Patent ID: 8182560
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: C01B,C10J,F28D,F28F,H02K

Abstract:
1. A process for converting hydrocarbon-containing material into a resultant gas, comprising the steps of: a. providing a finely-ground hydrocarbon-containing solid; b. providing a light hydrocarbon gas; c. mixing said hydrocarbon-containing solid and said hydrocarbon-containing gas together to form a hydrocarbon mixture; d. preheating said hydrocarbon mixture; e. providing a gasifier, said gasifier including an acceleration tube and a heat source configured to heat said acceleration tube and the contents thereof; f. feeding said hydrocarbon mixture through said gasifier tube; g. further heating said hydrocarbon mixture emerging from said gasifier tube by passing said mixture through a microwave, wherein the heat added to said mixture in said gasifier and said microwave is sufficient to crack carbon bonds within said hydrocarbon mixture in order to form a resultant mixture containing shortened hydrocarbon chains, free hydrogen, and free electrons; h. providing a magnetohydrodynamic generator, said magnetohydrodynamic generator having a conduit fluidly connected with said microwave; i. passing said resultant mixture through said magnetohydrodynamic generator, said magnetohydrodynamic generator containing an anode configured to collect said free electrons from said resultant mixture passing through said conduit, said anode configured to transmit said free electrons away from said conduit; j. providing a decelerator/heat exchanger; k. after said resultant mixture gas stream has passed through said magnetohydrodynamic generator, passing said resultant mixture through said decelerator/heat exchanger wherein a velocity and a temperature of said resultant mixture are reduced in the absence of said free electrons; l. removing solids from said resultant mixture to create a resultant gas; m. removing hydrogen gas and hydrocarbon gas from said resultant gas; and n. storing said hydrogen gas and said hydrocarbon gas.