It kinda sounds like they are also using some type of supercritical CO method for oil extraction, thus leaving a somewhat clean process.
Todd, you have links to any white papers on CO to Methanol conversion? I haven't had much success before. Thanks, James Slayden On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, Appal Energy wrote: > > http://reporter.leeds.ac.uk/483/s3.htm > > All a bit elusive... quote: > > "Most methods of producing hydrogen burn another fuel for energy, > which itself creates pollution - carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides > and other emissions," said Dr Dupont. "Our catalyst uses oxygen > from the air to heat up naturally, and this heat is used to > reform the oil with steam to create hydrogen. The excess carbon > dioxide is taken into the second catalyst, then released for > storage or use in other chemical processes, ensuring that > damaging levels of CO2 aren't just put back into the atmosphere." > > "Oxygen from the air to heat up naturally..." Interesting. I > wonder what their loss rate of catalyst, or energy cost to > restore it if needed, or life cycle energy cost to refine it. > > They mention pyrolysis in a latter paragraph. Wonder where they > get the "damaging levels of CO2? If they were using the pyrolytic > fuels from the process itself to perpetuate stripping (not > "creating") hydrogen they would be carbon neutral at worst, erego > no "damaging levels of CO2." Not to say that CO2 recovery is not > intelligent, as it could be used to produce methanol as a useable > byproduct, among other things. > > Todd Swearingen > > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Biofuel at WebConX > http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
