Coal, Conversion, Convert and Water

Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

On a planet aspiring to become carbon neutral, the once-stalwart coal power plant is an emerging anachronism. It is true that, in much of the developing world, coal-fired capacity continues to grow. But in every corner of the globe, political and financial pressures are mounting to bury coal in the past.

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New catalyst opens door to CO2 capture in coal-to-liquids process

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OCTOBER 14, 2018

World energy consumption projections expect coal to stay one of the world’s main energy sources in the coming decades, and a growing share of it will be used in CT—the conversion of coal to liquid fuels (CTL). By 2020, CTL is expected to account for 15% of the coal use in China. —Wang et al.

Coal

Coal CO2 Conversion Convert

SRI developing process for co-gasification of methane and coal to produce liquid transportation fuels; negligible water consumption, no CO2

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Researchers from SRI International (SRI) are developing a methane-and-coal-to-liquids process that consumes negligible amounts of water and does not generate carbon dioxide. In conventional CTL approaches, energy is supplied by burning a portion of the coal feed, which then produces carbon dioxide.

Coal

Coal Water Transportation Fuel

DOE awarding about $16M to four projects for advanced gasification systems; focus on coal

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Awardees will receive approximately $16 million to advance the gasification process, which converts carbon-based materials such as coal into syngas for use as power, chemicals, hydrogen, and transportation fuels. Advanced Gasifier and Water-Gas Shift Technologies for Low-Cost Coal Conversion to High-Hydrogen Syngas.

Coal

Coal Hydrogen Conversion Gas

Carbon Recycling International and Johnson Matthey collaborate on sustainable methanol

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Conventional methanol production involves fossil feedstocks such as natural gas or coal. Where a renewable electricity source is available, hydrogen can be generated by water electrolysis using MW-scale electrolyzer technology. Hydrogen can also be processed from by-product hydrogen available in some industrial waste streams.

Carbon

Carbon International Waste Water

CSIRO and partners to test Direct Injection Carbon Engine to reduce brown coal emissions by up to 50%

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APRIL 28, 2014

DICE involves converting coal or biomass into a water-based slurry (called micronised refined carbon, MRC) that is directly injected into a large, specially adapted diesel engine. The process has very high conversion efficiency >97% (LCA); he fuel choice determines the carbon footprint. DICE development network.

Coal

Coal Carbon Engine Emissions

Proposed process for low-emissions coal-to-liquids

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AUGUST 5, 2015

The EMS (Earth and Mineral Science) Energy Institute at Penn State has developed a conceptual novel process configuration for producing clean middle-distillate fuels from coal with some algal input with minimal emissions. Principal inputs are coal, water, non-carbon electricity, and make-up solvent. Background.

Coal

Coal Emissions Hydrogen Oil

Groundbreaking set for TransGas Coal-to-Liquids project

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APRIL 22, 2011

The Mingo County Redevelopment Authority (MCRA) and its partner TransGas Development Systems, LLC will conduct a groundbreaking ceremony on 9 May 2011, to launch the construction phase of the Mingo County coal-to-liquids project, to be called Adams Fork Energy. Methanol is produced from the syngas, and then converted to gasoline.

Coal

Coal West Virginia Virginia Gasoline

Inorganic mercury converted to more toxic and bio-accumulative monomethylmercury in ocean waters, possibly by microbes

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APRIL 28, 2011

A team led by the University of Alberta has confirmed that inorganic mercury (Hg) found worldwide in ocean water is transformed into monomethylmercury (MMHg)—a potent and bio-accumulative neurotoxin—in the seawater. Kirk (2011) Methylation of inorganic mercury in polar marine waters. Fitzgerald and Thomas W.

Mercury

Mercury Water Convert St. Louis

Ignite Energy Resources and TRUenergy Plan Direct Coal-to-Liquids and Coal Drying Demo Project for Supercritical Water Technology

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JULY 10, 2009

Ignite Energy Resources supercritical water process diagram. IER’s proprietary supercritical water technology (SCW) transforms low-ranked coals, including lignite, directly into higher-valued oils and cleaner coal products. tonnes of high-ranked coal. Source: IER. Click to enlarge. Source: IER. Click to enlarge.

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Coal Water Energy Australia

ETH Zürich, Total team develops new catalyst to convert CO2 and H2 directly to methanol efficiently

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JULY 30, 2019

Scientists at ETH Zürich and oil and gas company Total have developed a new catalyst that efficiently converts CO 2 and hydrogen directly into methanol. It is possible to convert it into fuels and a wide variety of chemical products, including those that today are mainly based on fossil resources.

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Convert CO2 Hydrogen Gas-Electric

Stanford GCEP awards $6.6M to 7 projects; focus on combining energy conversion with carbon-neutral fuel production

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MARCH 13, 2013

million to seven research teams—six from Stanford and one from Carnegie Mellon University—to advance research on technologies for renewable energy conversion to electricity or fuels and for capturing CO 2 emissions and converting CO 2 to fuels. Advanced water-splitting.

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Conversion Carbon Fuel Energy

New catalysts enable photocatalytic version of water gas shift reaction for H2 production

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JUNE 18, 2013

Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) have found that noble metal nanoparticles supported on titanium dioxide or cerium dioxide can catalyze the industrially important water gas shift (WGS) reaction for hydrogen production at ambient temperatures using visible light irradiation. —Sastre et al. Energy Environ. doi: 10.1039/C3EE40656C.

Water

Water Gas Production Conversion

DKRW Advanced Fuels secures EPC contract with Sinopec Engineering for Medicine Bow coal-to-liquids project in Wyoming

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Using bituminous coal from southern Wyoming, the Medicine Bow facility will produce 11,600 barrels per day of very low sulfur gasoline using GE gasification technology and methanol?to?gasoline ton Carbon Basin coal reserve owned by Arch Coal, which is also an equity investor in the project. gasoline (MTG) technologies.

Wyoming

Wyoming Coal Engine Fuel

Mascoma Announces Feedstock Processing and Lignin Supply Agreement with Chevron Technology Ventures; Chevron Working on Converting Lignin to Hydrocarbon Fuel Components

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Mascoma will then convert the feedstock to cellulosic ethanol through its proprietary process, which produces lignin as a by-product. CTV is developing proprietary technology and catalysts for the conversion of lignin into hydrocarbon components for transportation fuels. Mascoma will provide this lignin to CTV for evaluation.

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Chevron Convert Fuel Supplies

Lux Research: cost of electrofuels remains far from viable

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JUNE 9, 2014

The cost of electrofuels—fuels produced by catalyst-based systems for light capture, water electrolysis, and catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen to liquid fuels—remains far away from viable, according to a new analysis by Lux Research. Hydrogen-to-fuels.

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Cost Of North Carolina Conversion Hydrogen

China to be Site of First Commercial Implementation of TRIG Coal Gasifier

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The contract award marks China as the site for the first worldwide commercial implementation of the TRIG technology with the goal of producing low-emission, coal-based electricity. TRIG coal gasification technology was co-developed developed by Southern Company, KBR Inc., (Dongguan TMEP) in Guandong Province, Peoples Republic of China.

Coal

Coal China Commercial Gas-Electric

Rice flash Joule heating process recycles plastic from end-of-life F-150 trucks into high-value graphene for new vehicles

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MAY 27, 2022

The Rice lab of chemist James Tour introduced flash Joule heating in 2020 to convert coal, petroleum coke and trash into graphene. The lab has since adapted the process to convert plastic waste into graphene and to extract precious metals from electronic waste. Wyss et al. Wyss et al.

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F-150 Vehicles Ford Waste

UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

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JULY 10, 2022

The money will help projects further develop their greenhouse gas removal technologies, which include a machine that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air, a plant to convert household waste into hydrogen for use in the transport industry, and a system to remove carbon dioxide from seawater. Lapwing Energy Limited, “Reverse Coal”.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Waste

Tunable high-yield catalytic approach converts pyrolysis oil to bio-hydrocarbon chemical feedstocks including fuel additives

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. Credit: Science , Vispute et al. Click to enlarge.

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Oil Convert Hydrogen Fuel

Bulk defective vanadium oxide catalysts remove NOx at lower temperatures

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NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Conversion rate of nitrogen oxides at different temperatures for conventional, V(V) oxide and V(IV)+V(V) oxide “defective” catalysts. Nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 )—nitrogen oxides (NO x )—are common atmospheric pollutants created by burning fossil fuels, coal and natural gas.

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Exhaust Universal Conversion Gas-Electric

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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MIT Coal Gas Emissions

Argonne releases GREET 2020

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OCTOBER 10, 2020

Users can evaluate the impacts on energy use, water consumption, and emissions of e-fuel production pathways using different hydrogen (H 2 ) and electricity sources. These pathways include methanol derived from natural gas, flare gas, biomass, renewable natural gas, coal, and black liquor. Methanol as marine fuels.

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2020 Gas-Electric Lithium Ion Mariner

Researchers propose CO2 recycling to improve Fischer-Tropsch GTL efficiency and reduce total CO2 emissions

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JUNE 21, 2014

Thanks to the improved exploring, boring, and retrieving skills, the extremely abundant nontraditional natural gas resources such as shale gas and coal-bed methane are recently being discovered and utilized. T synthesis catalysts are beneficial for CO 2 conversion. In this case, about 30% CO is converted to CO 2 due to WGS reaction.

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CO2 Emissions Gas Aspen

Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Second, the US Department of Agriculture proposed a rule on the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) that would provide financing to increase the conversion of biomass to bioenergy. It’s been said that the United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal—and that’s because, as I said, it’s one of our most abundant energy resources.

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Obama Coal Clean Cleaning

PNNL team develops least costly to date carbon capture system with conversion to methanol

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JANUARY 24, 2023

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have created a new system—the least costly to date—that efficiently captures CO 2 and converts it into methanol. The new PNNL carbon capture and conversion system brings the cost to capture CO 2 down to about $39 per metric ton.

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Conversion Carbon Cleaner CO2

German researchers boost algal hydrogen production five-fold using metabolic engineering approach

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for Chemical Energy Conversion and Coal Research and from the research group Photobiotechnology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have discovered a way of increasing the efficiency of hydrogen production in microalgae by a factor of five by using a combined metabolic engineering approach.

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Hydrogen Production Engine Conversion

Uhde Gasification Selected for Commercial Biomass-to-Methanol Plant in Sweden

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JULY 31, 2010

The plant will gasify about 1,000 tonnes of wood biomass per day and convert the resulting syngas into some 375,000 liters (99,000 gallons US) of methanol per day via a catalytic process, according to Björn O. In addition to the methanol, the plant can deliver district-heating water with a thermal duty of 15 MW. Biomass to Methanol.

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Sweden Commercial Coal 2005

Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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MAY 16, 2018

Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources. The production hall uses renewable energy and reduces water consumption and waste significantly. However, today’s production grids are powered by alternating current—which has to be converted.

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Germany Mercedes CO2 Supplies

A Membrane Strategy for Increasing Hydrocarbon Yield in Biomass-to-Liquids Processes

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APRIL 4, 2010

Measured effects on conversion and yield with and without membrane integration (full symbols=without membrane; empty symbols=with membrane). FT synthesis uses syngas (primarily H 2 and CO) generated from coal, natural gas, or biomass. which fraction of the reactants is converted to the desired products (e.g., Click to enlarge.

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Kits Coal Conversion Carbon

GTI and CRI/Criterion Inc. sign licensing agreement for IH2 process; direct production of biogasoline and diesel hydrocarbon blendstock

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JANUARY 13, 2011

for GTI’s Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion (IH 2 ) technology, which converts biomass directly into cellulosic gasoline and diesel hydrocarbon blendstocks. The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with CRI/Criterion Inc., Property comparison. Fast Pyrolysis Oil IH 2 product.

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Diesel Production Gasoline Renewable

List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

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JUNE 5, 2023

It is a liquid alcohol fuel produced from a variety of feedstocks, including natural gas, coal, biomass, or even carbon dioxide. Bioethanol is being produced converting carbon-based agricultural feedstock such as sugar cane, bagasse, grain, barley, potatoes. It is less expensive to produce for IC engine vehicles.

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Alternative Fuels Gasoline Fuel Gasoline-Electric

Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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AUGUST 19, 2023

They are highly automated production islands that directly convert wind energy to hydrogen, with a few of them processing the gas into fuels and other goods. The upshot is that a portion of the green electricity will have to be converted to other types of energy appropriate for specific applications. Experts call this Power-to-X (PtX).

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Wind Hydrogen Grid Gas-Electric

Researchers Propose Solar-Driven Biomass Gasification Pathway for Synthetic Fuel Production

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MAY 1, 2009

Hydrogen for reverse water gas shift reaction to avoid producing CO 2 during the process is produced by electrolyzing water, driven by solar power. For comparison, they also modeled the production of methanol using only biomass as a fuel and also using coal as source of both carbon and energy. Energy conversion efficiency (%).

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Solar Molten Salt Fuel Production

Study Finds Bioelectricity Better Option Than Liquid Biofuels for Transportation Output and GHG Emissions

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MAY 8, 2009

The authors point out their study looked at only two criteria, kilometers travelled and greenhouse gas offsets, but did not examine the performance of electricity and ethanol for other policy-relevant criteria such as water consumption, air pollution or economic costs. “We Elliott Campbell. Elliott Campbell.

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Transportation Emissions Coal Climate

EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Methanol, like ethanol, is an alcohol with inherent issues such as its solubility in water and corrosiveness. About two-thirds of China’s methanol feedstock is produced from coal and the remainder from coking gas (a by-product of steel production) and natural gas. Methanol in China.

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2000 2016 Fuel China

Review finds encouraging progress in electrochemical reduction of CO2 to organic compounds; substantial advances in catalysts, electrolytes and reactors still required

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

However, the two conclude in their review, substantial advances in catalyst, electrolyte, and reactor design are needed to enable CO 2 utilization via electrochemical conversion a technology that can help address climate change and shift society to renewable energy sources. Click to enlarge. —Whipple and Kenis.

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Conversion CO2 Hydrogen Carbon

Unitel Develops New Process for Algal Biofuels Production; Renewable Jet Fuel One Output

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JULY 10, 2010

In the Unitel process, the feedstock—a slurry or “soup” of water and cultivated algae (1% to 20% by weight) is continuously treated in a special hydrolysis reactor to yield: a fatty acid product; a “sweet” water stream containing glycerol and other solubles; and. de-oiled algal biomass. Bio-ammonia – fertilizer from biomass.

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Renewable Fuel Production Oil

Sasol and UCT researchers collaborate on the use of commercial iron catalysts to convert hydrogen and CO2 into green jet fuel and chemicals

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

For decades, Sasol has been using its Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology to convert low-grade coal and gas into synthetic fuels and chemicals. For decades, Sasol has been using its Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology to convert low-grade coal and gas into synthetic fuels and chemicals.

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Convert Hydrogen Commercial Green

UC Riverside researchers receive two grants to advance steam hydrogasification reaction for waste-to-fuels

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CERT) at the Bourns College of Engineering have received two grants to further explore a steam hydrogasification process they developed to convert waste into fuels. process, making a slow carbon conversion reaction ten times faster.

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Waste Grant Fuel Gas-Electric

Researchers develop new catalysts for a direct Fischer-Tropsch to olefins (FTO) process

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Researchers in the Netherlands have demonstrated the direct conversion of synthesis gas through a Fischer-Tropsch process to C 2 through C 4 light olefins with selectivity up to 60 wt.% The team formulated and tested their supported and bulk Fe catalysts in the FT reaction initially at 1 bar and 350°C at low CO conversion (0.5

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Conversion Light Gas Sodium

Start-up commercializing NC State technology for drop-in biofuels; full commercial production targeted for 2016

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APRIL 25, 2011

Two product streams exit this reactor, free fatty acids (mixed with water) and sweet water (glycerol mixed with water). Water is removed from the free fatty acid (FFA) stream prior to the next processing step: deoxygenation. Step 1: Hydrolysis. Click to enlarge. Deoxygenation. Step 2: deoxygenation. Click to enlarge.

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Commercial 2016 Production Water

Ceres and CHOREN Optimizing Energy Crops for Thermochemical Production of Biofuels

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

is working with CHOREN , a Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) technology company, to optimize energy crops for thermochemical conversion to advanced low-carbon biofuels. The results will be used to identify the most relevant compositional traits, and later, to select the plants and traits that improve conversion and maximize fuel yields.

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Energy Production Gas-Electric Convert

Researcher Describes Conceptual Cold Fusion Battery, or Small Power Unit

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MARCH 22, 2010

Deuterium atoms diffuse into the electrode material from the heavy water used in the electrolyte. Once further optimized and energy conversion elements, such as thermoelectric converters, are added, the cell could produce electricity. The process is created by purposely creating defects in the metal electrode of the cell.

Fusion

Fusion Power Powered Batteries

Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

New catalyst opens door to CO2 capture in coal-to-liquids process

SRI developing process for co-gasification of methane and coal to produce liquid transportation fuels; negligible water consumption, no CO2

DOE awarding about $16M to four projects for advanced gasification systems; focus on coal

Carbon Recycling International and Johnson Matthey collaborate on sustainable methanol

CSIRO and partners to test Direct Injection Carbon Engine to reduce brown coal emissions by up to 50%

Proposed process for low-emissions coal-to-liquids

Groundbreaking set for TransGas Coal-to-Liquids project

Inorganic mercury converted to more toxic and bio-accumulative monomethylmercury in ocean waters, possibly by microbes

Ignite Energy Resources and TRUenergy Plan Direct Coal-to-Liquids and Coal Drying Demo Project for Supercritical Water Technology

ETH Zürich, Total team develops new catalyst to convert CO2 and H2 directly to methanol efficiently

Stanford GCEP awards $6.6M to 7 projects; focus on combining energy conversion with carbon-neutral fuel production

New catalysts enable photocatalytic version of water gas shift reaction for H2 production

DKRW Advanced Fuels secures EPC contract with Sinopec Engineering for Medicine Bow coal-to-liquids project in Wyoming

Mascoma Announces Feedstock Processing and Lignin Supply Agreement with Chevron Technology Ventures; Chevron Working on Converting Lignin to Hydrocarbon Fuel Components

Lux Research: cost of electrofuels remains far from viable

China to be Site of First Commercial Implementation of TRIG Coal Gasifier

Rice flash Joule heating process recycles plastic from end-of-life F-150 trucks into high-value graphene for new vehicles

UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

Tunable high-yield catalytic approach converts pyrolysis oil to bio-hydrocarbon chemical feedstocks including fuel additives

Bulk defective vanadium oxide catalysts remove NOx at lower temperatures

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

Argonne releases GREET 2020

Researchers propose CO2 recycling to improve Fischer-Tropsch GTL efficiency and reduce total CO2 emissions

Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

PNNL team develops least costly to date carbon capture system with conversion to methanol

German researchers boost algal hydrogen production five-fold using metabolic engineering approach

Uhde Gasification Selected for Commercial Biomass-to-Methanol Plant in Sweden

Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

A Membrane Strategy for Increasing Hydrocarbon Yield in Biomass-to-Liquids Processes

GTI and CRI/Criterion Inc. sign licensing agreement for IH2 process; direct production of biogasoline and diesel hydrocarbon blendstock

List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

Researchers Propose Solar-Driven Biomass Gasification Pathway for Synthetic Fuel Production

Study Finds Bioelectricity Better Option Than Liquid Biofuels for Transportation Output and GHG Emissions

EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

Review finds encouraging progress in electrochemical reduction of CO2 to organic compounds; substantial advances in catalysts, electrolytes and reactors still required

Unitel Develops New Process for Algal Biofuels Production; Renewable Jet Fuel One Output

Sasol and UCT researchers collaborate on the use of commercial iron catalysts to convert hydrogen and CO2 into green jet fuel and chemicals

UC Riverside researchers receive two grants to advance steam hydrogasification reaction for waste-to-fuels

Researchers develop new catalysts for a direct Fischer-Tropsch to olefins (FTO) process

Start-up commercializing NC State technology for drop-in biofuels; full commercial production targeted for 2016

Ceres and CHOREN Optimizing Energy Crops for Thermochemical Production of Biofuels

Researcher Describes Conceptual Cold Fusion Battery, or Small Power Unit

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