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US 2012/0068471 A1Published application
Energy conversion system
OwnerJohn S. Robertsoninventor
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Abstract
A system of hardware and controls, know as a Hydrogen Hub, that absorbs electric power from any source, including hydropower, wind, solar, and other energy resources, chemically stores the power in hydrogen-dense anhydrous ammonia, then reshapes the stored energy to the power grid with zero emissions by using anhydrous ammonia to fuel diesel-type, spark-ignited internal combustion, combustion turbine, fuel cell or other electric power generators.
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An energy conversion module, comprising:
- an input energy coupling system configured to receive energy in a first state;
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- a state-change module configured to utilize the input energy to produce potential energy in a second state.
A method of converting and transmitting energy, comprising:
- inputting energy into a conversion module,
- producing ammonia from the input energy at a site of production,
- decreasing the amount of ammonia produced in the producing step when the demand for energy used in the inputting step increases above a predetermined threshold, and
- generating electric power from the ammonia produced in the producing step, at a site of utilization.
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A method of converting and transmitting energy, comprising:
- inputting energy from a first source of renewable energy, and energy from a second source of non-renewable energy, into a conversion module at a production site,
- producing ammonia from the first and second sources of energy at the production site,
- tracking the relative amounts of energy used from the first and second sources to produce ammonia at the production site, and
- generating electric power from the ammonia produced in the producing step, at a site of utilization
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.