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US 4,568,522 AGranted
Synfuel production ship
AssigneeGrumman Aerospace Corporation
InventorMarshall J. Corbett
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Abstract
A vessel, vehicle or aircraft is self-equipped with means for producing and storing synthetic fuel generated from the synthesis of carbon dioxide and hydrogen. Energy for the synthetic fuel production is obtained from an on-board nuclear reactor.
Claims2
A ship for producing gasoline while sailing, comprising:
- a top deck;
- a plurality of absorption venturi towers arranged in a multiple row and column orientation and mounted along an extended area of the deck and inclined toward the bow to capture air in an ellipsoid tapered air stream tube as the ship moves forward, and having lower exhaust orifices extending perpendicularly of a ship's center line;
- means for delivering NaOH solution to the towers;
- means connected to the delivering means and located in the towers for forming droplets of NaOH solution and directing the droplets to pass through air, in the towers, thus causing CO.sub.2 in the air to be absorbed by the solution which results in a carbonate solution of sodium bicarbonate/hypo carbonate;
- means communicating with the droplet forming means for receiving the carbonate solution and combining Cl.sub.2 therewith for stripping CO.sub.2 as a first byproduct from the carbonate solution and NaCl/NaOCl as a second byproduct;
- means connected to the stripping means for transferring the CO.sub.2 to a methanol converter;
- electrolysis means for disassociating H.sub.2 and O.sub.2 from water provided to it;
- means connected to the electrolysis means for transferring the H.sub.2 to the methanol converter;
- a hydrocarbon synthesizer connected to an outlet of the methanol converter for converting methanol to gasoline;
- boiler means connected to the stripping means for separating O.sub.2 from the NaCl/NaOCl solution thereby resulting in a NaCl solution;
- chlor-alkali cell converting means connected to the boiler means for converting the NaCl solution to
- (a) Cl.sub.2 which is recycled, by a first connecting means, to the stripping means, and
- (b) NaOH solution which is re-introduced, by a second connecting means, to the NaOH droplet forming means;
- nuclear reactor means for generating steam;
- means connected to the reactor means for converting the steam to electrical power;
- and
- output means for delivering the electrical power to the electrolysis means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.