Reducing and/or harvesting drag energy from transport vehicles, including for chemical reactors, and associated systems and methods

摘要

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for reducing and/or harvesting drag energy from transport vehicles. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a mobile transport platform, a donor substance source carried by the platform, and a thermochemical reactor carried by the platform and coupled to the donor substance. The reactor is configured to carry out a non-combustion dissociation process that dissociates the donor substance into a first constituent and a second constituent. An energy extraction system carried by the transport platform and positioned to extract energy from an airstream passing the transport platform is coupled to the reactor to provide energy for the dissociation process.

主权项

1. A chemical processing method, comprising:
extracting energy from an airstream passing a moving transport platform; providing the energy to a thermochemical reactor carried by the transport platform; and at the thermochemical reactor:
receiving a donor substance; anddissociating the donor substance into a first constituent and a second constituent in a non-combustion reaction;wherein dissociating includes dissociating a hydrogen-bearing donor substance, and wherein the second constituent includes hydrogen.