Chemical Reactor System and Method Using Regenerative Turbine Pump to Produce Fuel Gas
OwnerJames Charles BUTLERinventor
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Abstract
A pump system and controller for a chemical reactor for converting water and carbon dioxide into a fuel gas is provided. Carbon dioxide gas bubbles are created and introduced into pumped water and delivered to a regenerative turbine pump where bubbles are collapsed to produce an ionized gas and ionized liquid mixture containing hydrogen, hydroxyl radicals and hydroxide, which subsequently react with the carbon dioxide gas present in the bubble, reducing it to carbon monoxide, with further reactions yielding methane.
Claims28
An apparatus for producing fuel gas comprising:
- an inlet pipe for delivery of a fluid;
- a bubble generator for producing a linear stream of bubbles;
- an injector for injecting the bubbles into the fluid;
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- a regenerative turbine pump having an inlet for receiving fluid containing bubbles, and an impeller blade defining a plurality of buckets, the buckets receiving a single bubble which is collapsed to form a fuel gas.
A method of creating methane fuel gas comprising:
- producing carbon dioxide bubbles;
- introducing the carbon dioxide bubbles into a stream of water;
- delivering the stream of water with bubbles to a regenerative turbine pump having an impeller defining a plurality of buckets;
- collapsing the bubbles to create an ionized gas and ionized liquid mixture containing hydrogen, hydroxyl radicals and hydroxide;
- reacting the ionized gas and ionized liquid with carbon dioxide to produce carbon monoxide;
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- reacting the carbon monoxide to produce methane.
A system for producing fuel gas comprising:
- an inlet pipe for delivery of a fluid to the pump;
- a carbon dioxide gas supply for supplying carbon dioxide gas;
- a bubble generator for producing a linear stream of bubbles;
- an injector for injecting the bubbles into the fluid;
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- a regenerative turbine pump having a plurality of buckets for receiving and collapsing the bubbles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.