Reduced pollution power generation system

Claim 1

A low pollution power generating system comprising in combination: a source of elevated pressure oxygen, free of nitrogen; a source of elevated pressure fuel including compounds containing carbon and hydrogen, at least one of the compounds in the fuel including the element carbon; a source of water, said source of water at least partially including water generated within said system as a product of combustion of the fuel with the oxygen; a gas generator having a walled enclosure with a center line, said gas generator including at least one fuel inlet passing through a wall of said enclosure and coupled to said source of elevated pressure fuel, at least one oxygen inlet passing through said wall of said enclosure and coupled to said source of elevated pressure oxygen, a means to initiate combustion of said fuel within said generator, a means to combust the fuel with the oxygen to generate a gas consisting of steam and carbon dioxide as products of combustion, at least one water flow inlet coupled to said source of water, said water flow inlet passing through said wall of said enclosure at a location on said wall of said enclosure spaced from said fuel inlet and said oxygen inlet, a mixing chamber oriented within said enclosure wherein products of combustion of the fuel and the oxygen mix with the water from said water flow inlet, and a discharge passing out of said enclosure for a mixture of both the gaseous products of combustion including steam and carbon dioxide produced within said enclosure from reaction of the fuel and the oxygen therein and gaseous phase water within said enclosure and originally provided from said water flow inlet; wherein said fuel inlet and said oxygen inlet are located within an induction head portion of said enclosure, said induction head having a planar side facing said enclosure, said planar side supporting said fuel inlet and said oxygen inlet; wherein said planar side of said induction head is perpendicular to a direction of fuel and oxygen flow into said enclosure: wherein said enclosure includes at least three separate units including said induction head, an adapter block and said mixing chamber; wherein said discharge is located in said mixing chamber of said enclosure at a location on said mixing chamber most distant from said induction head; wherein said adapter block includes a hollow cylindrical shroud having a central axis aligned perpendicular to said planar side of said induction head in a position which corresponds with said center line of said enclosure, said cylindrical shroud having a first end adjacent said induction head and a second end opposite said first end, said second end located free from contact with said walls of said enclosure; wherein said shroud includes a hollow interior and an exterior surface facing away from said hollow interior, said fuel inlet and said oxygen inlet oriented within said hollow interior, said water inlet located outside of said hollow interior and adjacent said exterior surface of said shroud, said second end of said shroud having a tapered throat thereon, said tapered, throat having a diameter less than a diameter of said first end of said cylindrical shroud adjacent said planar side of said induction head; means to generate power from expansion of said gas exiting said discharge without emission of nitrogen into the environment, said gas having more steam than carbon dioxide, said power generating means operatively coupled to said discharge of said gas generator; and means to separate and collect said steam and carbon dioxide from each other.