Engineered fuel storage, respeciation and transport

摘要

Techniques, systems and material are disclosed for thermochemical regeneration of biomass into renewable engineered fuel, storage of the renewable engineered fuel, respeciation of the renewable engineered fuel and transport. In one aspect, a method includes generating low density hydrogen fuel from biomass dissociation at a first location of a low elevation. The low density hydrogen fuel is self-transported in a pipeline to a second location at a higher elevation than the first location by traveling from the first location to the second location without adding energy of pressure. A high density hydrogen carrier is generated at the second location of higher elevation by reacting the low density hydrogen fuel with at least one of a carbon donor, a nitrogen donor and an oxygen donor harvested from industrial waste. The high density hydrogen carrier is delivered to a third location of a lower elevation than the second location while providing pressure or kinetic energy.

主权项

1. A pipeline system of transporting renewable fuel, the system comprising:
a biomass conversion plant at a first location of a low elevation to generate low density hydrogen fuel from biomass dissociation; a first pipeline connecting the biomass conversion plant to a second location of a higher elevation than the first location, wherein the low density hydrogen fuel travels within the pipeline from the first location to the second location without added energy of pressure; a thermochemical reactor connected to the second location of the higher elevation to generate a high density hydrogen carrier, wherein the thermochemical reactor reacts the low density hydrogen fuel with at least one of a carbon donor, a nitrogen donor and an oxygen donor; and a second pipeline connecting the thermochemical reactor to a third location of a lower elevation than the second location, wherein the high density hydrogen carrier is delivered to the third location with at least one of pressure or kinetic energy generated by the high density hydrogen carrier.