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A method for producing clean energy from coal by feeding the coal in a reactor which is sealed to the atmosphere and moving the coal in the reactor while injecting oxygen to combust a portion of the coal in a substoichiometric mode to devolatilize the coal and yield a pressurized hydrogen rich raw gas which contains coal-derived cancer causing distillates and hydrocarbons together with a hot char. The distillates and the hydrocarbons are cracked to result in a cracked gas of essentially 2H₂ and 1CO which after desulfurization becomes an ideal synthesis gas that can be synthesized to a liquid fuel for heating and transportation as an alternate to petroleum.

The hot char is gasified in an air blown gasifier to produce a fuel gas and a molten slag which are jointly directed out of the gasifier through a common port which is maintained open for the free flow of both. The fuel gas and the molten slag separate from each other by flowing both gas and slag through a molten bath in a submerged manner in order to effectively scrub the fuel gas in the molten bath while it bubbles out of the bath.

After separation the fuel gas is treated for sulfur removal and is in condition for use as an efficient gas turbine fuel for power generation by virtue of its mass, while producing very low NO_x emissions when combusted. This fuel gas can also be used for raising steam and for clean burning in industrial heating. The method is capable of making coke and/or activated carbon.

Methods and systems for extracting geothermal energy from an underground hot dry rock reservoir using supercritical carbon dioxide are disclosed. In a first step, the methods and systems utilize a heat exchanger in a binary system to heat a secondary fluid that is used to perform work. In a second step, the supercritical carbon dioxide is transferred to a pseudo turbine (e.g., a free-piston linear engine) to perform additional work through expansion.

An apparatus for the fixed-film anaerobic digestion of flushed livestock manure includes an enclosed digester tank (fixed or flexible roof), internal media for biofilm development, a biogas collection and flare system, various pumps, and hydraulic control systems. The preferred media has substantially vertically-oriented, uninterrupted channels to promote enhanced bacterial attachment and biofilm development. The immobilization of microbial biomass within the reactor as a biofilm allows effective treatment of the wastewater at ambient and higher temperatures, as well as reasonable hydraulic retention times. The composition and concentration of bacterial groups in the biofilm developed on the media in the fixed-film digester result in a significantly enhanced anaerobic degradation process. This novel fixed-film digester design expands the potential application of anaerobic digestion to dilute livestock waste with significant levels of suspended solids. This holistic manure treatment system not only stabilizes the wastewater but also produces energy (biogas), controls odors, reduces pathogens, minimizes environmental impact from waste emissions, and maximizes fertilizer and water recovery for reuse.

A solar-powered device for converting sludge into one or more products is disclosed. The device includes a pyrolysis reactor selectively operable by solar energy, for carrying our thermal decomposition, into one or more products, of sludge introduced into the reactor via a dedicated sludge inlet. The reactor includes at least one outlet for discharging from the reactor one or more products obtained from the sludge decomposition. The device also includes a sensor for sensing sunlight radiation and providing an output data indicative of the amount of solar energy corresponding to the sensed sunlight, and a control unit for receiving the output data and operating or shutting down the pyrolysis reactor based on the amount of solar energy generated from the sunlight.

Proposed are a system and method for wasteless pyrolytic processing and complete utilization of municipal and domestic wastes. The wastes are sequentially passed through units of sorting, grinding, drying, accumulating, and sending to a pyrolysis reactor for pyrolytic treatment. The syngas produced in the pyrolysis is passed through dry cleaning, dust catching, a first wet cleaning with water, a second wet cleaning with alkali, and a floatation unit for separation of water which is purified to an extent sufficient for technical use. The purified syngas is also passed through an absorber and is then used as a working medium for a power generation unit such as a gas turbine co-generator that generates electricity. Solid products of the pyrolysis reaction, such as coke, are returned to the reactor for afterburning, and the heat of the reaction can be utilized in a dryer, or the like.

A gasification-liquefaction disposal method, system and equipment for MSW are disclosed. The method involves the MSW pretreatment of dehydrating and separating, thus reducing water and inorganic substance content of the waste. Then, the MSW is introduced into a plasma gasifier (23) by a carbon dioxide air-sealed feeding device (13) and gasified therein to obtain hydrogen-rich syngas. The hydrogen-rich syngas is then cooled, deacidified, dedusted and separated to obtain carbon dioxide. Then, the hydrogen-rich syngas is catalyzed to produce methanol product in a methanol synthesis reactor (52). The separated carbon dioxide is sent back to a carbonation reaction chamber (2007) of a gasification system to perform carbonation reaction with calcium oxide, thereby releasing heat to provide assistant heat energy for gasification and avoiding greenhouse gas from being discharged into environment. Exhaust gas is returned to the plasma gasifier (23) for remelting treatment, thus forming a closed-loop circulation production system and realizing the disposal of the MSW with zero discharge and no pollution, thereby avoiding dioxin pollution and converting the MSW to chemical raw materials and fuel needed by mankind The method, system and equipment are suitable for harmless and recycling disposal of MSW, industrial high polymer waste, composting waste and waste in waste sorting sites.

A method and system for providing an interactive learning heating schedule for a water boiler system, the method including the steps: (a) receiving an estimate of an amount of available hot water in a water boiler of the water boiler system; (b) receiving usage data for the water boiler system, the usage data including at least one expected usage pattern extrapolated from the usage data; and (c) generating a heating schedule for the water boiler, based on at least one expected usage pattern and the estimated amount of available hot water.

A vehicle hood structure includes a hood outer panel and a hood inner panel. The hood outer panel includes at least one character line extending substantially in a vehicle front-rear direction. The character line intersects a central line that extends in a vehicle width direction and that passes through a central point where a center of the hood outer panel in the vehicle front-rear direction and a center of the hood outer panel in the vehicle width direction are superposed on each other. The character line intersects the central line at an intersection point positioned within a region extending from the central point by 300 mm or less in the vehicle width direction.

Processes and systems for concurrent recovery of lignin derivatives and syngas from a lignocellulosic feedstock. The processes and systems therefor generally comprise the steps of: (a) perfusing and cooking the lignocellulosic feedstock with a suitable organic solvent for a suitable period of time thereby producing a cellulosic solids output stream and a spent liquid solvent stream, said spent liquid solvent stream comprising solubilized lignin derivatives and other organic compounds; (b) separating said cellulosic solids output stream and said spent liquid solvent stream; (c) recovering lignin derivatives from the spent liquid solvent stream thereby producing at least a partially de-lignified spent liquid solvent stream; (d) recovering a portion of the organic solvent from the at least partially de-lignified spent liquid solvent stream thereby producing a stillage; and (e) gasifying the cellulosic solids output stream thereby producing a combustible syngas.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus to control a focal length of a curved reflector in real time. An energy generation system includes curved reflectors, a tower, and an energy storing unit connected to the tower. The curved reflectors reflect and concentrate light from a light source onto the tower. The tower converts the received light into usable energy which is stored in the energy storing unit. Each of the curved reflectors can include a curved body, a stand, and/or an actuation unit. The curved body reflects the light from the light source to concentrate it onto the tower. When the light source moves, the curved body pivots about the stand to track the light source. The actuation unit is activated to adjust a focal length of the focal point of the curved body to ensure that the reflected light is concentrated at the tower.

A water purification system provides clean water for the consumption by livestock by using a continuously recirculating water loop. Optionally, a circulating pump moves the water within the water loop in a flow direction. A water supply inlet is fluidically connected to the water loop to provide additional water. A particle filter system (or systems) is fluidically connected in series and removes dissolved solids or particulates within the water. An ozone purification system and/or with the addition of other antimicrobial or purification agents is fluidically connected in parallel to a portion of the continuously recirculating feedback monitored and control water loop. The ozone purification system is disposed downstream of the particle filter system and RO (or similar) system in relation to the flow direction. A feeding station is connected in series with the continuously recirculating water loop disposed downstream of the ozone purification system in relation to the flow direction.

Methods and systems to achieve clean fuel processing systems in which carbon dioxide emissions (1) from sources (2) may be processed in at least one processing reactor (4) containing a plurality of chemoautotrophic bacteria (5) which can convert the carbon dioxide emissions into biomass (6) which may then be used for various products (21) such as biofuels, fertilizer, feedstock, or the like. Bacteria that reduce oxidized nitrogenous species (13) may be used to supply reduced nitrogenous compounds to the chemoautotrophic bacteria (5).

A pitch system of a wind energy system includes an emergency energy store for moving a rotor blade into a safety position in the event of the failure of an external energy supply. The emergency energy store can be tested, for example to assess aging, by supplying electrical energy to an actuating device configured to set a pitch angle of a rotor blade even in a normal operating mode of the wind energy system temporarily exclusively from the emergency energy store. This configuration ensures reliable operation of a wind energy system.

Provided herein is a system for managing energy of a residential community sharing energy, the system including a plurality of home EMS (Energy Management System) provided in individual households; a unit for supplying common use energy having a production unit configured to produce common use energy, and a storage unit for charging the produced common use energy; and a residential community EMS configured to manage production and charging of the common use energy, and to control the unit for supplying the common use energy, in response to receiving a signal requesting to use the common use energy transmitted from a home EMS supply, supply the common use energy to the home EMS that transmitted the signal requesting to use the common use energy.

Unique structured lipids obtained from interesterifying coconut oil with free fatty acids obtained from hydrolysis of triglycerides of vegetable source, said structured lipids rich in omega 6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and medium chain fatty acids and a process for the production of said structural lipids.

An evaporation engine system for producing usable energy by application of alternate cycles of a cold liquid and available hot dry air. The system includes a vessel containing the cold liquid, a wheel partially submerged in the cold liquid, wherein the wheel is mounted on a first bearing on the crankshaft located at the axis of the wheel. The system also includes a second bearing on the crankshaft parallel to and fixed horizontally relative to the first bearing and a plurality of cords connected between the rim of the wheel and the second bearing, such that with each rotation of the wheel the plurality of cords dip into the cold liquid at the bottom of the rotation, wherein the plurality of cords shrink causing the plurality of cords come out again into the warm, dry air at the top of the rotation, wherein the plurality of cords become dry and as a result of the drying the plurality of cords lengthen, such that the rotation of the wheel becomes self-sustaining, wherein the rotation is available as an energy source.

This invention is an energy generating device adaptable to a “means of rotation” which captures human energy by converting it to usable energy. This process occurs through the conversion of energy from the body to a “means of rotation” to an alternator to a battery. Then, the battery's output energy, which is in the form of direct current (DC), may be sent either to a DC appliance or through an inverter that transforms it into alternating current (AC), which is used by most modern electronics and appliances. This invention overcomes five key elements: an alternator's “turn on speed” (minimum revolutions per minute required for the alternator to begin producing its specified output voltage), torsion force required by the alternator at the “turn on speed”, coefficient of friction required, tension requirements and specific voltage regulation/generation. Energy measuring device(s) may be associated with the energy generating device to measure the voltage output and the amperage output. Input device(s) may be associated with the energy measuring device and the energy generating device to associate the revolutions per minute (RPM) with the predicted output of the alternator, showing the user the performance curve of RPM versus the power being generated.

A water purification system provides clean water for the consumption by livestock by using a continuously recirculating water loop. A circulating pump moves the water within the water loop in a flow direction. A particle filter system is fluidically connected in series and removes dissolved solids or particulates within the water. An ozone purification system and/or with the addition of other antimicrobial or purification agents is fluidically connected in parallel to a portion of the continuously recirculating feedback monitored and control water loop. The ozone purification system is disposed downstream of the particle filter system in relation to the flow direction. A feeding station is connected in series with the continuously recirculating water loop disposed downstream of the ozone purification system in relation to the flow direction. An alkaline water apparatus is disposed upstream of the ozone purification unit, connected either before or in parallel to the ozone purification system.

A process for making a diet food product, includes the stage of putting a certain amount of treated pork skin into an s-cutter and pouring in boiled water with 100:400 ratio, then by opening the steam valve and applying steam into the pot for 20-30 minute then, in order to reduce a fat portion, pour the water and apply the steam again for 30˜60 minute with cover closed, then the temperature and the pressure increase and collected at the bottom of the pot, cutting the boiled pork skin, applying 0.67% of salt to produce a gel and making a gel that is sticky, to eliminate the smell, add ginger, garlic, ginseng, soju and then fix the form.

The disclosed invention is a description of the means to create a condition in which liquid matter (water as shown) is subjected to centrifugal force induced by rotating the water as it is circulated in a confined system at velocities sufficient to generate electrical power. The power generated by the system is used to maintain rotation of the entire system, continuously circulate the water within the rotating system and to deliver the surplus electrical energy for discretionary use.