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• IPFC U.S. Patent No. 7,163,758 issued Jan. 16, 2007 (PDF format, 0.6 MB).

• IPFC Powerpoint Presentation, a 39-slide technical briefing on the Integrated Plasma Fuel Cell process, July 1, 2004 (PPT format, 3.5 MB). Also available in PDF format, 7 MB.

• IPFC Summary Paper, A brochure summarizing the Integrated Plasma Fuel Cell Process, 4 pages of text, 3 flow sheets. (PDF format, 0.5 MB).

• IPFC Presentation (PDF Format, 0.8 MB) "FutureGen -Tomorrow's Clean Energy Interactive and Combined Economic Drivers," Meyer Steinberg, Consultant, Brookhaven National Laboratory, March 2003.

• (Paper on the IPFC process),"An Innovative Highly Efficient Combined Cycle Fossil and Biomass Fuel Power Generation and Hydrogen Production Plant with Zero CO2 Emission," Meyer Steinberg, Consultant, Brookhaven National Laboratory, March 2003.

• (Paper on the IPFC process, HCEP-02-04.pdf),"The Highly Efficient Integrated Plasma Fuel Cell (IPFC) Energy Cycle for Conversion of Fossil and Biomass Fuels to Electric Power Generation and Hydrogen and Liquid Transportation Fuel Production with Reduced or Zero CO2 Emission," Meyer Steinberg, HCE LLC, February 2004. (PDF format, 143 KB). Contains a process description, mass and energy balances and thermal efficiencies .

• (Paper on the IPFC process, HCEP-10-03.pdf),"A Highly Efficient Combined Cycle Fossil and Biomass Fuel Power Generation and Hydrogen Production Plant with Zero CO2 Emission," Meyer Steinberg, HCE LLC, October 2003. (PDF format, 143 KB). Contains tables showing composition and thermodynamics of various feedstocks, enthalpy and efficiency of unit reactions, thermal efficiency evaluation and CO2 emission, energy and thermal efficiency distribution and two flow sheets.

• (Paper on the IPFC process, HCEI-12-03.pdf),"A Highly Efficient Combined Cycle Fossil and Biomass Fuel Power Generation and Hydrogen Production Plant with Zero CO2 Emission," Meyer Steinberg, HCE LLC, December 2003. (PDF format, 143 KB). Preliminary economic analysis and comparison with various conventional power cycles indicated that IPFC can produce electric power and hydrogen at significantly lower cost than conventional steam and combined cycle plants especially when coproducing both power and hydrogen.

• (Paper on the IPFC process, HCEI-05-04.pdf),"Conversion of Fossil and Biomass Fuels to Electric Power and Transportation Fuels by the High Efficiency Integrated Plasma Fuel Cell (IPFC) Energy Cycle," Meyer Steinberg, HCE LLC, October 2003. (PDF format, 143 KB). Preliminary cost estimates indicate that the IPFC-FT process with US coal feedstock can produce electricity at costs from 27.4 to 30.6 mills/kWh(e) and co-produce gasoline or diesel at from $0.96 to $1.11/gal.

• "Hydrogen Posture Plan, An Integrated Research, Development, and Demonstration Plan," United States Department of Energy, February 2004. (PDF format, 2.2 MB).

• "FutureGen - A Sequestration and Hydrogen Research Initiative, United States Department of Energy, February 2003. (PDF format, 400 KB).

• "National Hydrogen Energy Roadmap" explaining the need for technologies to convert natural gas to hydrogen. The Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center, November 2002. Full text version.

• (Powerpoint Presentation on the Direct Carbon Fuel Cell) "Direct Conversion of Coal and Coal- Derived Carbon in Fuel Cells" John F. Cooper, Ph. D., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, given to The Washington Coal Club, January 14, 2004.

• (Powerpoint Presentation 7/30/03 on the Direct Carbon Fuel Cell) "Reactions of the Carbon Anode in Molten Carbonate Electrolyte," UCRL- PRES- 1547, given to Direct Carbon Fuel Cell Workshop, NETL, Pittsburgh, PA, by John F. Cooper, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA, July 30, 2003.

Popcorn De-Ashing Process

• Popcorn Patent Publication, April 2007, 6 pp., (PDF format, 400 KB).

Pumped Carbon Mining

• Paper Explaining the PCM Process, "PUMPED CARBON MINING (PCM) SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS (SNG) PRODUCTION, Underground Coal Gasification with Above Ground Processing," October 2004, 6 pp. (PDF format, 400 KB).

• Paper on PCM Costs "PUMPED CARBON MINING (PCM) SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS (SNG) PRODUCTION COST ESTIMATE," November 2004, 4 pp. (PDF format, 600 KB).

• Paper Comparing Costs of 5 Process Methods for Conversion of Coal to SNG, "PROCESSES FOR CONVERSION OF COAL TO SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS (SNG)," January 2005, 23 pp. (PDF format, 400 KB).

• Paper Comparing PCM with Steam – Oxygen Gasification and Catalytic Gasification, "PROCESSES FOR CONVERSION OF COAL TO SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS (SNG)," August 2005, 30 pp., (PDF format, 600 KB).

• PCM U.S. Patent 7,467,660, "PUMPED CARBON MINING METHANE PRODUCTION PROCESS," 23-DEC-2008, 10 pp., (PDF format, 900 KB).

Coalbed Pretreatment for CO₂ Storage

• CBP Patent Publication, June 2007, 7 pp., (PDF format, 462 KB).

Zero-Emission Coal Utilization (ZECU)

• ZECU Patent Publication, "PROCESS FOR CONVERTING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM COAL UTILIZATION TO A SOLID ASH," 15-JUL-2010, 6 pp., (PDF format, 450 KB).