SYSTEM FOR GENERATING FUEL MATERIALS USING FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYSTS AND PLASMA SOURCES

摘要

In a first processing chamber, a feedstock may be combined with plasma from, for example, three plasma torches to form a first fluid mixture. Each torch may have a working gas including water vapor, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. The first fluid mixture may be cooled and may contact a first heat exchange device. The output fluid from the first heat exchange device may be separated into one or more components. A syngas may be derived from the one or more components and have a ratio of carbon monoxide to hydrogen of about 1:2. The syngas may be transferred to a catalyst bed to be converted into one or more fluid fuels.

主权项

1. A system for synthesizing a fuel fluid, the system comprising:
a first processing chamber; one or more controllable plasma sources, each of the one or more controllable plasma sources configured to deliver a plasma discharge into the first processing chamber; one or more controllable sources of working fluids, each of the one or more controllable sources of working fluids configured to deliver an amount of a working fluid to a corresponding controllable plasma source; a first heat exchange device in fluid communication with the first processing chamber; a coolant addition device in fluid communication with the first processing chamber and the first heat exchange device; a gas separator configured to receive a second fluid mixture from an output port of the first heat exchange device and to separate the second fluid mixture into one or more components; one or more gas holding containers to store the one or more components of the second fluid mixture; a catalyst bed configured to receive a portion of the one or more components of the second fluid mixture and to convert the portion of the one or more components into a fuel fluid; one or more sensors configured to sense at least one process control variable associated with one or more of the first processing chamber, the one or more controllable plasma sources, the one or more of the plurality of controllable sources of working fluids, the coolant addition device, and the first heat exchange device; at least one electronic device configured to receive information from the one or more sensors and to control one or more of the one or more controllable plasma sources, the one or more of the plurality of controllable sources of working fluids, and the first heat exchange device; and at least one receptacle configured to receive the fuel fluid.