reformate including only H.sub.2, CO, CO.sub.2 and H.sub.20 species; controlling a temperature of the reformate using a heat exchanger; processing the reformate to obtain concentrated CO.sub.2; and employing at least one of a fuel cell generating power using a Hydrogen output of a fuel processor or a Hydrogen output of a energy reactor, a common internal combustion (IC) engine or gas turbine using the Hydrogen output of the fuel processor or the Hydrogen output of the energy reactor, or a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) Hybrid System with a bottoming gas or a steam turbine using the Hydrogen output of the fuel processor or the Hydrogen output of the energy reactor, wherein the system is a zero emission power plant qualified for installation near energy source, market place, and with product shippable for off-site consumption. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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