CEWT Carbon Recycling Technology (CRT)- Governing Definition — Summary

CEWT Carbon Recycling Technology (CRT) Governing Definition — Summary Carbon Recycling Technology (CRT) is a process technology designed to convert intermittent renewable energy into firm, dispatchable baseload power by recycling carbon within a closed fuel cycle. Core Principle Renewable hydrogen supplies the replenishing energy. Captured carbon is retained as a circulating molecular carrier and is combined with renewable hydrogen to regenerate Recycled Synthetic Natural Gas (RSNG). RSNG provides a storable, dispatchable fuel for power generation. CRT Energy and Carbon Cycle Intermittent Renewable Electricity → Renewable H₂ → RSNG → Firm Power → CO₂ Capture → Carbon Recycling → RSNG Steady-State Objectives • Convert intermittent renewable electricity into firm and dispatchable baseload power. • Eliminate the continuous requirement for fresh fossil carbon by recycling the carbon inventory. • Prevent routine process CO₂ emissions by capturing carbon after power generation and returning it to the fuel-production cycle. How CRT Differs from Conventional CCS Conventional carbon capture and storage treats captured CO₂ primarily as a stream for transport and permanent storage. CRT instead treats captured carbon as a reusable process inventory. The carbon is recycled into RSNG using renewable hydrogen and returned to the power-generation cycle. Governing CEWT Position CRT is fundamentally a renewable-energy firming and carbon-recycling technology, rather than a conventional fossil-fuel power-generation technology. For technical accuracy, CEWT should describe the steady-state objective as having “no continuous fresh fossil-carbon requirement” and “no routine process CO₂ emissions,” subject to verification of start-up fuel, purge streams, leakage, carbon makeup and upstream energy boundaries. Application to CEWT Projects This governing definition should be applied consistently to CEWT’s 100 MW baseload CRT project, 20 MW CRT Trigeneration project and integrated 0.2 MTPA Green Iron architecture. Their mass and energy balances should demonstrate the renewable-hydrogen input, circulating carbon inventory, RSNG regeneration, CO₂ capture and recycle, and all material carbon losses or makeup requirements.