Method for green energy production, effluent waste stream recycling, and negative output emissions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024387846-A1
Application number	US-202318198767-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 17, 2023
Priority date	May 17, 2023
Publication date	Nov 21, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

The presently disclosed concepts relate to generation of green power. In principle, a recycling separation system may be used to separate pyrolytic emissions. Such separation system may yield species-specific stream(s), which in turn, may be used for material production, recycling of species-specific stream(s), and/or generation of green power. Because nearly all of the species-specific stream(s) can be consumed or reused (via the material production, recycling of species-specific stream(s), and/or the generation of green power), the net result is a near-zero emission effluent stream. Further, the process can be used to decrease and minimize greenhouse gas emissions, and sustainable use of waste streams. Still yet, the process can be used to produce a carbon allotrope material with negative emissions.

First claim

1 . A method for green energy production, comprising:
receiving pyrolytic emissions from a dissociating reactor; separating, using a multi-stage gas separator system, the pyrolytic emissions into at least one species component, wherein the separation includes, at a minimum, processing of multiple types of hydrocarbons, and each of the at least one species component comprising a species-specific waste stream; returning at least a first portion of the species-specific waste stream to the dissociating reactor and returning at least a second portion of the species-specific waste stream to a furnace reactor, wherein the at least one of the first portion or the second portion of the species-specific waste stream is used to generate energy; and reducing effluent waste output by looping each of the at least one species component back to the dissociating reactor and the furnace reactor, wherein the looping includes reusing repeatedly the at least one species component.

2 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , wherein the at least one species component includes hydrogen.

3 . The method for green energy production of claim 2 , wherein the energy is generated by a proton exchange membrane fuel cell that uses the hydrogen as an input.

4 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , wherein the at least one species component includes methane.

5 . The method for green energy production of claim 4 , wherein the energy is generated by a power generator turbine that uses the methane.

6 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , wherein the energy is generated using green technology based on recycling the separated pyrolytic emissions.

7 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , wherein the energy is generated at a hydrocarbon site.

8 . The method for green energy production of claim 7 , wherein the hydrocarbon site includes at least one of oil field, gas field, oil sand, oil shale deposit, coal deposit, offshore oil reserve, offshore gas reserve, shale gas deposit, methane hydrates, oil seep, or gas seep.

9 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , wherein the energy is generated at a remote hydrocarbon site.

10 . The method for green energy production of claim 9 , wherein the separation into at least one species component at the hydrocarbon site is configured for hydrocarbon reduction.

11 . The method for green energy production of claim 9 , wherein the separation into at least one species component at the hydrocarbon site is configured for hydrocarbon abatement.

12 . The method for green energy production of claim 9 , wherein the separation into at least one species component reduces discharge of greenhouse gases.

13 . The method for green energy production of claim 12 , wherein the greenhouse gases include at least one of CO 2 , CH 4 , N 20 , SF 6 , NF 3 , hydrofluorocarbons, or perflurocarbons.

14 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , wherein the dissociating reactor is configured to dissociate the pyrolytic emissions and form at least a first carbon allotrope material.

15 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , wherein a second dissociating reactor is configured to dissociate the pyrolytic emissions and form at least a second carbon allotrope material.

16 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , further comprising inputting at least part of the at least one species component to the dissociating reactor.

17 . The method for green energy production of claim 16 , wherein the at least one species component is recycled via the dissociating reactor, a second dissociating reactor, or a third dissociating reactor.

18 . The method for green energy production of claim 17 , wherein the recycling is compliant with governmental regulations.

19 . The method for green energy production of claim 17 , wherein the recycling produces a near-zero emission effluent stream.

20 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , further comprising;
receiving, at an oxidizer, at least in part, the at least one species component, and sending an output from the oxidizer to a power generation turbine to generate the energy.

21 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , wherein the receipt of pyrolytic emissions and the separation of the pyrolytic emissions occurs within a first system, and the generated energy is provided back to the first system.

22 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , wherein each of the species-specific waste stream produces a near-zero emission effluent stream.

23 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , further comprising using the generated energy to power, at least in some manner, the dissociating reactor.

24 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , further comprising using the generated energy to power, at least in some manner, the separation of the pyrolytic emissions into the at least one species component.

25 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , further comprising feeding a first species-specific waste stream of the at least one of the species-specific waste stream to the dissociating reactor.

26 . The method for green energy production of claim 14 , wherein the at least first carbon allotrope material is an alpha carbon allotrope material and includes primary hydrocarbons.

27 . The method for green energy production of claim 15 , wherein the at least second carbon allotrope material is a beta carbon allotrope material and includes secondary hydrocarbons.

28 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , wherein the processing comprises at least two of: Ar, N 2 , H 2 , CH 4 , O 2 , CO 2 , N 2 O, SF 6 , NF 3 , hydrofluorocarbons, or perflurocarbons.

29 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , wherein the furnace reactor is one of a plasma reactor, a pulsed reactor, or a microwave reactor.

30 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , wherein the energy is generated by a proton exchange membrane fuel cell.

31 . The method for green energy production of claim 1 , wherein the energy is generated by a power generator turbine.

Assignees

• Lyten Inc

Inventors

• Sumabat Joshua
• Anzelmo Bryce H
• Cruz Joe

Classifications

• H01M8/182

  Regeneration by thermal means · CPC title

• B01D5/0054

  General arrangements, e.g. flow sheets · CPC title

• C01B3/24 Primary

  of hydrocarbons · CPC title

• C01B2203/0266

  containing a decomposition step · CPC title

• C01B2203/84

  Energy production · CPC title