Patent ID: 8038746

Claim:
A process for combusting hydrocarbon feedstocks, producing hydrocarbon fuels from combustion intermediates, and recovering water and carbon dioxide produced during combustion, the process comprising the steps of: reacting a stream of hydrocarbons with a stream of substantially pure oxygen in a gasification chamber under conditions producing a first reaction product stream comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen; removing particulate matter from the first reaction product stream; sending at least a portion of the first reaction product stream to a catalytic reactor arranged and designed to synthesize hydrocarbons, sending any remaining portion of the first reaction product stream to an oxidation chamber under conditions producing a second reaction product stream comprising carbon dioxide and water vapor; splitting the second reaction product stream into a recycle stream and a final product stream; sending the recycle stream back into at least one of the chambers after first passing the recycle stream through an activated carbon filter; subjecting the final product stream to electron beam oxidation to breakdown residual organic compounds and to electrostatically charge residual particulate matter; removing the electrostatically charged residual particulate matter from the final product stream; scrubbing the final product stream to neutralize and remove acidic impurities; condensing water from the final product stream; and refrigerating the final product stream to condense any remaining water and to liquefy any carbon dioxide.