| 摘要 |
The invention provides an economical continuous process for the production of energy from solid hydrocarbon fuels comprising conveying a solid hydrocarbon fuel through a reactor substantially filled with CO2 and raising the temperature within the reactor to at least about 400 DEG C. whereby in the substantial absence of air the solid hydrocarbon fuel reacts endothermically with CO2 to form CO, conveying the relatively light CO and other accompanying and formed gases from the top of said reactor to a combustion chamber for exothermic reaction of the CO gas with O2 to form CO2 and to generate both heat and gas pressure energy and recycling at least a portion of the gases exiting from said combustion chamber to a reactor for further reaction with solid hydrocarbon fuel. The invention thus provides an economical process for conversion of steam driven electric generating stations as well as other gas turbine and/or gas or liquid fuel powered engines to the use of solid hydrocarbon fuels, such as, coal, shale or peat. |
