Floating Offshore Power Generation with Onboard CO2 Sequestration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current base load power generation systems located remotely from coastal cities result in significant transmission losses, which are exacerbated by fossil fuel-powered generation, leading to increased anthropogenic emissions and a feedback loop of greenhouse gas emissions, posing a major risk to climate change mitigation efforts.
Innovation Solution
A floating offshore carbon neutral electric power generation system combined with a carbon dioxide upgrading system, utilizing seawater and onboard carbon dioxide sequestration, which recycles CO2 into syngas for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis to produce liquid and gas fuel products, thereby reducing transmission losses and achieving carbon neutrality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If base load power generation systems are located remotely from coastal cities, then fuel availability and system operation are improved, but transmission losses increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies floating offshore platforms to move power generation from traditional land-based remote locations to coastal三维 space, enabling proximity to high-demand areas while maintaining access to fuel sources. This dimensional transition resolves the contradiction by allowing generation sites to be both remotely accessible for fuel and close to coastal cities for power delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces floating offshore platforms as intermediary structures that serve as mobile bases for power generation. These platforms act as mediators between fuel supply sources and coastal demand centers, enabling energy transfer without the transmission losses associated with traditional remote land-based generation.
2Reliability
If fossil fuel-powered generation is used to compensate for transmission losses, then power supply reliability is maintained, but anthropogenic emissions increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the harmful CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion into a useful resource by capturing the CO2 at the floating platform and utilizing it for chemical synthesis processes. This transforms the harmful emission product into feedstock for producing fuels and chemicals, thereby reducing net atmospheric CO2 while maintaining power supply reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent recovers CO2 that would otherwise be discarded as a harmful emission product. By capturing and reusing the CO2 from combustion processes for chemical synthesis, the system prevents its release into the atmosphere while maintaining the necessary power generation operations.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If CO2 is captured and utilized for chemical synthesis, then carbon neutrality is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functions into the floating offshore platform system: power generation, CO2 capture, chemical synthesis, and fuel production all occur within the same integrated platform structure. This consolidation reduces overall system complexity compared to separate distributed systems, while achieving carbon neutrality through the integrated CO2 utilization process.
Solution Approach 2:
The floating offshore platform serves multiple purposes simultaneously: it generates electricity, captures CO2 emissions, converts CO2 into chemical feedstocks, and produces fuels. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated systems, thereby managing complexity while achieving comprehensive carbon neutrality.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables base load power generation near high-demand coastal centers, negating transmission losses and providing a carbon-neutral energy source, enhancing operational efficiency and economic viability while mitigating climate change by utilizing seawater and onboard CO2 sequestration.
Implementation Method 1
recycles CO2 into syngas for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis to produce liquid and gas fuel products
Implementation Method 2
onboard carbon dioxide sequestration, which recycles CO2 into syngas
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