Engineered fuel storage, respeciation and transport
View Patent ↗Techniques, systems and material are disclosed for thermochemical regeneration of biomass into renewable engineered fuel, storage of the renewable engineered fuel, respeciation of the renewable engineered fuel and transport. In one aspect, a method includes generating low density hydrogen fuel from biomass dissociation at a first location of a low elevation. The low density hydrogen fuel is self-transported in a pipeline to a second location at a higher elevation than the first location by traveling from the first location to the second location without adding energy of pressure. A high density hydrogen carrier is generated at the second location of higher elevation by reacting the low density hydrogen fuel with at least one of a carbon donor, a nitrogen donor and an oxygen donor harvested from industrial waste. The high density hydrogen carrier is delivered to a third location of a lower elevation than the second location while providing pressure or kinetic energy.
1. A method of transporting renewable fuel, the method comprising:
generating low density hydrogen fuel from biomass dissociation at a first location of a low elevation;
self-transporting the low density hydrogen fuel in a pipeline to a second location at a higher elevation than the first location, wherein the low density hydrogen fuel travels from the first location to the second location without adding energy or pressure;
generating a high density hydrogen carrier at the second location of higher elevation by reacting the low density hydrogen fuel with at least one of a carbon donor, a nitrogen donor and an oxygen donor; and
delivering the high density hydrogen carrier to a third location of a lower elevation than the second location while providing pressure or kinetic energy for conversion into useful work without the use of a pump.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the low density hydrogen fuel comprises applying waste heat recovered from an external energy source or heat generated from a renewable energy source.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the high density hydrogen carrier comprises at least one of hydrocarbon, alcohol and ammonia.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the hydrocarbon comprises at least one of methane and ethane; and
wherein the alcohol comprises at least one of methanol and ethanol.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the carbon donor comprises carbon dioxide and the hydrogen donor comprises water.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
dissolving a hazardous contaminant in the high density hydrogen carrier to generate a liquid mixture that isolates the hazardous contaminant from an environment.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the liquid mixture controls a vapor pressure or availability of the vapor pressure.
8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
applying heat to the liquid mixture to generate oxygenated fuel mixture with a ratio of hydrogen to carbon that is higher than the high density hydrogen carrier.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
transporting in a pipeline the hydrogen generated from the liquid mixture to a fourth location at a higher elevation than the third location without adding energy or pressure.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
applying heat to the high density hydrogen carrier to generate oxygenated fuel with a ratio of hydrogen to carbon that is higher than the high density hydrogen carrier.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transporting in a pipeline the hydrogen generated from the high density hydrogen carrier to a fourth location at a higher elevation than the third location without adding energy or pressure.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of a carbon donor, a nitrogen donor and an oxygen donor are harvested from industrial waste.