Municipal sludge gasified for production of electricity from fuel cells
OwnerGene E. Lightnerinventor
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Abstract
Production of electricity originates by providing a supply of municipal sludge and a vessel for gasification and subjecting the municipal sludge to gasification to afford access to fuel cells; thereupon conveying products of gasification to a stack of fuel cells and providing air to the fuel cells for reaction of oxygen within air, hence generating direct current. Residue, remaining from gasification, is subjected to disposal. Thereby direct current from a stack of fuel cells is generated by gasification of municipal sludge.
Claims18
A method to produce electricity from fuel cells powered by gasification of a municipal sludge, which comprises:
- providing a supply of municipal sludge
- providing a vessel for gasification
- providing a stack of fuel cells
- subjecting said municipal sludge to gasification within said vessel, and
- conveying products of gasification to said stack of fuel cells, and
- providing air to said stack of fuel cells for reaction of oxygen within said air, and
- generating direct current from said stack of fuel cells,
- remaining residue from gasification is disposed thereby direct current from a stack of fuel cells is generated by gasification of municipal sludge.
3 The method of claim 2 wherein the alternating current is utilized within a transformer to produce alternating current of voltage for a power grid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.