Liquid fuel for isolating waste material and storing energy

Abstract

Techniques, systems, apparatus, and materials are disclosed for generating multi-purpose liquid fuel for isolating contaminants and storing energy. In one aspect, a method of producing a liquid fuel includes forming a gaseous fuel (e.g., by dissociating biomass waste using waste heat recovered from an external heat source). Carbon dioxide emitted from an industrial process can be harvested and reacted with the gaseous fuel to generate the liquid fuel. A hazardous contaminant can be dissolved in the liquid fuel, with the liquid fuel operating as a solvent or continuous phase for a solution or colloid that isolates the hazardous contaminant from the environment. The hazardous contaminant can include at least one of a carbon donor and a hydrogen donor.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 a first reactor configured to react a gaseous fuel with a gaseous first waste material to form a liquid fuel;   a mixer configured to mix the liquid fuel with a second waste material to form a solution or colloid; and   a second reactor configured to react the solution or colloid to form a second gaseous fuel.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first reactor and the mixer are at a first location, the second reactor is at a second location, and the first location is between about 1 km and about 500 km from the second location. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the mixer includes an adsorbent configured to adsorb the second waste material from a gaseous second waste material precursor and desorb the second waste material into the liquid fuel. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a third reactor configured to react biomass to form the gaseous fuel to be reacted with the gaseous first waste material. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a separator configured to separate a second waste material precursor into the second waste material and a reject material. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the separator includes an adsorbent configured to adsorb the reject material.