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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Applicant:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 9/08 (2006.01); C25B 1/02 (2006.01); C25B 13/04 (2006.01); C25B 11/04 (2006.01); C25B 9/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 9/08 (2013.01); C25B 1/02 (2013.01); C25B 9/18 (2013.01); C25B 11/0426 (2013.01); C25B 13/04 (2013.01); Y02P 20/129 (2015.11); Y02P 20/133 (2015.11);
Abstract
A syngas generation system that combines a solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) and a carbon gasification unit is described. On the cathode side of the SOEC, COand HO are electrochemically converted to syngas. At the anode side of the system, a second stream of syngas is produced through a carbon gasification process in which solid carbon is reacted with HO/CO. Oxygen ion transported across the SOEC electrolyte reacts at the anode with a portion of the syngas produced in the gasification process. This reaction product (HO/CO) can be fed back to the gasification unit.