Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2016

Researchers from George Washington University and Vanderbilt University have demonstrated the conversion of atmospheric CO 2 into carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for use as high-performance anodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. Earlier post.) —Licht et al. 5b00400.

Li-ion 150

Li-ion Carbon Convert Sodium 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2017

The SOLETAIR project started in 2016. Afterwards, carbon dioxide and hydrogen are first converted into reactive synthesis gas at high temperature and then into liquid fuels in a microstructured chemical reactor. The mobile chemical pilot plant produces gasoline, diesel, and kerosene from regenerative hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

Solar 386

Solar Finland Fuel CO2 386

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2016

A team at the University of California, Irvine has discovered that the iron protein (the reductase component) of the natural enzyme nitrogenase can, independent of its natural catalytic partner, convert CO 2 to carbon monoxide (CO)—a syngas used to produce useful biofuels and other chemical products. Further, the engineered A.

Production 170

Production CO2 Conversion Carbon 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

Although carbon monoxide is also a greenhouse gas, it is much more reactive than carbon dioxide and scientists already have ways of converting carbon monoxide into usable fuel, such as methanol. Curtiss, Amin Salehi-Khojin (2016) “Nanostructured transition metal dichalcogenide electrocatalysts for CO 2 reduction in ionic liquid” Science Vol.

Solar 150

Solar Conversion Fuel CO2 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology have proposed a new process for the conversion of biomass to gasoline via a one-step DME synthesis (DTG: Dimethyl ether to gasoline). This mixture is converted to gasoline over a ZSM-5 catalyst. CO2/Water-removal; 17,18. kg/h, respectively. Wang et al.

Gasoline 150

Gasoline Convert China Water 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2018

Illustration credit: Licht, from Scientific Reports at Nature.com, 6:27760, 2016. The conversion of CO 2 to pure carbon nanotubes provides the most compact and stable form to capture carbon dioxide, and diminish its greenhouse effect to mitigate climate change. Click to enlarge.

Carbon 150

Carbon Climate Change CO2 Climate 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Red Rock Biofuels leverages a commercially proven Fischer-Tropsch technology to convert sustainably harvested biomass residues from forests and sawmills into jet fuel and diesel products. The company is poised to begin construction of its first refinery located in Lakeview, Oregon in early 2016.

Fuel 150

Fuel Solar Oregon Renewable 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2016

The new Stanford approach was inspired by ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO)—an enzyme involved in the first major step of carbon fixation, a process by which atmospheric carbon dioxide is converted by plants and other photosynthetic organisms to molecules such as glucose. Aanindeeta Banerjee, Graham R.

Molten Salt 150

Molten Salt Carbon CO2 Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2016

One way to mitigate high feedstock cost is to maximize conversion into the bioproduct of interest. This maximization, though, is limited because of the production of CO 2 during the conversion of sugar into acetyl-CoA in traditional fermentation processes. Jones, Alan G. Fast, Ellinor D. Carlson, Carrissa A. Antoniewicz, Eleftherios T.

Conversion 240

Conversion Carbon CO2 Oil Prices 240

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2016

ORNL researchers developed a catalyst made of copper nanoparticles (seen as spheres) embedded in carbon nanospikes that can convert carbon dioxide into ethanol. The researchers’ initial analysis suggests that the spiky textured surface of the catalysts provides ample reactive sites to facilitate the carbon dioxide-to-ethanol conversion.

Conversion 150

Conversion CO2 Carbon Water 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2018

lignin, CO 2 , and biosolids), improving organic and inorganic catalysts to increase conversion efficiency and decrease costs, and creating high-value performance-advantaged bioproducts to allow for more profitable biorefineries. Virtually all technology pathways that convert biomass into a hydrocarbon fuel require a catalytic process.

Waste 170

Waste Renewable Conversion Carbon 170

My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. 2016) Elon Musk explains why hydrogen cars are ‘incredibly dumb’ Business Insider [link]. Fletcher, S.,

Hydrogen 52

Hydrogen Petrol Gas-Electric Lithium Ion 52

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have demonstrated a new solar process for the one-step, gas-phase conversion of CO 2 and H 2 O to C 5+ liquid hydrocarbons and O 2 by operating the photocatalytic reaction at elevated temperatures and pressures. Welch Foundation. Wilaiwan Chanmanee, Mohammad Fakrul Islam, Brian H.

Solar 150

Solar Fuel Convert CO2 150