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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Günter Schmid, Hemhofen, DE;
Dan Taroata, Erlangen, DE;
Elena Arvanitis, Somerville, NJ (US);
Manfred Baldauf, Erlangen, DE;
Frank Walachowicz, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Günter Schmid, Hemhofen, DE;
Dan Taroata, Erlangen, DE;
Elena Arvanitis, Somerville, NJ (US);
Manfred Baldauf, Erlangen, DE;
Frank Walachowicz, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/02 (2006.01); C01B 31/30 (2006.01); C01B 31/20 (2006.01); C01B 31/18 (2006.01); F23J 7/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/62 (2006.01); C01B 21/06 (2006.01); C01C 1/02 (2006.01); C07C 29/151 (2006.01); F23B 99/00 (2006.01); F23G 7/06 (2006.01); F25J 3/04 (2006.01); F23J 15/00 (2006.01); F23L 7/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23J 7/00 (2013.01); B01D 53/62 (2013.01); C01B 21/061 (2013.01); C01B 31/18 (2013.01); C01C 1/026 (2013.01); C07C 1/02 (2013.01); C07C 29/1518 (2013.01); F23B 99/00 (2013.01); F23G 7/06 (2013.01); F23J 15/00 (2013.01); F23L 7/00 (2013.01); F25J 3/04533 (2013.01); F25J 3/04563 (2013.01); B01D 53/1475 (2013.01); B01D 2251/302 (2013.01); B01D 2252/20484 (2013.01); B01D 2256/20 (2013.01); B01D 2257/504 (2013.01); B01D 2258/0283 (2013.01); C21C 2100/02 (2013.01); C21C 2100/06 (2013.01); F23B 2900/00003 (2013.01); F23J 2215/10 (2013.01); F23J 2215/50 (2013.01); Y02C 10/04 (2013.01); Y02E 20/12 (2013.01); Y02W 30/54 (2015.05);
Abstract
A method and apparatus convert carbon dioxide into chemical starting materials. Carbon dioxide is isolated from flue gas emitted by a combustion system. An electropositive metal is burned in an atmosphere of isolated carbon dioxide to reduce the carbon dioxide into chemical starting materials.