Power generating system and method by combining medium-and-low temperature solar energy with fossil fuel thermochemistry
US9316124B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 13, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 19, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/133
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a power generating system by combining medium-and-low temperature solar energy and fossil fuel with thermochemical process, the system comprising: a material supply device configured to store fossil fuel; a material mixing device configured to mix the fossil fuel with non-reacted reactant; a material metering device configured to control an amount of material fed to a material preheating device in unit time; a material preheating device configured to heat the material; a solar energy absorption and reaction device configured to drive the fossil fuel by using solar thermal energy absorbed to make a decomposition reaction or reforming reaction, through which the solar energy is converted to chemical energy of hydrogen-rich fuel, obtaining solar-energy fuel; a solar energy heat collecting device configured to collect the solar energy with low energy flux density to medium-and-low temperature solar thermal energy with high energy flux density, so as to provide heat to decomposition reaction or reforming reaction; a condenser configured to cool reaction products; a gas-liquid separating device configured to perform gas-liquid separation for the cooled mixt…
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