Portable apparatus for extracting low carbon petroleum and for generating low carbon electricity
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B01J-007/00
H01M-008/06
C01B-003/36
C10J-003/46
C10J-003/54
E21B-019/00
E21B-043/16
출원번호
UP-0496456
(2009-07-01)
등록번호
US-7753972
(2010-08-02)
발명자
/ 주소
Zubrin, Robert M.
Berggren, Mark H.
출원인 / 주소
Pioneer Energy, Inc
대리인 / 주소
American Patent Agency
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초록▼
The Portable Renewable Energy System for Enhanced Oil Recovery (“PRESEOR”) is a truck mobile system that reforms biomass into CO2 and hydrogen, following which the gases are separated, with the CO2 sequestered underground for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and the hydrogen used to generat
The Portable Renewable Energy System for Enhanced Oil Recovery (“PRESEOR”) is a truck mobile system that reforms biomass into CO2 and hydrogen, following which the gases are separated, with the CO2 sequestered underground for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and the hydrogen used to generate several megawatts of carbon-free electricity. In contrast to large central power plants that are generally not well-located to support EOR, the small PRESEOR can go directly to the oilfields where it is needed, and do so in a timely manner. The PRESEOR sequesters more biomass-derived carbon than is released by the burning of the oil it yields, thereby producing not only carbon-free electricity but carbon-free oil. Using PRESEOR, over 80 billion barrels of U.S. oil would be made recoverable, without the need to drill new wells in pristine areas.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A portable apparatus for extracting low carbon petroleum and for generating low carbon electricity from biomass and water, comprising: a boiler adapted to boil the water to generate a high-pressure steam source; a biomass hopper having a source of biomass; a steam reformer ad
What is claimed is: 1. A portable apparatus for extracting low carbon petroleum and for generating low carbon electricity from biomass and water, comprising: a boiler adapted to boil the water to generate a high-pressure steam source; a biomass hopper having a source of biomass; a steam reformer adapted to react the biomass with the steam to generate a high-pressure gas comprising a majority of carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas; a methanol CO2 separator adapted to separate at least a portion of the carbon dioxide gas from the high-pressure gas to generate a carbon dioxide-rich driver gas and a hydrogen-rich fuel gas; a gas turbine adapted to utilize a portion of the hydrogen-rich fuel gas to generate low carbon electricity; appropriate for injection into a petroleum reservoir to extract low carbon petroleum; and wherein the steam reformer, the methanol CO2 separator, the gas turbine and the compressor are located on a portable chassis. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a heat exchanger disposed between the boiler and the steam reformer adapted to exchange heat between the hot high-pressure gas exiting the steam reformer and the steam entering the steam reformer from the boiler. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising: a condenser disposed after the heat exchanger adapted to condense cooled high-pressure gas entering the CO2 separator from the heat exchanger. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the boiler is structurally designed for a temperature of approximately 150° C. to 250° C. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the steam reformer is structurally designed to operate at a temperature above which biomass reforms, approximately 850° C. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the steam reformer is structurally designed to operate at a pressure of approximately 5 bar to 30 bar. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the CO2 separator is structurally designed to operate in a methanol temperature-swing cycle between approximately −60° C. and +40° C. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hydrogen-rich fuel gas further comprises methane. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hydrogen-rich fuel gas further comprises carbon monoxide. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a control system adapted to control an operation of the apparatus based on a market price of biomass, a market price of electricity, and a market price of crude petroleum. 11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the carbon dioxide-rich driver gas is at least 90% CO2 by weight. 12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the carbon dioxide-rich driver gas is at least 99% CO2 by weight. 13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the steam reformer is structurally designed to carry out a steam-biomass reforming reaction approximately in accordance with a chemical equation CxHyOz+H2O=>xCO2+wH2, wherein CxHyOz represents biomass, H2O represents water, CO2 represents carbon dioxide, and H2 represents hydrogen, and wherein carbon dioxide concentration x/(x+w) in the high pressure gas is at least 30% carbon dioxide by weight. 14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the high-pressure gas contains at least 30% carbon dioxide gas by weight. 15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electricity generated has substantially less associated carbon dioxide emissions than electricity generated from combustion of natural gas. 16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein an amount of carbon dioxide released when the petroleum is consumed is less than an amount of carbon dioxide injected underground to extract the petroleum. 17. A system for extracting low carbon petroleum and for generating low carbon electricity from biomass and water, comprising: a high-pressure steam source for transforming the water into steam; a biomass hopper unit having a source of biomass; a steam reformer unit adapted to react the biomass with the steam to generate a high-pressure gas comprising a majority of carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas; a methanol CO2 separator unit adapted to separate at least a portion of the carbon dioxide gas from the high-pressure gas to generate a carbon dioxide-rich driver gas and a hydrogen-rich fuel gas; and “appropriate for injection into a petroleum reservoir to extract low carbon petroleum; and wherein the steam reformer, the methanol CO2 separator and the compressor are located on a portable chassis. 18. The system of claim 17, wherein the steam reformer unit is structurally designed to operate at a temperature above which biomass reforms, approximately 850° C., and a pressure of approximately 5 bar to 30 bar. 19. The system of claim 17, further comprising: a gas turbine unit adapted to utilize a portion of the hydrogen-rich fuel gas to generate low carbon electricity, wherein the electricity generated has substantially less associated carbon dioxide emissions than electricity generated from combustion of natural gas. 20. The system of claim 17, wherein an amount of carbon dioxide released when the petroleum is consumed is less than an amount of carbon dioxide injected underground to extract the petroleum.
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