Soot removal process and assembly in cooling sectors and recuperators

    公开(公告)号:US11612872B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US16616545

    申请日:2018-06-11

    申请人: SunFire GmbH

    摘要: Soot removal process at or inside a synthesis gas- and/or CO-containing gas production apparatus using as feed gases carbon dioxide, steam, hydrogen and/or a hydrocarbon-containing residual gas and using electrical energy in RWGS processes, electrolyses for electrochemical decomposition of carbon dioxide and/or steam, reforming operations and/or synthesis gas production processes with at least one gas production unit, an electrolysis stack and/or a heater-reactor combination for performing an RWGS reaction and at least one cooling sector/recuperator for CO-containing gas and/or synthesis gas, and also a soot removal assembly. Formation of soot can be suppressed or prevented during gas cooling and soot that is nevertheless deposited can be removed again from the heat exchanger surface.

    PROCESS FOR THE FACILE ELECTROSYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE FROM CO2

    公开(公告)号:US20220372634A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17812510

    申请日:2022-07-14

    申请人: C2CNT LLC

    发明人: Stuart LICHT

    摘要: The present invention relates to the production of graphene from CO2 through electrolysis and exfoliation processes. One embodiment is a method for producing graphene comprising (i) performing electrolysis between an electrolysis anode and an electrolysis cathode in a molten carbonate electrolyte to generate carbon nanomaterial on the cathode, and (ii) electrochemically exfoliating the carbon nanomaterial from a second anode to produce graphene. The exfoliating step produces graphene in high yield than thicker, conventional graphite exfoliation reactions. CO2 can be the sole reactant used to produce the valuable product as graphene. This can incentivize utilization of CO2, and unlike alternative products made from CO2 such as carbon monoxide or other fuels such as methane, use of the graphene product does not release this greenhouse gas back into the atmosphere.

    Porous Co3O4 nanoparticles and method for preparing the same

    公开(公告)号:US11465913B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-11

    申请号:US16865482

    申请日:2020-05-04

    IPC分类号: C01G51/04 C25B1/00

    摘要: The disclosure relates to porous Co3O4 nanoparticles which include flocculated amorphous primary nanoparticles, with air pores formed between the amorphous primary nanoparticles. The porous Co3O4 nanoparticles, according to an embodiment of the disclosure, may be in the form of flocculated amorphous primary nanoparticles of 1 nm or less, have a 400 times larger specific surface area than the conventional Co3O4 particles, and address the issue with the expansion of Co3O4 lattices which may arise when the battery is charged or discharged, thereby providing more reliability when applied to batteries.

    Fluidized catalytic cracking unit system with integrated reformer-electrolyzer-purifier

    公开(公告)号:US11339333B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US16091001

    申请日:2017-04-19

    发明人: Fred C. Jahnke

    摘要: A fluidized catalytic cracking unit system includes a fluidized catalytic cracking unit assembly comprising a cracking unit; a reformer-electrolyzer-purifier assembly comprising a reformer-electrolyzer-purifier cell, the reformer-electrolyzer-purifier cell comprising an anode section and a cathode section; and a carbon capture assembly. The anode section of the reformer-electrolyzer-purifier assembly is configured to receive an input stream comprising hydrocarbon gases and water. The cathode section of the reformer-electrolyzer-purifier assembly is configured to produce a cathode exhaust stream comprising oxygen and carbon dioxide. The fluidized catalytic cracking unit assembly is configured to receive the cathode exhaust stream and to produce a flue gas comprising carbon dioxide, water, and less than 5 mole % oxygen. The carbon capture assembly is configured to receive the flue gas from the fluidized catalytic cracking unit assembly, to separate the carbon dioxide contained in the flue gas, and to produce a gas stream that comprises at least 90 mole % carbon dioxide.

    ELECTROCHEMICALLY EXPANDED MATERIALS AND REACTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210395091A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-23

    申请号:US17347131

    申请日:2021-06-14

    摘要: Methods and reactors for electrochemically expanding a parent material and expanded parent materials are described. Current methods of expanding parent materials incompletely-expand parent material, requiring expensive and time-consuming separation of expanded parent material from unexpanded parent materials. This problem is addressed by the methods and reactor for electrochemically expanding a parent material described herein, which during operation maintain electrical connectivity between the parent material and an electrical power source. The resulting materials described herein have a greater proportion of expanded parent material relative to unexpanded parent material compared to those made according to others methods.