RPC is a newly developed patent (pending) technology
from Australia to generate a base load power (24x7) using Renewable Hydrogen
and CO2 with Zero emission,
The process discloses a method and system to generate
CO2 from seawater along with Hydrogen using any renewable energy source to
produce synthetic methane gas known as renewable synthetic methane (RSMG) to
generate a base load power. The CO2 can be from various sources apart from sea such
as power plants using fossil fuel, steel, cement, coke oven gas, or any syngas
generated from various known methods from various sources such as steam methane
reformer etc. The process can use any Oxy-combustion CO2 power cycle such as
CES, Graz cycle, Allam cycle (using super critical CO2 as a working fluid) or a
conventional combined cycle power plant using air combustion to generate a base
load power 24 x 7 with ZERO EMISSIONS. The cost of power is estimated to be
competitive even in the absence of Carbon pricing or Carbon tax. Needless to mention
the unit cost of power can be further reduced by using Carbon pricing or Carbon
tax. It is up to individual governments to introduce such a mechanism in order
to deploy RPC on a larger scale.
The advantage with the system is it can generate
electric power from CO2 with the highest electrical efficiency up to 70% while achieving
Zero emissions. It effectively solves the global warming and climate changes problems
using existing technologies and infrastructure without a need to develop a new
power technology from scratch.
It can be retrofitted with any existing and operating
fossil fuel-based power plant OR any large-scale renewable energy plant. It
does not require storage batteries or any energy storing devices. The minimum viable
capacity starts with 100 Mw and can be scaled up to 500 Mw and beyond and power
can be exported to the grid directly through a substation. Optionally the
process requires only sun and sea (ocean is the largest reservoir of Carbon,
Hydrogen and heat to generate a base load power along with potable water with
Zero Carbon emission and achieves circular economy).