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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2008
Frank S. Zeman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Marco J. Castaldi, Yonkers, NY (US);
Frank S. Zeman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Marco J. Castaldi, Yonkers, NY (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for producing a synthetic fuel are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods and systems include the following: thermally reforming methane and carbon dioxide to generate a syngas including a first quantity of carbon monoxide and a first quantity of hydrogen; oxidizing the quantity of first carbon monoxide with a metal to produce metal oxide and carbon thereby separating oxygen from the carbon monoxide; gasifying the carbon using steam to produce a second quantity of carbon monoxide and a second quantity of hydrogen; reacting the metal oxide with methane to produce metal oxide, carbon dioxide, and a third quantity of hydrogen; and synthesizing the first quantity of carbon monoxide, the first quantity of hydrogen, the second quantity of hydrogen, and the third quantity of hydrogen to form the synthetic fuel.