Carbon negative clean fuel production system

Abstract

A carbon negative clean fuel production system includes: a main platform; a heat collection device for capturing heat from a hydrothermal emissions from a hydrothermal vent on a floor of an ocean; a heat-driven electric generator; a heat distribution system including a heat absorbing material and a heat transporting pipe; anchor platforms tethered to the main platform; a mineral separator; a seawater filtration unit; a water splitting device; a sand refinery machine; a carbon removal system; and a chemical production system for producing hydrides, halides and silane. Also disclosed is a method for carbon negative clean fuel production, including: capturing heat; producing electric energy; separating minerals; filtering seawater; splitting water; refining sand; removing carbon dioxide; and producing hydrides, halides, and silane.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for producing fuel, comprising: 
 a heat collection device, which is configured to receive hydrothermal emissions from a hydrothermal vent on a floor of an ocean; and   a chemical production system, which is configured to react minerals extracted from the hydrothermal emissions with hydrogen to produce hydrides.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a mineral separator configured to extract the minerals from the hydrothermal emissions. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a generator configured produce electric energy from heat received from the heat collection device; and   a water splitting device, which is configured to use the electric energy produced by the generator to split freshwater filtered from the ocean into hydrogen and oxygen, wherein the hydrogen is used by the chemical production system.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a generator configured to produce electric energy from heat from the hydrothermal vent; and   a water splitting device, which is configured to use the electric energy produced by the generator to split the freshwater into hydrogen and oxygen, wherein the hydrogen is used by the chemical production system.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 3 , further comprising a seawater filtration unit configured to filter seawater from the ocean to produce the freshwater. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 4 , further comprising a seawater filtration unit configured to filter seawater from the ocean to produce the freshwater. 
     
     
         7 . A system for producing fuel, comprising:
 a heat collection device, which is configured to receive hydrothermal emissions from a hydrothermal vent on a floor of an ocean;   a generator configured to receive heat from the heat collection device and produce electric energy;   a sand refinery machine configured use the electric energy to refine sand to produce silicon; and   a chemical production system, which is configured to react the silicon with hydrogen to produce silane.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the sand is extracted from the hydrothermal emissions. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 a generator configured to produce electric energy from heat received from the heat collection device; and   a water splitting device, which is configured to use the electric energy produced by the generator to split freshwater filtered from the ocean into hydrogen and oxygen, wherein the hydrogen is used by the chemical production system.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , further comprising a seawater filtration unit configured to filter seawater from the ocean to produce the freshwater. 
     
     
         11 . A system for producing fuel, comprising:
 a heat collection device, which is configured to receive hydrothermal emissions from a hydrothermal vent on a floor of an ocean; and   a chemical production system, which is configured to react minerals extracted from the hydrothermal emissions with halogens to produce halides.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising a seawater filtration unit configured to filter seawater from the ocean to extract the halogens. 
     
     
         13 . A system for generating electricity, the system comprising:
 a heat collection device, which is configured to receive hydrothermal emissions from a hydrothermal vent on a floor of an ocean;   a generator configured produce electric energy from heat received from the heat collection device;   at least one anchor tether;   at least one anchor structure;   at least one structural support cable; and   at least one production float, such that the production float is configured to be submerged, wherein the production float has a density less than seawater;   wherein the at least one production float is connected to the at least one anchor structure via the at least one anchor tether, such that the at least one production float is suspended in a submerged state within the ocean;   wherein the at least one production float is connected to the heat collection device with the at least one structural support cable, wherein a length of the at least one structural support cable is configured to be adjustable, such that a position of the heat collection device is adjustable.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a chemical production system, which is configured to react minerals extracted from the hydrothermal emissions with hydrogen to produce hydrides.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a sand refinery machine configured use the electric energy to refine sand to produce silicon; and   a chemical production system, which is configured to react the silicon with hydrogen to produce silane.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a chemical production system, which is configured to react minerals extracted from the hydrothermal emissions with halogens to produce halides.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a carbon removal system, which is configured to use the electric energy to pump in atmospheric air, and to produce formic acid or methane from carbon dioxide in the atmospheric air, thereby reducing a concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmospheric air.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the carbon removal system is configured to produce formic acid from the carbon dioxide by catalyzed electroreduction. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the carbon removal system is configured to produce methane from the carbon dioxide by reacting hydrogen with the carbon dioxide. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a water splitting device, which is configured to use the electric energy produced by the generator to split freshwater filtered from the ocean into hydrogen and oxygen.   
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a water splitting device, which is configured to use the electric energy produced by the generator to split freshwater filtered from the ocean into hydrogen and oxygen; and   a carbon removal system, which is configured to use the electric energy to extract carbon dioxide from seawater and react the carbon dioxide with the hydrogen in a chemical process using a catalyst to produce a synthetic hydrocarbon.   
     
     
         22 . A method of producing fuel, the method comprising:
 capturing heat from hydrothermal emissions from a hydrothermal vent on a floor of an ocean;   producing electric energy from heat in the hydrothermal emissions;   extracting minerals from the hydrothermal emissions;   reacting the minerals extracted from the hydrothermal emissions with hydrogen to produce hydrides.   
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , further comprising using the electric energy to split freshwater into hydrogen and oxygen. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 22 , further comprising using the electric energy to split freshwater into hydrogen and oxygen, wherein the hydrogen is reacted with the minerals to produce hydrides. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein the freshwater is filtered from seawater from the ocean. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 22 , further comprising using the electric energy to produce formic acid or methane from carbon dioxide in atmospheric air, thereby reducing a concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmospheric air.