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US 12,428,296 B1Granted
Process for generating clean power and hydrogen
AssigneeNucor Corporation
InventorLindsay Leveen
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Abstract
Systems and systems to generate clean energy and for providing hydrogen capture and carbon capture sequestration are provided. Heat from partial oxidation of hydrocarbon fuel is used to generate clean power via one or more heat engines together with hydrogen capture and carbon capture sequestration.
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A method for generating energy, the method comprising:
- partially oxidizing a hydrocarbon fuel and providing a partially oxidized gas stream, the partially oxidized gas stream comprising a volume quantity of hydrogen and a heat content;
- introducing the partially oxidized gas stream to a heat engine;
- at least partially separating hydrogen from the partially oxidized gas stream exiting the heat engine;
- and
- generating an amount of energy from at least a portion of the heat content.
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A system for generating energy, the system comprising:
- a partial oxidation unit (POX) configured to partially oxidize a hydrocarbon fuel and provide a partially oxidized gas stream comprising a volume amount of hydrogen and an amount of carbon monoxide (CO) therefrom;
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- a heat engine operably coupled to the partial oxidation unit, the heat engine configured to receive a heat content from the partially oxidized gas stream and to generate an amount of energy proportional to the heat content received from the partially oxidized gas stream;
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- a gas separator operatively coupled to the heat engine, gas separator configured to receive the partially oxidized gas stream exiting the heat engine, the gas separator configured to separate the hydrogen from the partially oxidized gas stream and provide a hydrogen rich stream and a carbon monoxide rich stream.
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A method of generating power, the method comprising the steps of:
- partially oxidizing a hydrocarbon fuel with O2 (oxygen) to provide a partially oxidized product stream comprising H2 (hydrogen), CO (carbon monoxide), water with trace amounts of CO2 (carbon dioxide), the partially oxidized product stream having a heat content;
- introducing the partially oxidized gas stream to at least one heat engine;
- separating the H2 from the partially oxidized gas stream exiting the heat engine and providing a hydrogen rich stream and a CO rich stream;
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- generating power from the heat engine using at least some of the heat content from the partially oxidizing gas stream.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.