Systems and methods associated with bottoming cycle power systems for generating power, capturing carbon dioxide and producing products

A method of capturing carbon dioxide from a flow of exhaust gas, the method comprising:

• routing a flow of exhaust gas from a combustion process through an absorber section of an open cycle absorption chiller system;
• absorbing water from the exhaust gas via a first refrigerant solution disposed in the absorber section as the exhaust gas passes through the first refrigerant solution and out of the absorber section;
• routing the flow of exhaust gas from the absorber section through a carbon dioxide capture system;
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• absorbing carbon dioxide from the flow of exhaust gas as the exhaust gas passes through the carbon dioxide capture system.

A method of producing distilled water products, comprising:

• routing the flow of exhaust gas from a combustion process through a generator section heat exchanger of a generator section of an open cycle absorption chiller system;
• routing the flow of exhaust gas from the generator section heat exchanger through an absorber section of the open cycle absorption chiller system;
• absorbing water from the exhaust gas via a first refrigerant solution disposed in the absorber section as the exhaust gas passes through the first refrigerant solution and out of the absorber section;
• absorbing heat from the exhaust gas passing through the generator section heat exchanger into a second refrigerant solution disposed in the generator section, the second refrigerant solution in fluid communication with the first refrigerant solution;
• evaporating water from the second refrigerant solution with the heat absorbed from the exhaust gas to generate a flow of steam, the flow of steam comprising a portion of the same water absorbed from the flow of exhaust gas passing through the absorber section;
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• condensing the flow of steam in a condenser section of the open cycle absorption chiller system into a flow of liquid distilled water, the flow of liquid distilled water comprising a portion of the same water absorbed from the flow of exhaust gas in the absorber section.

A method of producing recycled plastic products, comprising:

• routing a flow of exhaust gas from a combustion process through an extruder heat exchanger system of a plastic extruder;
• absorbing heat from the exhaust gas passing through the extruder heat exchanger system into solid recyclable plastic material disposed in an auger mechanism of the plastic extruder;
• melting the solid recyclable plastic material in the auger mechanism to provide a flow of molten recyclable plastic material;
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• cooling the molten recyclable plastic material into recycled plastic products.