Cavern Gasification
I've filed a provisional patent application today on cavern gasification. Below is the description: Abstract of the invention Cavern gasification uses an underground gasifier in which the gasification pressure is less than the local lithostatic pressure. The gasification chambers of prior art gasifiers are usually a major portion of the cost of any prior art gasifier. Normally the gasifier is quite expensive because it operates at high- temperature and high-pressure simultaneously. The key observation of this invention is that it is possible to use mining methods to create an enormous gasification chamber at relatively low cost compared to the types of metal and ceramic gasifiers that are used in most modern gasification equipment at present. Such an underground gasification chamber can either be designed for continuous use or for one-time use. In the case that the chamber is designed for one-time use, at the end of the useful life of the chamber,