Patent ID: 7302903

Claim:
A floating vessel for producing hydrocarbons from wind energy, water, and air comprising: one or more containers having a chamber formed therein; a structural frame for interconnecting the one or more chambers; a power system disposed within or among the one or more of the containers, for producing, storing, and distributing power, the power system including: a wind turbine for harnessing the wind energy, the wind turbine having a rotatable shaft and one or more rotor blades connected to the rotatable shaft, an electrical generator mechanically coupled with the rotatable shaft for producing power when wind contacts the one or more rotor blades causing the rotatable shaft to rotate thereby producing power, and a power storage and regulation element, for regulating and storing the power produced by the generator; a hydrocarbon processor, the hydrocarbon processor including: a carbon dioxide interface for introducing carbon dioxide to the hydrocarbon processor, an electrolyzer adapted to receive power produced by the generator, and further adapted to convert water, via electrolysis, into hydrogen and oxygen, and provide a hydrogen effluent stream of hydrogen, a reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reactor adapted to receive the hydrogen effluent stream from the electrolyzer and a carbon dioxide stream containing carbon dioxide for converting the carbon dioxide and hydrogen, in the presence of a catalyst, into a RWGS effluent stream comprising carbon monoxide and water, and an ethanation reactor adapted to receive and convert the RWGS effluent stream, in the presence of a catalyst, into the hydrocarbon product; and a control system for regulating and monitoring the power system and the hydrocarbon processor.