CO2, Coal, Convert and Hydrogen

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.

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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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Hydrogenics to supply 1MW electrolyzer to project converting CO2 to methanol; Power-to-Gas

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JANUARY 26, 2015

Hydrogenics Corporation will supply a 1MW electrolyzer and provide engineering expertise to a consortium of companies working on the European project MefCO2 (methanol fuel from CO 2 ) in Germany. The Hydrogenics electrolyzer will produce 200 cubic meters of hydrogen per hour. —Daryl Wilson, CEO of Hydrogenics.

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

Cars That Think

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. In these clusters, the wind turbines are integrated with electrolyzers that generate hydrogen from desalinated seawater. US $5 PER KILOGRAM Cost of green hydrogen today.

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ArcelorMittal Europe to produce “green steel” starting in 2020

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The strategy is centred around two main technology routes, as introduced in the first ArcelorMittal Europe climate action report published earlier this year: The use of hydrogen in DRI-EAF (Direct Reduced Iron - Electric Arc Furnace) and, also, the blast furnace. The expansion of its Smart Carbon route, also utilizing hydrogen.

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Europe Green 2020 Hydrogen

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. The syngas is converted into methanol, which is then processed to make transportation fuels—in the case of the DARPA challenge, JP-8 (military distillate fuel).

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Coal Water Transportation Fuel

ZEEP to purchase Eastman TXE gasification project in Texas; Coke to H2 and CO2

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JANUARY 21, 2011

TXE is engaged in developing a gasification facility in Beaumont, Texas that will convert petroleum coke, an oil refining waste product, into hydrogen and pipeline quality carbon dioxide. This site is uniquely suited for a gasification facility that converts waste petroleum coke into clean energy products.

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CO2 Purchase Texas Waste

Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). Currently, China produces most of its methanol from coal.

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246th ACS National Meeting symposium on CO2 conversion to fuels

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Converting CO 2 to usable fuels was the topic of a symposium— CO 2 Conversion: Thermo-, Photo- and Electro-Catalytic —on Sunday at the 246 th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, Indiana. H 0 act ) for concerted PCET to convert HCOOH to PyH + •CH(OH) 2 0 is 10.5

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DOE to Award Up to $408M to Two CCS Projects at Coal Power Plants; One for Hydrogen-Fired Power Generation

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JULY 2, 2009

The US Department of Energy has selected projects by Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Hydrogen Energy International LLC—a joint venture between BP and Rio Tinto ( earlier post )—for up to $408 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Post Combustion CO 2 Capture Project.

Coal

Coal Hydrogen Power Powered

Study Finds Availability of Low-CO2 Electricity and Hydrogen May Paradoxically Delay Large-Scale Transition to Electric and/or Hydrogen Vehicle Fleet

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Left, global light-duty fleet in the electric-favoring case; right, the hydrogen-favoring case. In both electric- and hydrogen-favoring cases, availability of low-carbon electricity and hydrogen prolonged the use of petroleum-fueled ICE vehicles. Top, without CCS and CSP; bottom, with CCS and CSP. Credit: ACS, Wallington et al.

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Hydrogen Low CO2 Available Fleet

Why Hydrogen power is not the answer

EV Info

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

There has been a growing push from many sides saying that Hydrogen is the answer to all our energy problems. A few weeks ago JCB, the big yellow digger firm was beating the Hydrogen drum as the founder’s son Jo said. “I Jo is just one of many pitching the benefits of Hydrogen. As a gas hydrogen or H2. But it is not.

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Hydrogen Power Powered Gas-Electric

DOE awards ~$25M to 8 projects for CO2 capture and compression; $15M for novel Direct Fuel Cell system

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The selected projects focus on advancing the development of a suite of post-combustion CO 2 capture and supersonic compression systems for new and existing coal-based electric generating plants, specifically: (1) supersonic compression systems; (2) small pilot-scale (from 0.5 FuelCell Energy Inc. Source: FuelCell Energy. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Coal CO2 Exhaust

DOE, RTI to Design and Build Coal Syngas Cleanup System for IGCC Power Plants to Reduce Cost of Removing Contaminants, Capturing CO2; Potential for Synthetic Chemicals and Fuels

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JULY 14, 2009

The system also holds the potential to reduce the cost of producing chemicals, transportation fuels, and substitute natural gas from gasified coal. DOE and RTI will design, build, and test a warm gas cleanup system—based on RTI’s high-temperature syngas cleanup technology—to remove multiple contaminants from coal-derived syngas.

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Liquid Light unveils cost-advantaged catalytic process to make chemicals from CO2

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MARCH 6, 2014

Liquid Light’s core technology is centered on low-energy catalytic electrochemistry to convert CO 2 to chemicals, combined with hydrogenation and purification operations. By adjusting the design of the catalyst, Liquid Light says it can produce a range of commercially important multi-carbon chemicals.

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Green Hydrogen Cars: How They are Different?

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APRIL 18, 2022

To put it another way, instead of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen with electricity, these two components are joined to make water and electricity The electricity is then utilized to power the car’s drive train, leaving just water as a waste product. The oxygen comes from the air, while the hydrogen comes from a tank.

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Hydrogen Green Cars India

Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

There has been much discussion for over thirty years or more around the use of hydrogen fuel cells as an alternative to the internal combustion engine. Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car.

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Oxford Team Outlines Progress and Potential in CO2 Capture and Conversion to Synthetic Transportation Fuels

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JUNE 26, 2010

The authors highlight three possible strategies for CO 2 conversion by physico-chemical approaches: sustainable (or renewable) synthetic methanol; syngas production derived from flue gases from coal-, gas- or oil-fired electric power stations; and photochemical production of synthetic fuels. This same analysis (Pearson et al. Jiang et al.

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Conversion Transportation Fuel CO2

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. 5 Hydrogen Hydrogen is a fuel that can be used in two ways in a vehicle.

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GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

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MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). Pulverized coal is often used as the flame fuel, and fuel is also added to heat and drive the calciner and preheaters.

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CO2 Carbon Gas-Electric 2017

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

This development is a significant step towards the implementation of CO 2 hydrogenation technology in South Africa. 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

Researchers Propose New F-T Process for Synfuels; Less Work Required Could Result in 15% Reduction in CO2 Emissions Compared to Conventional Route

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MARCH 28, 2009

The new process, which uses a carbon dioxide and hydrogen route rather than the traditional carbon monoxide and hydrogen route, could also open up a pathway for the direct use of CO 2 and H 2 derived from low-carbon processes (nuclear, wind, solar, bio). Tags: Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Fuels. Hildebrandt et al. Science Vol.

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Emissions Coal CO2 South Africa

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

The key requirement, of course, is that the electricity used to convert the CO 2. Also, using renewable electricity to replace electricity produced by carbon-intensive energy sources, for example, coal, would likely result in a greater reduction in emissions than using that electricity to convert CO 2 into liquid fuels.

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Conversion CO2 Hydrogen Carbon

ARPA-E Soliciting Second Round of Proposals; $100 Million for Advanced Energy Research Projects, with Focus on CO2-to-Liquid Fuels, Plug-in Batteries and Carbon Capture

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

ARPA-E is seeking new ways to make liquid transportation fuels—without using petroleum or biomass—by using microorganisms to harness chemical or electrical energy to convert carbon dioxide into liquid fuels. Coal-fired power plants currently generate approximately 50% of the electricity in the United States.

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Carbon Plug-in Energy Fuel

Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

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JUNE 7, 2023

Electric vehicles are powered by electricity stored in rechargeable batteries or obtained from other sources such as hydrogen fuel cells. It converts electrical energy from the battery into mechanical energy to drive the vehicle’s wheels. They include components such as inverters, converters, and motor controllers.

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Plans revealed for hydrogen power plant

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Thanks to a co-operative agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE), Hydrogen Energy California LLC (HECA) will build a hydrogen powered electric generating facility in Kern County, California, with carbon capture and storage. The Federal cost-share is limited to $308million – just under 11 per cent of the total project costs.

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Hydrogen Power Powered Coal

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 process takes flue gas from power plants, uses a PNNL-patented solvent to strip out CO 2 , then converts the CO 2 into methanol.

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Could solar energy boost synfuel?

Green Cars News

MAY 3, 2009

Hydrogen for reverse water gas shift reaction is driven by solar power and produced by electrolysing the water, which prevents the production of carbon dioxide (CO2). The key feature of the proposal is the use of high temperature heat from a solar concentrating tower to convert the biomass into a biofuel.

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Solar Energy CO2 Coal

Weizmann Institute solar technology to convert CO2 into fuel; targeted for brown coal use in Australia

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JUNE 7, 2012

An Israeli-Australian venture will use solar technology developed at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of brown coal. Jacob Karni, also makes it possible to dissociate water (H 2 O) to hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen (O 2 ) at the same time it dismantles the CO 2.

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Coal Solar Australia Convert

Headwaters Inc and Axens Form Direct Coal Liquefaction Alliance

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Headwaters direct coal liquefaction process. Headwaters Inc and Axens are forming a strategic alliance to provide a single-source solution for producing synthetic fuels by direct coal liquefaction (DCL) alone or in combination with refinery residues or biomass. Up to 50% more liquid product per ton of coal. Source: Headwaters.

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Coal Diesel Hydrogen Gasoline

DoD Researchers Work to Increase the Production of Higher Chain Hydrocarbons from CO2 Using a Traditional Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst

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JUNE 27, 2009

Researchers at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Center for Applied Energy Research at the University of Kentucky are investigating the hydrogenation of CO 2 using a conventional Fischer-Tropsch cobalt catalyst for the production of valuable hydrocarbon materials. Dorner et al. Dorner et al.

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Climate Change Production CO2 2009

Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Reply ↓ ↑ report 6 CaramelZappa 3:20AM (4/23/2009) Yea, you COULD convert a lotus for $10k but the conversion wouldnt be terribly satisfying. In California, 20% of our electricity comes from zero CO2 renewables (sun, wind, geothermal), another 20% from zero CO2 hydro, and only 20.1% But where does Hydrogen come from?

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Apr 19th 2009 4:54PM Or fuel cells (ex: hydrogen). Now where to get that pesky hydrogen. That being said, even a car that derives its energy from coal power plants would be far more clean. excluding coal power in china. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Continues promotion and development of hydrogen as long-term strategy. Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen. Establishing dealer network. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Detroit News ).

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

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

Hydrogenics to supply 1MW electrolyzer to project converting CO2 to methanol; Power-to-Gas

Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

ArcelorMittal Europe to produce “green steel” starting in 2020

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

ZEEP to purchase Eastman TXE gasification project in Texas; Coke to H2 and CO2

Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

246th ACS National Meeting symposium on CO2 conversion to fuels

DOE to Award Up to $408M to Two CCS Projects at Coal Power Plants; One for Hydrogen-Fired Power Generation

Study Finds Availability of Low-CO2 Electricity and Hydrogen May Paradoxically Delay Large-Scale Transition to Electric and/or Hydrogen Vehicle Fleet

Why Hydrogen power is not the answer

DOE awards ~$25M to 8 projects for CO2 capture and compression; $15M for novel Direct Fuel Cell system

DOE, RTI to Design and Build Coal Syngas Cleanup System for IGCC Power Plants to Reduce Cost of Removing Contaminants, Capturing CO2; Potential for Synthetic Chemicals and Fuels

Liquid Light unveils cost-advantaged catalytic process to make chemicals from CO2

Green Hydrogen Cars: How They are Different?

Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

Oxford Team Outlines Progress and Potential in CO2 Capture and Conversion to Synthetic Transportation Fuels

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

GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

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

Researchers Propose New F-T Process for Synfuels; Less Work Required Could Result in 15% Reduction in CO2 Emissions Compared to Conventional Route

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

ARPA-E Soliciting Second Round of Proposals; $100 Million for Advanced Energy Research Projects, with Focus on CO2-to-Liquid Fuels, Plug-in Batteries and Carbon Capture

Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

Plans revealed for hydrogen power plant

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

Could solar energy boost synfuel?

Weizmann Institute solar technology to convert CO2 into fuel; targeted for brown coal use in Australia

Headwaters Inc and Axens Form Direct Coal Liquefaction Alliance

DoD Researchers Work to Increase the Production of Higher Chain Hydrocarbons from CO2 Using a Traditional Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst

Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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