Solar thermal aerosol flow reaction process

Weimer, Alan W.; Dahl, Jaimee K.; Pitts, J. Roland; Lewandowski, Allan A.; Bingham, Carl; Tamburini, Joseph R.

Title: Solar thermal aerosol flow reaction process

Abstract

The present invention provides an environmentally beneficial process using concentrated sunlight to heat radiation absorbing particles to carry out highly endothermic gas phase chemical reactions ultimately resulting in the production of hydrogen or hydrogen synthesis gases.

Inventors:: Weimer, Alan W.; Dahl, Jaimee K.; Pitts, J. Roland; Lewandowski, Allan A.; Bingham, Carl; Tamburini, Joseph R.

Issue Date:: 2005-03-29

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1175292

Patent Number(s):: 6872378

Application Number:: 10/239,706

Assignee:: Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, MO)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J19/127 - {Sunlight

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B3/34 - by reaction of hydrocarbons with gasifying agents
C01B3/24 - of hydrocarbons

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J10/002 - {carried out in foam, aerosol or bubbles}
B01J8/087 - {Heating or cooling the reactor}

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B2203/049 - the impurity being carbon
C01B2203/0272 - containing a non-catalytic decomposition step

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J2208/00522 - using inert heat absorbing solids outside the bed
B01J2208/00212 - Plates

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E10/40 - Solar thermal energy

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J2208/00513 - using inert heat absorbing solids in the bed

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B17/0495 - {by dissociation of hydrogen sulfide into the elements}

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J8/0045 - {by means of a rotary device in the flow channel}

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B2203/0833 - Heating by indirect heat exchange with hot fluids, other than combustion gases, product gases or non-combustive exothermic reaction product gases

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28C - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITHOUT CHEMICAL INTERACTION
F28C3/12 - the heat-exchange medium being a particulate material and a gas, vapour, or liquid

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B2203/04 - containing a purification step for the hydrogen or the synthesis gas
C01B2203/0216 - containing a non-catalytic steam reforming step

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J2208/0038 - Solids
B01J2208/00752 - Feeding

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B3/04 - by decomposition of inorganic compounds, e.g. ammonia {

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J2208/00451 - Sunlight

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24S - SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS
F24S20/20 - Solar heat collectors for receiving concentrated solar energy, e.g. receivers for solar power plants

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E60/36 - Hydrogen production from non-carbon containing sources

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B2203/0805 - Methods of heating the process for making hydrogen or synthesis gas

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DOE Contract Number:: AC36-99GO10337

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 08 HYDROGEN

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                    Weimer, Alan W., Dahl, Jaimee K., Pitts, J. Roland, Lewandowski, Allan A., Bingham, Carl, and Tamburini, Joseph R. Solar thermal aerosol flow reaction process.  United States: N. p., 2005. 
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                    Weimer, Alan W., Dahl, Jaimee K., Pitts, J. Roland, Lewandowski, Allan A., Bingham, Carl, & Tamburini, Joseph R. Solar thermal aerosol flow reaction process.  United States.

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                    Weimer, Alan W., Dahl, Jaimee K., Pitts, J. Roland, Lewandowski, Allan A., Bingham, Carl, and Tamburini, Joseph R. Tue .  
        "Solar thermal aerosol flow reaction process".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1175292.

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  author       = {Weimer, Alan W. and Dahl, Jaimee K. and Pitts, J. Roland and Lewandowski, Allan A. and Bingham, Carl and Tamburini, Joseph R.},

  abstractNote = {The present invention provides an environmentally beneficial process using concentrated sunlight to heat radiation absorbing particles to carry out highly endothermic gas phase chemical reactions ultimately resulting in the production of hydrogen or hydrogen synthesis gases.},

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Buck, Reiner; Muir, James F.; Hogan, Roy E.
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https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1633(91)90082-V

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Carbon dioxide reforming of methane in a solar volumetric receiver/reactor: the CAESAR project journal, December 1991

Carbon dioxide reforming of methane in a solar volumetric receiver/reactor: the CAESAR project
journal, December 1991