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Patent No.:

US 9522379 B1

Date of Patent:

Dec. 20, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2012

Reducing and/or harvesting drag energy from transport vehicles, including for chemical reactors, and associated systems and methods

Applicant:

Roy Edward Mcalister, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Inventor:

Roy Edward McAlister, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Assignee:

McAlister Technologies, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Attorney:

Perkins Coie LLP

Primary Examiner:

Natasha Young

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01); B60T 1/00 (2006.01); F03D 9/00 (2016.01); F03D 11/04 (2006.01); B60T 1/16 (2006.01); C01B 3/02 (2006.01); F28C 3/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H02P 9/04 (2006.01); B01J 19/20 (2006.01); B01J 4/00 (2006.01); B60K 16/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/02 (2006.01); B01J 19/18 (2006.01); B01J 19/32 (2006.01); B01J 8/02 (2006.01); B29D 30/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F28D 1/00 (2006.01); F28D 15/00 (2006.01); F03D 1/00 (2006.01); F03D 7/00 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

B01J 19/00 (2013.01); B01J 4/002 (2013.01); B01J 19/20 (2013.01); B01J 19/24 (2013.01); B60K 16/00 (2013.01); B60T 1/00 (2013.01); B60T 1/16 (2013.01); C01B 3/02 (2013.01); F03D 9/00 (2013.01); F03D 11/04 (2013.01); F28C 3/005 (2013.01); G05D 1/00 (2013.01); H02P 9/04 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00085 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00135 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00139 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00144 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00155 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00157 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00159 (2013.01); B60K 2016/006 (2013.01); B60W 2300/126 (2013.01); F05B 2240/941 (2013.01); Y02E 10/728 (2013.01); Y02T 10/90 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0324 (2015.04); Y10T 152/10495 (2015.01);

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for reducing and/or harvesting drag energy from transport vehicles. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a mobile transport platform, a donor substance source carried by the platform, and a thermochemical reactor carried by the platform and coupled to the donor substance. The reactor is configured to carry out a non-combustion dissociation process that dissociates the donor substance into a first constituent and a second constituent. An energy extraction system carried by the transport platform and positioned to extract energy from an airstream passing the transport platform is coupled to the reactor to provide energy for the dissociation process.

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