Method and System for Performing Thermochemical Conversion of a Carbonaceous Feedstock to a Reaction Product
AssigneeSearete LLC
InventorsJoshua C. Walter, Manuel Garcia-Perez
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Abstract
The thermochemical conversion of biomass material to one or more reaction products includes generating thermal energy with at least one heat source, providing a volume of feedstock, providing a volume of supercritical fluid, transferring a portion of the generated thermal energy to the volume of supercritical fluid, transferring at least a portion of the generated thermal energy from the volume of supercritical fluid to the volume of feedstock, and performing a thermal decomposition process on the volume of feedstock with the thermal energy transferred from the volume of supercritical fluid to the volume of the feedstock in order to form at least one reaction product.
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A method comprising:
- generating thermal energy with at least one heat source;
- providing a volume of feedstock;
- providing a volume of supercritical fluid;
- transferring a portion of the generated thermal energy to the volume of supercritical fluid;
- transferring at least a portion of the generated thermal energy from the volume of supercritical fluid to the volume of feedstock;
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- performing a thermal decomposition process on the volume of feedstock with the thermal energy transferred from the volume of supercritical fluid to the volume of the feedstock in order to form at least one reaction product.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a thermochemical conversion system including at least one thermochemical reaction chamber for containing a volume of feedstock;
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- a thermal energy transfer system including a heat transfer element containing a volume of supercritical fluid in thermal communication with at least one heat source,
- the thermal energy transfer system arranged to selectably place the volume of supercritical fluid in thermal communication with at least a portion of the volume of feedstock contained within the at least one thermochemical reaction chamber in order to selectably transfer thermal energy from the at least one heat source to the at least a portion of the volume of feedstock contained within the at least one thermochemical reaction chamber,
- the at least one thermochemical reaction chamber configured to thermochemically convert at least a portion of the feedstock to at least one reaction product with the thermal energy transferred from the supercritical fluid.
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A system comprising:
- at least one heat source;
- a thermochemical conversion system including at least one thermochemical reaction chamber for containing a volume of feedstock;
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- a thermal energy transfer system including a heat transfer element containing a volume of supercritical fluid in thermal communication with at least one heat source,
- the thermal energy transfer system arranged to selectably place the volume of supercritical fluid in thermal communication with at least a portion of the volume of feedstock contained within the at least one thermochemical reaction chamber in order to selectably transfer thermal energy from the at least one heat source to the at least a portion of the volume of feedstock contained within the at least one thermochemical reaction chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.