Gasifiers,
If soot can be converted to liquid, than so could charcoal, coke,
torrified wood, and some plastics. I have always felt that by reacting
substances in a closed retort one could convert any hydrocarbon to any
hydrocarbon. With means to move them and control all parameters and a
universal
system like an oil refinery. The proper set up of steam enhancement, cracking,
separating, and reforming units, one can do anything.
Why not just build a universal converter and develop processes from
that prototype. Start with retort gasification and proceed to various options
of cracking and steam reforming units. Then on to various options of
catalytic reactors, with a temperature/ pressure control for each recipe. No
it's not efficient, but the processes developed from the prototype systems can
be used to develop highly efficient scaled up processes. Gasifiers built
to specific parameters could be constructed based on retort data.
Sounds like a job for a school lab.
Dan Dimiduk
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