US Patent Issued on Aug. 5 for "OLIVIA cycle: SMR reactor coupling with UCG hydrogen production for zero emission power generation in solid oxide fuel cells" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,901, issued on Aug. 5.

"OLIVIA cycle: SMR reactor coupling with UCG hydrogen production for zero emission power generation in solid oxide fuel cells" was invented by Dale Allen Shepherd (Stuart, Fla.) and Radenko Stefanovic (Stuart, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a unique cycle for generating electricity at high efficiency and with zero carbon emissions. The cycle's fundamental energy carrier is hydrogen (H2), with H2 undergoing each unit process in the cycle either within water (H2O) molecules or as H2 gas. The heat source driving the cycle, through generation of steam, is a small nuclear reactor known ...