Method and device for producing energy or methanol
AssigneesMichael Prestel, Thomas Krebs
InventorHerbert Gerstweiler
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing energy, comprising the steps of 1) Burning of fuel in an internal combustion engine thereby producing mechanical energy and a waste gas containing carbon dioxide and water vapor, 2) Reducing the carbon dioxide and water vapour waste gas components in an environment containing organic material into a synthesis gas which contains carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and 3) Feeding the synthesis gas produced in step 2 to the internal combustion engine. To produce methanol, a methanol synthesis is introduced between steps 2 and 3 of the method set forth above.
Claims15
A process for the production of energy with the following steps:
- 1. combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine to create mechanical energy and hot exhaust gas which contains carbon dioxide and water vapour,
- 2. reduction of the hot exhaust gas components carbon dioxide and water into a synthesis gas which contains carbon monoxide and hydrogen in an environment containing a supplied organic material,
- 3. supply of the synthesis gas produced in step 2 to the internal combustion engine.
An apparatus for the generation of energy comprising an internal combustion engine, said internal combustion engine producing a hot exhaust gas containing carbon dioxide and water vapour, a thermo-chemical reactor disposed downstream of said internal combustion engine, said thermo-chemical reactor adapted to receive a supplied organic material and reduce the hot exhaust gas into a synthesis gas which contains carbon monoxide and hydrogen and, means for supplying the synthesis gas to said internal combustion engine.
An apparatus for the production of energy and methanol comprising an internal combustion engine, said internal combustion engine producing a hot exhaust gas containing carbon dioxide and water vapour, a thermo-chemical reactor disposed downstream of said internal combustion engine, said thermo-chemical reactor adapted to receive a supplied organic material and reduce the hot exhaust gas into synthesis gas which contains carbon monoxide and hydrogen, a methanol reactor disposed downstream of said thermo-chemical reactor for synthesis of methanol from the synthesis gas of said thermo-chemical reactor and, means for supplying at least one of residual synthesis gas and methanol to said internal combustion engine.
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