Carbon dioxide as fuel for power generation and sequestration system
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1. An energy production system operable to reduce fuel requirement of a thermodynamic power generating cycle comprising:
- a) a thermodynamic power generating cycle having a working fluid and producing waste heat, wherein the thermodynamic power generating cycle consumes fuel to generate generated energy; and
b) a carbon dioxide reaction having carbon dioxide and a carbon dioxide co-reactant, wherein the carbon dioxide reaction is an exothermic reaction producing a thermal source within the thermodynamic power generating cycle.
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An integrated energy production system and carbon dioxide reaction system for enhancing the energy efficiency and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions of thermally activated power production methods. The system utilizes heat of reaction from the carbon dioxide reaction system to directly reduce the fuel requirements of the thermally activated power production method. The system, when utilizing a reverse fuel cell, achieves concurrent carbon dioxide sequestration resulting from the fuel combustion.
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1. An energy production system operable to reduce fuel requirement of a thermodynamic power generating cycle comprising:
- a) a thermodynamic power generating cycle having a working fluid and producing waste heat, wherein the thermodynamic power generating cycle consumes fuel to generate generated energy; and
b) a carbon dioxide reaction having carbon dioxide and a carbon dioxide co-reactant, wherein the carbon dioxide reaction is an exothermic reaction producing a thermal source within the thermodynamic power generating cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
- a) a thermodynamic power generating cycle having a working fluid and producing waste heat, wherein the thermodynamic power generating cycle consumes fuel to generate generated energy; and
- 29. An energy production system operable as an electrochemical reduction reaction comprising a carbon dioxide reaction having a working fluid, carbon dioxide, and carbon dioxide co-reactant, wherein the working fluid is comprised of a stoichiometric equivalent of water and stoichiometric excess of carbon dioxide and wherein the stoichiometric excess is at least 5% greater than the amount of carbon dioxide consumed as a reactant within the carbon dioxide reaction and wherein the carbon dioxide reaction is the electrochemical reduction reaction.
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34. An energy production system operable to reduce external thermal energy comprising:
- a) a carbon dioxide absorption process having carbon dioxide and a carbon dioxide absorbent, wherein the carbon dioxide absorption process produces heat of absorption; and
b) an endothermic chemical reaction having co-reactants, wherein the heat of absorption is at least a partial source of thermal energy to the endothermic chemical reaction. - View Dependent Claims (35)
- a) a carbon dioxide absorption process having carbon dioxide and a carbon dioxide absorbent, wherein the carbon dioxide absorption process produces heat of absorption; and
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36. An energy production system operable to increase reaction rate comprising:
- a) a carbon dioxide, wherein the carbon dioxide is a supercritical fluid having a pressure greater than the supercritical pressure;
b) at least one mineral, wherein the mineral chemically reacts with the carbon dioxide; and
c) a thermal energy source, wherein the thermal source expands the volume of carbon dioxide and the volume increases the mineral surface area as a means of accelerating the reaction rate between the mineral and the carbon dioxide. - View Dependent Claims (37)
- a) a carbon dioxide, wherein the carbon dioxide is a supercritical fluid having a pressure greater than the supercritical pressure;
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38. An energy production system operable to produce electricity and waste heat comprising:
- a) a first carbon dioxide reaction, wherein the first carbon dioxide reaction consists of carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide co-reactants;
b) a thermodynamic power generating cycle having a working fluid of a stoichiometric excess of carbon dioxide, wherein the stoichiometric excess is at least 5% greater than the amount of carbon dioxide consumed in the first carbon dioxide reaction and wherein the thermodynamic power generating cycle produces electricity and waste heat; and
c) a second carbon dioxide reaction, wherein the electricity generated from the thermodynamic power generating cycle is utilized to reduce the stoichiometric excess of carbon dioxide into reduced carbon dioxide in the second carbon dioxide reaction. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
- a) a first carbon dioxide reaction, wherein the first carbon dioxide reaction consists of carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide co-reactants;
- 42. An energy production system operable to increase energy efficiency comprising a fuel mixture and a fuel reaction, wherein the fuel mixture contains carbon dioxide at levels greater than 1,000 parts per million and fuel, and wherein the fuel reaction is either an electrochemical or a combustion reaction.
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