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Prometheus CEO outlines tech advances that could make CO2-to-fuels renewable gasoline and jet price-competitive with fossil fuels

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Electrification of the global vehicle fleet, which now totals over 1 billion cars and trucks, or conversion of vehicles to use novel fuels like hydrogen, cannot proceed quickly enough to address the climate crisis. The separation of ethanol and other fuel products from water. —Rob McGinnis. to C 2 fuel products such as ethanol.

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Tech: Renewable Diesel: A Sustainable Substitute

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One challenge is feed pretreatment, which can be done with acid, high-pressure water and/or adsorbents, depending on the technology selection. New Treatment Processes There is an available technology that uses a mass transfer device with caustic, acid or water as the treating reagent in liquid hydrocarbon streams.

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Georgia Tech team develops highly efficient multi-phase catalyst for SOFCs and other energy storage and conversion systems

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Researchers at Georgia Tech, with colleagues in China and Saudi Arabia, have developed a rationally designed, multi-phase catalyst that significantly enhances the kinetics of oxygen reduction of the state-of-the-art solid oxide fuel cell cathode. The ions meet to make water, which exits the fuel cell. —Chen et al.

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Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

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Trafigura, TechEnergy Ventures and Doral Energy-Tech Ventures also participated in the financing. OXCCU OXEFUEL proces overview The OXCCU process eliminates the need for a Reverse Water Gas Shift or electrochemical syngas step leading to a step-change, simpler reactor design with higher efficiency and reduced balance of plant.

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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The technology to produce hydrogen by electrolyzing water has been around for more than 200 years. Green hydrogen production requires electrolyzers, solar and wind parks, and clean water—about 10 liters per kilogram of hydrogen generated. To meet such targets, it’ll be necessary to build, and build fast.

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Tech: What You Need to Know About Your Exhaust System

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The catalytic converter looks like a muffler, but it helps transform hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and water vapor. Although the resulting chemicals from the conversion are still harmful to the environment, they are less damaging. Some catalytic converters are also capable of reducing nitrogen oxides.

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Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formic acid using an alumina-supported, iron-based compound; 80-90% selectivity

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A research team from Tokyo Tech has used an alumina-supported, iron-based compound to develop a catalyst that can efficiently convert CO 2 into formic acid (HCOOH) with ~90% selectivity. An excellent carrier of hydrogen with high energy density, HCOOH can provide energy via combustion while releasing only water as a byproduct.

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