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1. An apparatus for producing a product comprising at least one of the group comprising a hydrocarbon having a formula CnHz where n is a positive integer greater than 1, and z is an integer between 2n+2 and 2n, and hydrogen gas, the apparatus comprising a reaction vessel containing a catalyst, one or more sources of gaseous CH4 connected so as to introduce gaseous CH4 into the reaction vessel, one or more sources of gaseous CO2 connected so as to introduce gaseous CO2 into the reaction vessel, one or more sources of gaseous H2O connected so as to introduce the gaseous H2O into the reaction vessel, and one or more sources of microwave energy connected so as to introduce microwave energy into the reaction vessel, wherein:
the reaction vessel is structurally arranged so as to contain with the catalyst a reaction mixture of H2O from the one or more gaseous H2O sources and gaseous carbon represented by the letter W that includes CH4 and CO2 from the one or more gaseous CH4 and CO2 sources, respectively, said reaction mixture in the presence of said catalyst and thermal energy derived from microwave enemy from the one or more microwave sources undergoing at least one reaction of the form W→CnHz+yH2 where W comprises at least n carbon-containing molecules and n is a positive integer greater than 1, z is an integer between 2n+2 and 2n, and Y is zero or a positive integer to balance the hydrogen; said catalyst is selected from the group of iron-, cobalt-, copper- and nickel-containing compounds where at least one selected catalyst upon microwave radiation increases in temperature to produce thermal energy; and said microwave energy source is connected so as to heat the catalyst and said reaction mixture to produce at least one hydrocarbon composition having the formula CnHz and hydrogen gas. |
