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Method of turning carbon directly into electricity.

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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"In principle, any fossil fuel or biomass can be converted to electric power using direct carbon conversion. For natural gas and oil, pyrolysis (thermal decomposition) yields hydrogen and carbon. For dirtier resources (coals, biomass), the carbon may have to be extracted by reaction with hydrogen, followed by pyrolysis."

CellTech Power

Endorsements

"Apparently, this is not the usual Molten Carbonate system, with all its problems of ash and electrode deterioration. And the CO2 product could be easily sequestered, in comparison with other hydrocarbon-based systems, including other fuel cell types.
"From my reading, this would be the ideal coal-based electrical generation system, certainly better than the best coal combustion/electro-mechanical generation protocols. It would also make coal-fueled railway locomotives viable again, it seems." -- Hal Ade; Ottawa, ON, Canada; New Energy Congres (Jan. 26, 2006)


"Seems to me to have the best and most practical advantage of the whole fuel cell arena. There are lots of existing sources of fuel for this that can be tapped that will not make our existing combustible fuel source situation any worse than it is, and likely could make some improvement. Biomass is a good source for this fuel cell." -- Ken Rauen, PES Network Inc; New Energy Congress (Jan. 26, 2006)


"This process looks like the "Cold Coal Battery" that Nikola Tesla predicted could be developed more than 100 years ago. Let's hope LLNL succeeds with this research." -- Peter Lindemann, (Jan. 27, 2006)

Papers

Research and Development

  • Hybrid fuel cells show improved efficiency - John Irvine at the University of St Andrews and colleagues made a hybrid direct carbon fuel cell containing solid oxide or molten carbonate electrolytes to transport ions between the electrodes. (Chemical Technology; June 19, 2008)

Resources

> Dr. William W. JACQUES Coal Battery


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