8 Rivers Capital, LLC

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Palmer Labs, LLC

Southwest Research Institute

Jeremy Eron Fetvedt

Rodney John Allam

Miles R Palmer

Brock Alan Forrest

Xijia Lu

Glenn William Brown, Jr

Damian Beauchamp

Navid Rafati

Adam Goff

Peter Michael McGroddy

Daniel Rathbone

Deon Smit

Yasunori Iwai

Masao Itoh

Hideyuki Maeda

Brent Gregory

William J Brown

Yuichi Morisawa

Stefan Tschirren

James E Lenertz

Nobuhiro Okizono

Jeffrey Kuhn

Scott Thomas Martin

Hassan Abdulsater

Hannah Clark

Mohammad Rafati

James Jeffrey Moore

Shinju Suzuki

Chris Bonilha

David Ronald Moody

Owen M Pryor

David Arthur Freed

Ian Cormier

Anna Bobasheva

Francisco Alonso

John W Taylor

Glenn William Brown

Jr Glenn William Brown

Peter Michael Mcgroddy

Glenn William Brown Jr

The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlling a power production plant and optionally providing a one or more product streams for an end use thereof. Control of a power production plant specifically can include executing one or more functions effective for adjusting a heat profile of a heat exchange unit (HEU) operating with a plurality of streams passing therethrough. This can include implementing a control function that alters a flow of one or more of the plurality of streams by adding flow to or withdrawing flow one or more of the plurality of streams at an intermediate temperature range within the HEU at a point that is positioned between a first end and a second end of the HEU.

Control schemes for thermal management of power production systems and methods

Systems and methods for direct air capture of carbon dioxide or other gases utilize a calcium sorbent in a manner that allows for wide scale, relatively low cost implementation. In particular, a calcium sorbent may be provided as a substantially thin coating on one or more substrates and utilized for direct air capture of carbon dioxide through chemisorption. The carbonated sorbent may be disposed of for sequestration of the carbon dioxide or regenerated with capture of carbon dioxide released from the carbonated sorbent during the regeneration process.

Direct capture of carbon dioxide

The present disclosure provides methods for controlling volumetric flows of streams into a combustor, and particularly in a combustor utilized in a power production method. A controller can be used to receive a variety of inputs, carry out calculations, and output one or more signals that adjust one or more parameters of one or more of the streams entering the combustor. Such adjustments can be effective to normalize a volumetric flow rate between the combustor and a turbine immediately downstream from the combustor without requiring direct measurement of the volumetric flow rate between the combustor and the turbine immediately downstream from the combustor.

Systems and methods for control of volumetric flows in a power production plant

The present disclosure provides methods, assemblies, and systems for power production that can allow for increased efficiency and lower cost components arising from the control, reduction, or elimination of turbine blade mechanical erosion by particulates or chemical erosion by gases in a combustion product flow. The methods, assemblies, and systems can include the use of turbine blades that operate with a blade velocity that is significantly reduced in relation to conventional turbines used in typical power production systems. The methods and systems also can make use of a recycled circulating fluid for transpiration protection of the turbine and/or other components. Further, recycled circulating fluid may be employed to provide cleaning materials to the turbine.

High efficiency power production methods, assemblies, and systems

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that are useful for controlling one or more aspects of a power production plant. More particularly, the disclosure relates to power production plants and methods of carrying out a power production method utilizing different fuel chemistries. Combustion of the different fuel mixtures can be controlled so that a defined set of combustion characteristics remains substantially constant across a range of different fuel chemistries.

Systems and methods for operation of a flexible fuel combustor

Presently disclosed is a power production plant that is operable to store and generate power. In a 'charge mode' (when electricity price is low), an air separation unit (ASU) cools and liquefies ambient air into liquid oxygen (LOx), which is then stored in a storage vessel. In a “discharge mode” (when electrical price is high), the stored LOx is used by the power production plant to combust a fuel and form a combustion product stream that can be expanded in a turbine to generate power. The power production plant particularly can utilize carbon dioxide as a recycled, circulating or working fluid so that substantially all carbon dioxide produced in the power production can be captured.

Power production plant including liquid oxygen storage and method of operation of the power production plant

The present disclosure provides for improving flame propagation in a combustor, particularly in a combustor for use in a power production system and method. At least one stream being passed into the combustor (e.g., a fuel, an oxidant, a diluent, a coolant, a working fluid, water, or steam) can be independently heated to a temperature that is about the autoignition temperature of the fuel or greater. Further, flame stabilization, including promoting ignition, can be improved as described herein through controlled addition of one or more NOx species into the combustor or combustion chamber.

Flame control in an oxyfuel combustion process

Control systems and methods suitable for combination with power production systems and methods are provided herein. The control systems and methods may be used with, for example, closed power cycles as well as semi-closed power cycles. The combined control systems and methods and power production systems and methods can provide dynamic control of the power production systems and methods that can be carried out automatically based upon inputs received by controllers and outputs from the controllers to one or more components of the power production systems.

Control systems and methods suitable for use with power production systems and methods

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