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Title: System and process for producing fuel with a methane thermochemical cycle

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1229749

A thermochemical process and system for producing fuel are provided. The thermochemical process includes reducing an oxygenated-hydrocarbon to form an alkane and using the alkane in a reforming reaction as a reducing agent for water, a reducing agent for carbon dioxide, or a combination thereof. Another thermochemical process includes reducing a metal oxide to form a reduced metal oxide, reducing an oxygenated-hydrocarbon with the reduced metal oxide to form an alkane, and using the alkane in a reforming reaction as a reducing agent for water, a reducing agent for carbon dioxide, or a combination thereof. The system includes a reformer configured to perform a thermochemical process.

Research Organization:
Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc., Lancaster, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
SC0004729
Assignee:
Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.
Patent Number(s):
9,212,327
Application Number:
14/445,492
OSTI ID:
1229749
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Jul 29
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Methane-methanol cycle for the thermochemical production of hydrogen patent October 1976
Hybrid thermoelectrochemical synthesis of gaseous fuels from water and carbon dioxide patent July 1988
Study of catalytic reduction of methanol for methane-methanol thermochemical hydrogen production cycles journal January 1987
Screening of water-splitting thermochemical cycles potentially attractive for hydrogen production by concentrated solar energy journal November 2006

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