1. A method of manufacturing regenerable sorbents to remove gas phase sulfur from warm fuel gases, comprising:
a. impregnating inorganic salts within a SBA-16 three dimensional mesoporous silica substrate; and
b. calcining and reducing the inorganic salts to obtain active metal-based sorbents within the substrate.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the warm fuel gases include natural gas, syngas, H2, CO, and hydrocarbon gases, mixtures of hydrocarbon gasses, and mixtures of hydrocarbon gases and inert gases, and wherein the warm fuel gasses have a temperature between 20 and 900 degrees C.
3. A method for desulfurizing a gas, comprising:
a. impregnating inorganic salts within a SBA-16 three dimensional mesoporous silica substrate;
b. calcining and reducing the inorganic salts to obtain active metal-based sorbents within the substrate; and
c. passing the gas over the substrate.
4. The method of claim 3 further comprising regenerating the active metal-based sorbents.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the regenerating the active metal-based sorbents comprises subjecting the active metal-base sorbents to an oxidation-reduction process, utilizing oxidative gases that oxidize metal sulfides and reductive gas streams that reduce metal oxides.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the oxidation-reduction process includes oxidation at approximately 700\xb0 C. in air for approximately 20 hours.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the oxidation-reduction process includes reduction at approximately 500\xb0 C. in a reducing gas for approximately 4 hours.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein the reducing gas is syngas.
9. The method of claim 5 wherein the oxidative gases are air and its mixtures with inert gases and steam.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the oxidative gases are O2 and its mixtures with inert gases and steam.
11. The method of claim 9 wherein the oxidative gas is 2% O2 in N2.
12. The method of claim 9 wherein the reductive gases are H2, CO, and their mixtures with inert gases.
13. The method of claim 5 wherein at least two regeneration steps are carried out, each regeneration step carried out for 2 to 10 oxidation-reduction cycles.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein the \u201coxidation-reduction\u201d regeneration process is carried out at a temperature between 100\xb0 C. and 900\xb0 C.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computer-implemented method of rendering comprising:
rendering a first image, the first image being based on a model;
receiving additional image rendering information from a server;
incorporating the additional image rendering information into the first image to create a second image; and
outputting the second image on an output device.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving an input from a user;
transmitting the input to the server.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second images comprise a rendered three-dimensional environment.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first image comprises a rendering of an environment described in the model.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional image rendering information comprises lighting effects described in the model.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the input comprises an instruction to change a viewpoint associated with the model.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the input comprises an instruction to change an object in the model.
8. A computer-implemented method of rendering comprising:
rendering lighting effects, the lighting effects being based on a model; and
transmitting the lighting effects to the client device.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
receiving an input from a client device.
10. The method of claim 8, further comprising representing the lighting effects in a format suitable for incorporating the effects into a rendered three-dimensional environment.
11. A system comprising:
a processor;
a memory configured to store information that causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
rendering a first image, the first image being based on a model;
receiving additional image rendering information from the server;
incorporating the additional image rendering information into the first image to create a second image; and
outputting the second image on an output device.
12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:
receiving an input from a user;
transmitting the input to the server.
13. The system of claim 11, wherein the first and second images comprise a rendered three-dimensional environment.
14. The system of claim 11, wherein the first image comprises a rendering of an environment described in the model.
15. The system of claim 11, wherein the additional image rendering information comprises lighting effects described in the model.
16. The system of claim 11, wherein the input comprises an instruction to change a viewpoint associated with the model.
17. The system of claim 11, wherein the input comprises an instruction to change an object in the model.
18. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, execution of which by a processor cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
rendering a first image, the first image based on the input and a model;
receiving additional image rendering information from the server;
incorporating the additional image rendering information into the first image to create a second image; and
outputting the second image on an output device.
19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, further comprising:
receiving an input from a user;
transmitting the input to the server.
20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the first and second images comprise a rendered three-dimensional environment.
21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the first image comprises a rendering of an environment described in the model.
22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the additional image rendering information comprises lighting effects described in the model.
23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the input comprises an instruction to change a viewpoint associated with the model.
24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the input comprises an instruction to change an object in the model.