Systems and methods for extracting and processing gases from submerged sources
AssigneeMcAlister Technologies, LLC
InventorRoy Edward McAlister
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Abstract
Systems and methods for extracting and processing gases from submerged sources are disclosed. A system for removing and processing a gas from a submerged area in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a membrane or other open-bottom structure having a port and being disposed over at least a portion of the submerged area so as to at least partially enclose a volume of the gas. The system can further include a chemical reactor coupled to the open-bottom structure to receive the gas, and positioned to conduct a non-combustion reaction to dissociate a constituent from a donor substance of the gas.
Claims28
1-27. (canceled)
A system for removing and processing a gas from a submerged area, comprising:
- a membrane disposed over at least a portion of the submerged area and at least partially enclosing a gas volume, the membrane having an extraction port;
- an extraction conduit having first and second portions, the first portion being in fluid communication with the gas volume via the extraction port;
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- a chemical reactor coupled to the second portion of the extraction conduit to receive gas from the gas volume, the chemical reactor having a reaction zone positioned to conduct a non-combustion reaction to dissociate a donor substance of the gas.
A system for removing and processing a gas, comprising:
- a membrane disposed over a submerged area, the membrane having an outer periphery and an inner region positioned inwardly from the outer periphery, the outer periphery being positioned to define, at least in part, an enclosed volume, the inner region of the membrane having an elevation that is higher than an elevation of the outer periphery, the inner region including an outlet port positioned to permit the outflow of a trapped gas within the enclosed volume;
- an extraction conduit coupled to the outlet port;
- a support structure positioned over the submerged area;
- a turbine carried by the support structure and coupled to the extraction conduit to receive the outflow of trapped gas;
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- a chemical reactor carried by the support structure and coupled to the turbine to receive the gas exiting the turbine, the chemical reactor having a reaction zone positioned to conduct a non-combustion reaction to dissociate a donor substance of the trapped gas.
A system for removing and processing a gas from a submerged area, comprising:
- an open-bottom structure disposed over at least a portion of the submerged area and at least partially enclosing a gas volume, the structure having an extraction port;
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- a chemical reactor coupled to the open-bottom structure to receive gas from the gas volume, the chemical reactor having a reaction zone positioned to conduct a non-combustion reaction to dissociate a constituent from a donor substance of the gas.
A method of removing and processing a gas from a submerged area, comprising:
- deploying an open-bottom structure over at least a portion of the submerged area to at least partially enclose a gas volume;
- collecting the gas under the open-bottom structure;
- delivering the gas from the submerged area;
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- dissociating a constituent from a donor substance of the gas in a non-combustive reaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.