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Validating "NET Power's" use of the Allam-Fetvedt cycle
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[QUOTE="russ_watters, post: 6426925, member: 142"] My first reaction to this is: So what. The primary combustion products of *any* hydrocarbon thermo plant are carbon dioxide and water vapor. Condense out the water vapor and you're left with carbon dioxide. Heck, my propane furnace does that! [Edit] Slight correction: my furnace takes in air, which has nitrogen in it. This "cycle" uses pure oxygen in the combustion. You could easily convert my furnace to do that. The main potential benefit I see would be from *if* this cycle is any more efficient than a standard Brayton cycle/combined cycle system. But the idea has nothing specifically to do with carbon sequestration that I can see. Just adding "ready for carbon sequestration" to the label of the waste stream doesn't mean anything. [Also edit] Due to the requirement of using pure oxygen as the oxidizer, there can't possibly be an efficiency improvement over a standard system. But it may be more efficient to remove the nitrogen before combustion rather than after. [/QUOTE]
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