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is an energy company with 9 cutting- edge technologies and processes ready for testing, development or deployment:

1. The Integrated Plasma Fuel Cell (IPFC) Process.

2.  Pumped Carbon Mining (PCM) Process.

3.  Hydrogen and methane nano-bubble storage device (gasoline substitute) and process.

4.  Tar sands oil extraction device and process.

5.  Popcorn de-ashing device and process.

6.  Enhanced recovery process for oil and methane that simultaneously increases carbon dioxide storage potential.

7.  Fertilizer production from coal or natural gas with lower carbon dioxide emission and lower cost than production from traditional processes using natural gas.

8.  Gas Station Hydrogen. A device and method for producing hydrogen using gasoline and suitable for co-location at a gasoline filling station.

9. Natural Gas Direct Carbon Fuel Cell.  A device that uses natural gas as fuel in a direct carbon fuel cell to produce coproducts hydrogen and electricity.

1.  IPFC.  A highly efficient zero emissions process for cogeneration of electricity and hydrogen from coal, oil, natural gas, or biomass at relatively low cost.  The process may be coupled with the Fischer-Tropsch process for producing gasoline and diesel fuels.    The issued patent is available.  The Documents of Interest section contains technical reports on this process.  See "Why is the IPFC Process Important?" 

The IPFC process combines a Hydrogen Plasma Black Reactor with a Direct Carbon Fuel Cell.  This process will take 5 years to be ready for large- scale application. 

A variation of the IPFC process using a carbon combustion turbine instead of a Direct Carbon Fuel Cell could be ready for deployment in about a year.

2. PCM.  A gaseous process for mining coal of its energy content while it is in the ground.  This process revives depleted Coal Bedded Methane (CBM) wells that have already produced all the methane they are going to produce using existing techniques.  The PCM process is calculated to make a depleted well produce 20 times its original methane production at a cost of about $3 per MSCF, or if 10 wells are processed together, at a cost of about $1.50 per MSCF.

The PCM process could be deployed immediately.  If desired, a test well set up could be built for less than $1 million and be shown to operate in less than a year.  Reports explaining the PCM process are available in the Documents of Interest section.   U.S. Patent 7,467,660 for this process is available. For further information, contact HCE.

3.  Nano-bubble hydrogen and methane storage.  This is a unique product and process for producing a nano-bubble storage of hydrogen, methane and other gases resulting in a quasi-liquid that resembles gasoline.  Partners are being sought.  For further information, contact HCE.  A press release is available.  The published Patent Application is available. For further information, contact HCE.

4.  Tar sands oil extraction. This is a waterless tar stands oil extraction process, called IXOS, practiced in the ground, that is without mining the tar sands.  The next step for this process is a field test facility. 

The IXOS process also has application to oil shale. 

Partners are being sought.  The published patent application is available. For further information, contact HCE.

5.  Popcorn De-Ashing.  This device and process is for de-ashing coal, peat and biomass fuels typically consumed in the boiler and power plant industry.  The key to the process is an electrical discharge sufficient to induce rapid de-ashing of treated fuel.

Development and partnership opportunities are being sought.  The published patent application is available.  Partners are being sought.  For further information, contact HCE.

6.  Enhanced Recovery and Storage.  This is a process for enhancing the recovery of energy commodities, principally oil and methane, from underground energy resource deposits and simultaneously increasing carbon dioxide storage potential in those deposits.

Development and partnership opportunities are being sought.  The published patent application is available. For further information, contact HCE.

7.  Fertilizer Production. This is a method of producing ammonia, other fertilizers and soil conditioners from coal or natural gas at lower cost and reduced carbon dioxide emission over current processes. 

Development and partnership opportunities are being sought. The published patent application is available. For further information, contact HCE.

8.  Gas Station Hydrogen.  This is a device capable of being back-fitted to a gasoline filling station to produce hydrogen from gasoline as needed for hydrogen powered vehicles.   Partners are being sought.  For further information, contact HCE.

9.  Natural Gas Direct Carbon Fuel Cell.  A fuel cell using a molten electrolyte is capable of producing hydrogen and an electrical current directly from natural gas supplied to the cell from an external source. Calculations indicate that hydrogen can be sold for less than $1.00 per gallon of gasoline equivalent of hydrogen, much less than the current market price of gasoline; and electricity can be produced for about 6.5 cents per kilowatt-hour. Partners are being sought.  For further information, contact HCE.

Notes:
Patent protection is being sought on each of these devices and processes.