Process for producing electricity and furnace

Claim 2

IN AN ENERGY CONVERSION PROCESS WHERE A LOWER METALLIC OXIDE IS OXIDIZED AS AN ANODE IN AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL WITH THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTROCAL ENERGY AND THE RESULTANT HIGHER METALLIC OXIDE IS REGENATED, A PROCESS WHEREIN SAID HIGHER METALLIC OXIDE IS INTRODUCED TO AND CAUSED TO FLOW DOWNWARDLY IN A REGENERATION ZONE WHEREIN A FUEL IS BURNED IN SAID ZONE WITH OXYGEN TO SUPPLY HEAT FOR REDUCING SAID HIGHER METALLIC OXIDE, LARGELY TO SAID LOWER METALLIC OXIDE WITH THE RESULTANT PRODUCTION OF OXYGEN, THE COMBUSTION PRODUCTS AND MOST OF THE PRODUCED OXYGEN BEING EXHAUSTED FROM SAID ZONE AT A LOCUS DISTANT FROM THE POINT WHERE THE FUEL IS BURNED, AND WHEREIN A MAJOR AMOUNT OF THE OXYGEN SO PRODUCED IS RECIRCULATED TO SAID ZONE AND FLOWED THROUGH SAID ZONE COUNTERCURRENTLY TO SAID OXIDE AND THROUGH THE POINT WHERE THE FUEL IS BURNED, TO SUPPLY A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE OXYGEN NEEDED FOR BURNING SAID FUEL AND TO CONSERVE THE HEAT PRODUCED BY BURNING SAID FUEL AND NEEDED TO PRODUCE THE REDUCTION OF SAID HIGHER METALLIC OXIDE, WHEREBY THE THEREMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY IN SAID ZONE IS MARKEDLY INCREASED.

Claim 3

A REGENERATION OXIDE-REDUCTION FURNACE, COMPRISING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL WELL-INSULATED VERTICALLY EXTENDING HOUSING HAVING AT ITS UPPER END A FIRST OPENING FOR EXHAUSTING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS AND A SECOND OPENING FOR INTRODUCING A MATERIAL TO BE TREATED TO THE UPPER END OF SAID FURNACE, SAID SECOND OPENING INCLUDING A VALVE, MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID MATERIAL TO SAID SECOND OPENING, A FUEL-AIR NOZZLE IN SAID HOUSING HAVING FUEL AND AIR INLET PIPES, SAID PIPES BEING PROVIDED WITH HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS FOR HEATING THE INCOMING FUEL AND AIR AND FOR RESULTANT COOLING OF THE REGNERATED PRODUCT, THE LOWER END OF SAID HOUSING INCLUCING MEANS FOR REMOVING SAID MATERIAL AND A RECYCLE OPENING, CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST OPENING TO SAID RECYCLE OPENING NEAR THE BOTOM OF SAID HOUSING FOR RECYCLING A PORTION OF THE EXHAUST GASES, SAID CONDUIT MEANS CONVEYING SAID PORTION OF EXHAUST GASES TO SAID HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS WHERE SAID EXHAUST GASES HELP TO HEAT SAID INCOMING FUEL AND AIR, AND MEANS IN HEAT-EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID FEEDING MEANS, AND CONDUIT MEANS FOR CONVEYING ANOTHER PORTION OF SAID EXHAUST GASES FROM SAID FIRST OPENING TO SAID HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS.

Claim 4

A REGENERATION OXIDE-REDUCTION FURNACE, COMPRISING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL WELL-INSULATED VERTICALLY EXTENDING HOUSING HAVING AT ITS UPPER END A FIRST OPENING FOR EXHAUSTING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS AND A SECOND OPENING FOR INTRODUCING A MATERIAL TO BE TREATED TO THE UPPER END OF SAID FURNACE, SAID SECOND OPENING INCLUDING A VALVE, MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID MATERIAL TO SAID SECOND OPENING, A FUEL-AIR NOZZLE IN SAID HOUSING HAVING FUEL AND AIR INLET PIPES, SAID PIPES BEING PROVIDED WITH HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS FOR HEATING THE INCOMING FUEL AND AIR AND FOR RESULTANT COOLING OF THE REGNERATED PRODUCT, THE LOWER END OF SAID HOUSING INCLUCING MEANS FOR REMOVING SAID MATERIAL AND A RECYCLE OPENING, CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST OPENING TO SAID RECYCLE OPENING NEAR THE BOTOM OF SAID HOUSING FOR RECYCLING A PORTION OF THE EXHAUST GASES, SAID CONDUIT MEANS CONVEYING SAID PORTION OF EXHAUST GASES TO SAID HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS WHERE SAID EXHAUST GASES HELP TO HEAT SAID INCOMING FUEL AND AIR, AND MEANS IN HEAT-EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID FEEDING MEANS, AND CONDUIT MEANS FOR CONVEYING ANOTHER PORTION OF SAID EXHAUST GASES FROM SAID FIRST OPENING TO SAID HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS.