Electric-powered, closed-loop, continuous-feed, endothermic energy-conversion systems and methods

1. A system for converting energy comprising:

a controller;

a reactor having inner walls operated by the controller;

a drag conveyor in the reactor, the drag conveyor including a multi-pass drag chain adapted to allow a feedstock material to advance in opposing directions on the same drag chain; and

a multi-zone heater surrounding the reactor and the drag conveyor.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an airlock having a steric acid high-temperature fluid bath forming a closed loop with the reactor.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the closed loop further comprises a multi-zone quench station having a quench oil filter and an oil preheated stage.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the closed loop further comprises an atmospheric fractioning unit.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the atmospheric fractioning unit comprises a heavy oil fractioning process, a re-boiler, a diesel storage, and an asphalt storage, wherein the multi-zone quench station includes a supply of diluting oil.

6. A method for converting energy, comprising the steps of:

providing an energy conversion system according to claim 1 ;

supplying feedstock material to the energy-conversion system;

processing the feedstock material;

supplying the processed feedstock material to the inlet of the reactor;

advancing the processed feedstock through the reactor while the reactor facilitates a phase-change process of the feedstock from solid to liquid to vapor;

maintaining through the heater accurate and consistent temperature within reactor;

maintaining a positive pressure in the energy-conversion system;

discharging from reactor outlets char and vapor obtained from the reacted feedstock;

removing particulates from the discharged vapor;

quenching the discharged vapor to prevent tar, grease, and/or wax build-ups;

after the quenching step, transitioning from the positive pressure to a negative pressure in the energy-conversion system; and

supplying the quenched vapor to a vacuum buffer tank.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising the steps of:

advancing the supplied vapor to a regulator;

removing liquid from the advanced vapor;

cooling the advanced vapor; and

performing a filter-less quenching gas clean-up operation on the advanced vapor; and

forming and discharging syngas.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising the step of advancing the reacted feedstock to a quench station.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising the step of advancing the quenched feedstock to an atmospheric fractioning unit.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising the steps of advancing the reacted feedstock to an automated plunging system.