Fweethawt Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a23417/convert-co2-into-ethanol/ The process is cheap, efficient, and scalable, meaning it could soon be used to remove large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurisaz Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Cool if true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangitbobby83 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I hope this is true. Could be revolutionary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurisaz Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Of course if it is real then the inventors are pretty much dead meat already because every Big Oil group will... errrrm... never mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornagainathiest Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Sounds good. But what gas goes back into the atmosphere when this ethanol-from-CO2 is burned as fuel? http://www.afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/flexible_fuel_emissions.html Rather than burning ethanol and putting CO2 back into the environment, why not go down this road? (Pun intended) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel In June 2016, Nissan announced plans to develop fuel cell vehicles powered by ethanol rather than hydrogen, the fuel of choice by the other car manufacturers that have developed and commercialized fuel cell vehicles, such as the Hyundai Tucson FCEV, Toyota Mirai, and Honda FCX Clarity. The main advantage of this technical approach is that it would be cheaper and easier to deploy the fueling infrastructure than setting up the one required to deliver hydrogen at high pressures, as each hydrogen fueling station costUS$1 million to US$2 million to build.[55] Nissan plans to create a technology that uses liquid ethanol fuel as a source to generate hydrogen within the vehicle itself. The technology uses heat to reform ethanol into hydrogen to feed what is known as a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). The fuel cell generates electricity to supply power to the electric motor driving the wheels, through a battery that handles peak power demands and stores regenerated energy. The vehicle would include a tank for a blend of water and ethanol, which is fed into an onboard reformer that splits it into pure hydrogen and carbon dioxide. According to Nissan, the liquid fuel could be an ethanol-water blend at a 55:45 ratio. Nissan expects to commercialize its technology by 2020. Why not take combustion out of the equation altogether and use this recovered ethanol to go electric? Thanks, BAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjn Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 CO2 into ethanol? Party time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOHO Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Good practical application , RJN!!! Let's move to the big city. We're all gona PARTY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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