Jerry Decker - KN
Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:48:20 -0800
Hola Manfred et al! Manfred Boeller wrote:
Hi Jerry, I have just read the news about the "green" fuel Branson wants to use. Maybe he should instead think about the following technology: http://www.alphakat.de/Welcome/welcome.htmlan german "fanpage" about this technology: http://www.s-line.de/homepages/keppler/diesel.htmThis company is able to transform waste into diesel or kerosine fuel. According to a few articles in german newspapers and on TV the fuel is good enough for every diesel engine, but at the moment will not pass the regulations of the European union because the sulfur content is a little bit too high.but maybe you already know about this technology, because the first commercial installation is in Mexico.kind regards Manfred
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=2253282005 11/20/05 - Branson plans to use plant waste to fuel aeroplanes SIR Richard Branson yesterday announced plans to power his planes on plant waste as a greener alternative to conventional aircraft fuel. The Virgin Atlantic chairman said he was considering opening refineries to produce cellulosic ethanol, which he claimed could replace kerosene. However, the move surprised environmental campaigners, who said studies had shown ethanol was unsuitable as aircraft fuel, and no viable alternatives were on the horizon. Sir Richard said: "We are going to start building cellulosic ethanol plants to make fuel that is derived from the waste product of the plant. It is 100 per cent environmentally-friendly and I believe it's the future of fuel. Sir Richard said cellulosic ethanol differed from ethanol, which came from corn or fruit. --------------------- Yes, I'm pretty sure I posted a news article about the KDV500 within the last few months. For the Alphakat, I could not get the Mexico Plant page to come up. For the s-line.de, all in German, my translator reports the top two articles as; Diesel - fuel production from garbage www.rolf-keppler.de Imprint http://www.mdr.de/einfach-genial/erfindungen / Program of the 20.05.2003: "alternatives to the tank" In Germany, 1,5 million tons of garbage accrue annually. Most of it is deposited or is burned. And this, although considerable energy reserves still doze also in the remaining garbage. Fuel of remaining materials and plastic garbage wins - this sounds like a dream. With a new reactor technology to the diesel production, this dream could become reality soon. In order to be able to do the hidden energy reserves optimally usable in the garbage, the granulated garbages are heated in the special reactor to 300 to 400 degrees. So that the complex hydrocarbon connections of the Granulats can be changed to small part-ier diesel molecules, the addition of a catalyst still is necessary. The mixture from sound and minerals acts as a strong acidity and supports the decomposition process. From the mixture in the reactor as reaction product of gaseous diesels escapes. This is caught and is condensed. The final product is pure diesel of outstanding quality. From 120 kilograms of Restm|llgranulat 100 liters let diesel produce approximately itself. With the procedure, the selbedarfs could be covered up to 15 percent of the nationwide one. Unfortunately, authorization-legal problems impede the market introduction of the simply brilliant technology at present. ------------------ The inventor, Christian Koch, writes me: From 120 kg of remaining plastic, one can generate 100 kg of diesel. In the garbage is less contained and those of exploiting are accordingly lower. It is larger quantities for it: 17 million t house garbage per year in Germany 5 million t of house-garbage-similar trade garbages 3 million t increase and one-way packages 2 million t rubber, remaining materials, 1 million t automobile remaining materials and 1 million t Altvle quantities large to it of fats, agricultural garbages and value materials, straw, wood u. a., In Europe, it is the approximately 5-fold quantity in all of saved. Since the procedure should not remain narrowly on Germany, considerable shares could be generated by the next generation this way by fuels. Does this want the German government or she/it afraid of so many jobs (approximately 500.000)? Yours truly, Christian Koch ------------- One method here is the WindHexe machine which converts anything to a fine, inert powder, but I don't think it produces energy or fuel http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4723367/ Another is the plant in Missouri which processes turkey parts into oil products. http://www.matr.net/article-6837.html -- Jerry Decker - http://www.keelynet.com Donations to support KeelyNet: http://www.keelynet.com/donate1.htm Public Archive http://www.escribe.com/science/keelynet Order out of Chaos - From an Art to a Science