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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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The KCP winners, announced during a celebration at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Friday, 28 June, were chosen from almost 150 applications from all over the world. The Opus 12 core invention combines new catalysts with a novel drop-in component that reprograms existing hardware to split CO?.

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

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Broadly, GTL processing using natural gas as feedstock entails three stages: reforming of methane to produce syngas (a mixture of H 2 and CO); conversion of the syngas using F-T synthesis to produce a broad range of hydrocarbons; and upgrading of the F-T products to naphtha, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, etc., —Zhang et al.

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UTRC and ANGP unveil first low-pressure conformable natural gas tank design

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The coalition also includes other companies that specialize in the design and installation of natural gas fueling stations and conversions of vehicles to natural gas. ANGP will introduce the first fully integrated ANG system for natural gas vehicles to the US market this year, said Bob Bonelli, ANGP co-founder and chief executive officer.

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Study finds autothermal reforming with WGS reactor preferred option for on-board reforming of biodiesel and bioethanol

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The paper by Stefan Martin and Antje Wörner, published online in the Journal of Power Sources , investigated steam reforming (SR) and autothermal reforming (ATR) options for the on-board conversion of bioethanol and biodiesel using the simulation tool Aspen Plus, with a special emphasis on thermal heat integration.

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Study explores energy balance of Fischer-Tropsch diesel via autothermal reforming of pyrolysis oil from biomass residue; spreadsheet offered as tool

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Modelled process for the conversion of biomass into liquid transportation fuel. The estimated energy efficiencies computed with the spreadsheet are comparable to those obtained with Aspen software. Rosse (2011) Conversion of Residual Biomass into Liquid Transportation Fuel: An Energy Analysis. Credit: ACS, Manganaro et al.

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NREL report estimates gasoline produced from biomass could cost about the same as ethanol

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per liter), respectively.the results from this preliminary evaluation indicate great potential for producing gasoline from biomass via thermochemical biomass conversion to syngas and the MTG process, and thus warrant a more detailed study. The steam cycle is integrated with the biomass conversion and MTG processes. per gallon ($0.41

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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The University of Akron in collaboration with Aspen Aerogels, Inc., DOE Funding: $800,000; Non-DOE Funding: $200,000; Total: $1,000,000. Gradient Amine Sorbents for Low Vacuum Swing CO 2 Capture at Ambient Temperature. plans to determine the cost-effectiveness of a low vacuum swing adsorption process for DAC.

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