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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1979
Charles B Leffert, Troy, MI (US);
Ralph H Kummler, Birmingham, MI (US);
Robert A Piccirelli, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (US);
Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, Owensboro, KY (US);
Abstract
A process is described wherein solid carbon particles C(S) of various forms are suspended in a carbon dioxide gas (CO.sub.2) and exposed to a flux of neutrons from a fusion neutron source for the purpose of converting the very high kinetic energy of the neutrons to chemically stored energy using the endothermic reaction C(S)+CO.sub.2 .fwdarw.2CO. In contrast to previous art involving the direct radiolytic dissociation of the CO.sub.2 molecule, the means described in this invention are aimed at thermally driving the reaction C(S)+CO.sub.2 .fwdarw.2CO such that a very much higher yield of CO is obtained.