Synthetic Fuels
American Energy Producers supplies a powerful, disruptive technology that provides an economically viable business model for the conversion of natural gas and coal into synthetic diesel, synthetic jet fuel, and activated carbon thus reducing dependence on foreign oil in the production of critical energy products to fuel economic growth. Applying this new technology to the natural gas or coal conversion process reduces traditional gasification costs by 30% and eliminates 87% of the harmful emissions of typical diesel and jet fuel refining. The AEP GTL and CTL solution falls far below all EPA air quality requirements. There is a lack of sophisticated Natural Gas To Liquids (GTL) and Coal To Liquids (CTL) gasification processes available in the market. Present technologies, while producing reduced emissions, are economically viable only with government subsidization. We bring the intellectual property rights & expertise to commercialize our proprietary technology. We are well on the way to construct and to fulfill the energy demand for a total project cost of $1.8 billion with a $6 billion EBITDA projected over 7 years.
Emissions TPY table from an AEP GTL plant:
Compressed Plasma Technology®
It's all about the disruptive revolution. American Energy Producers will introduce a new industrial revolution that generates millions of new jobs while helping clean up our environment by reducing CO2 emissions by 92.5%. Our technology will replace America's dependence on imported oil to attain energy independence and balance the current trade inequalities. Today America consumes 24 percent of the world's oil supply although imports have decreased by 23% since 2008.In 2013, about 33% of the petroleum consumed by the United States was imported from foreign countries.
There is a lack of sophisticated natural gas and coal gasification processes available in the market. Present technologies, while producing reduced emissions, are economically viable only with government subsidization. American Energy Producers brings the intellectual property & expertise to commercialize proprietary technology. Applying this new technology to the natural gas and coal conversion process reduces traditional gasification costs by 30% and eliminates 87% of the harmful emissions of typical diesel and jet fuel refining.
More economical and clean production of:
- Electricity
- Diesel, Jet Fuel, or Naphthas
- Ammonia or Hydrogen
- Steam from coal-burning power plants
- Natural gas substitutes
- Economic pure CO2streams for enhanced oil & gas recovery and accelerated growth of food and fuel crops
Our Compressed Plasma Technology® uses the power of plasma to break materials apart into their elemental components; such as hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen; and then transform those elements into synthesis gas which is one of the basic blocks of the chemical and energy industries. Plasma, in simple terms, is an electrically charged gas, much like the sun and stars. The Compressed Plasma Technology®, represents the ultimate in recycling because it actually rearranges the molecular structure of low-value materials (waste) and transforms them into high-value products such as alternative transportation fuels, electricity and manufacturing feedstock. Clean, efficient, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective.
Our patented Compressed Plasma Technology® creates extremely high temperatures of up to 10X current technology with very little added energy. The plasma streams can be used to gasify any input like coal into base elements and then recombined into fuel such as diesel. This endothermic process with no wasted heat allows more energy to be converted to fuel. Recycling waste into commercial products allows for multiple revenue streams.
- Anaerobic Process - No harmful emissions or byproducts, lowering construction and operating costs.
- Retrofit - Our process can be inserted into existing solution designs with minimum risk.
The Benefits
Our Compressed Plasma Technology® allows a much smaller, simpler, and easier-to-operate plasma facility to be built and maintained for about 1/3 less cost than the price of existing facilities. The disruptive technology is that it requires minimum energy increase to gain larger plasma temperature increases.
The higher temperatures allow significantly greater throughput with an overall facility cost significantly less than existing solutions. This equates to significant energy savings, via a simpler technology (e.g. torches) required for system for production and maintenance savings.
More economical and clean production of:
- Delivers sustainable and scalable profits/shareholder value
- Proof point for tangible sustainability initiatives
- Innovative and progressive, with a turnkey proof point in sustainable land use development
- Creates a multi-faceted economic development engine
- Sustainable and accelerating competitive advantage
- Prototypical land use model for global development
- Unleashes latent asset value of land
- Grid stress reducer-distributed energy value chain
More economical and clean production of:
- IGCC electricity
- Diesel, Gasoline, Jet Fuel, and Naphtha
- Ammonia or Hydrogen
- Steam from coal-burning power plants
- Natural gas substitutes
- Economic pure CO2 streams for enhanced oil & gas recovery
- and accelerated growth of food and fuel crops
The Process
The main element of American Energy Producers technologies is the Compressed Plasma Technology® Arc Torches. The plasma torch is a strong steel tube of any given length that encloses the essential components, including electrodes, gas injectors, insulators, and spacers. Our new technological application in plasma torches does not create additional harmful impurity of nitrogen (N, NOx etc.) during gasification of various wastes and simplifies the clearing system of output gases.
The process allows the reception of pure high-calorific synthesis gas (CO, H2, CH, etc.). The same temperatures are capable of vitrifying various non-flammable inorganic components. As a result, its energy could be used for electricity production.
Plasma processing of waste is an ecologically clean process. The lack of oxygen and high temperature in a reactor prevent the main elements of gas from forming toxic compounds, such as furans, dioxins, NOx, or sulfur dioxide. Extensive filtration removes inorganic residue (ash) and gaseous pollutants (NO, HCl, H2S, etc.) and allows the production of ecologically clean synthetic gas.
The resulting synthetic gas can be used for the production of electric energy. Gaseous pollutants are converted to valuable chemical products. Inert slag could be granulated and subsequently used in construction. Metal could be used for production of alloys, etc.
High temperatures created in a reactor vessel provide a near fusion reaction of non-flammable inorganic components and their transformation to slag and metal. The metals obtained through Compressed Plasma Technology® can be used as commodity products in various applications.
Plasma processing of natural gas or coal produces any type of transportation fuel with higher Octane and Cetane levels while removing sulfur contents to less than 1 part per million. Plasma processing solutions produces the cleanest fuels on the planet far exceeding ASTM fuel standards, a truly green hydrocarbon solution.
Co-location with Existing Plants
Another option that would significantly reduce the price of a plasma plant is the co-location of the plasma gasification chamber with a pre-existing power facility. Because the amount of gases produced by plasma plants is relatively small when compared to coal or oil-fired power plants, the power generators in plasma plants are smaller and less efficient (larger generators require much more gas). Coal and oil power plants use the same processes as plasma plants to treat gases and generate power. By connecting a line from a plasma gasification furnace to a coal or oil furnace, you eliminate the need for a plasma plant's gas treatment equipment, which make up approximately 50 percent of the overall cost of building a plasma waste treatment facility. The gases from the plasma furnace would combine with the gases in the coal or oil furnace. The relatively clean gases from the plasma furnace would help boost efficiency and reduce the amount of coal or oil needed to generate power.
Decontamination
The intense heat from plasma torches can completely neutralize the hazardous components found in diseased toxic substances, Haz-mat sites or contaminated soil. Engineers could transport modular, portable plasma facilities to dispose of animal carcasses or treat soil on site. Incineration of such hazardous material doesn't always destroy all the contaminants, or produces ash that is also hazardous waste. Plasma gasification would destroy or render inert any harmful material including Nuclear contaminated materials.
Waste to Power
The present has been named the "perfect storm" for plasma gasification technology. With focus increasing daily on mankind's environmental impact and the growing concern to look to renewable energy resources, plasma plants are well positioned to become an important part of how we generate power and deal with waste.
Plasma waste treatment facilities are becoming more cost effective, and also because a plasma plant can generate revenues beyond tipping fees, as we can competitively price tipping fees to make it cheaper to ship garbage to our facility than a landfill. As we standardize the plasma facilities, tipping fees will continue to decrease.
With the right capacity, a plasma plant generates enough syngas to run an engine or gas turbine and generate electricity. A 1,000 ton per day plant generates enough electricity to power the plant itself and still have plenty of power to sell back to the grid.
The hot gases can be used to generate steam, which can turn steam turbines for electricity and/or be used to generate heat for the plant and other facilities. Slag can be sold in any of its forms. The rock form can be used as gravel or molded into bricks. Sand can be mixed with concrete and used in various paving and construction projects. Rock wool can be used for insulation or to contain dangerous oil spills. An average plant may produce 15 tons per day of vitrified slag (from 1,000 tons of waste). If the molten slag is cooled by water, metal nodules can be separated from the slag and sold for scrap.
American Energy Producers disruptive technology converts post recycled municipal waste into clean power and other valuable products. We offer commercial scale conversion plant that converts solid waste into a consistent syngas that runs reciprocating gas engines, to generate electricity. We offer the most economical and environmentally superior alternative to land filling and incineration. More than 98% of the waste processed will be diverted from landfill and converted into useful products. Leading the way to a future without landfills, our plant offers the following benefits to communities:
Source: American Energy Producers
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