Under current US tax law, cellulosic biofuel production has been incentivized to an extraordinary level. An incentive in the amount of up to $1.01 per gallon of cellulosic biofuel can be had.
The Molten Salt Oxidation Process (MSOP) can make 150 gallons of Cellulosic Biofuel per ton of dry crop or wood waste. That fuel has a dollar value in the US of about $155(incentive) + $ $3.14 /gallon wholesale (150 gallons) = $626/ton of waste. Corn stover contains phosphorus (as P2O5), and potassium (as K2O). From a fertilizer replacement standpoint recovering these minerals from the ash of the MSOP is economically important. A ton of corn stover contains an estimated $22 in phosphorus (as P2O5), and potassium (as K2O). This adds to the value of the MSOP $626 + $22 = $648/ton of waste. Processing 1000 tons of bio mass per day requires about 50 megawatts of thermal power. The cost estimate for a Rossi LENR reactor at 75 megawatts total thermal power cost about $25 million. 1000 tons of dry corn stover or wood chips can generate 1000 * 150 gallons = 150,000 gallons of bio diesel per day producing 1000 * $648 = $ 648,000/day in revenue and tax incentives. If cow waste was utilized as feedstock for biodiesel production, food supply should not be impacted. Give or take, the cow population in the US is 100,000,000. A Holstein (1400 pounds) cow produces 115 pounds of manure per day or approximately 21 tons per year. Heifers will average approximately 7 tons per year The total US yearly manure production capacity is about 2,100,000,000 tons. The MSOP can accomidate the 40% moisture content of which 1,260,000,000 tons of dry content is estimated. The dollar value is 1,260,000,000 tons/year * $648/ton of waste or $816,480,000,000 per year At 150 gallons of bio-diesel per dry ton of cow waste, production of 189 billion gallons per year of bio-diesel is possible. By comparison, the 2004 U,S diesel use was 62 billion gallons with on-road use at 37 billion gallons. * $3.14 in 2011 in this EIA forecast *Cellulosic Biofuel Producer Tax Credit* A producer that is registered with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may be eligible for a tax incentive in the amount of up to $1.01 per gallon of cellulosic biofuel that is: sold and used by the purchaser in the purchaser's trade or business to produce a cellulosic biofuel mixture; sold and used by the purchaser as a fuel in a trade or business; sold at retail for use as a motor vehicle fuel; used by the producer in a trade or business to produce a cellulosic biofuel mixture; or used by the producer as a fuel in a trade or business. If the cellulosic biofuel also qualifies for alcohol fuel tax credits, the credit amount is reduced to $0.46 per gallon for biofuel that is ethanol and $0.41 per gallon if the biofuel is not ethanol. Cellulosic biofuel is defined as liquid fuel produced from any lignocellulosic or hemicellulosic matter that is available on a renewable basis, and meets U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fuel and fuel additive registration requirements. Alcohol with a proof of less than 150, fuel with a water or sediment content of more than 4%, and fuel with an ash content of more than 1% are not considered cellulosic biofuels. The incentive is allowed as a credit against the producer's income tax liability. Under current law, only qualified fuel produced in the U.S. between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2012, for use in the U.S. may be eligible. For more information, see IRS Publication 510 and IRS Forms 637 and 6478, which are available via the IRS Web site. (Reference Public Law 111-152, Section 1408; Public Law 110-234, Section 15321; and 26 U.S. Code 40) On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > A major application of 650C-950C LENR molten salt reactors is the Molten > Salt Oxidation Process (MSOP). It applies directly to the topic at hand: > synfuels. > > > > MSOP equipment and technology can function to reclaim metal in elemental > form from municipal waste while reducing the hydrocarbon waste component of > that waste to liquid fuels. > > > > > > More broadly, any carbon based component of the non-biologic waste stream > can also be transformed into liquid fuel. Such wastes as tires, municipal > trash, plastics, both building material waste from natural disasters and > old cars can be reclaimed without material separation, and land file mining. > > > > > > For example, landfill mining and reclamation (LFMR) is a process whereby > solid wastes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste> which have previously > been landfilled <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill> are excavated and > reprocessed. The function of landfill mining is to reduce or eliminate the > amount of landfill mass encapsulated within the closed landfill and/or to > detoxify hazardous materials and/or to recycle the waste. > > > > > > In the process, mining recovers valuable recyclable materials, a > combustible fraction with can be converted to liquid fuel, soil, and > landfill space reclamation. > > > > > > > > The combustible fraction is useful for the production of liquid fuels. The > overall appearance of the landfill mining procedure is a sequence of > processing machines laid out in a functional conveyor system. The operating > principle is to excavate and process the old trash without separation to > remove nonorganic metals as residuals. > > > > > > The concept of landfill mining was introduced as early as 1953 at the > Hiriya <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiriya> landfill operated by the Dan > Region Authority next to the city of Tel > Aviv<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv>, > Israel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel>. Waste contains many > resources with high value, the most notable of which are non-ferrous metals > such as aluminum cans <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_can> and scrap > metal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrap_metal>. The concentration of > aluminum in many landfills is higher than the concentration of aluminum in > bauxite <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauxite> from which the metal is > derived. > > > > > LERN high process heat will open up many new efficiencies that are > currently too costly and/or too dangerous. > > > > Cheers > > > > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Probably not, but maybe they should be... >> >> ... since the frakcers are multiplying like rabbits these days; and the >> most >> profitable thing to do with all that methane is probably to convert it to >> gasoline at the well-head. >> >> Synfuels International operates a pilot plant in Robertson County, Texas >> which is apparently running now 24/7 on natural gas to demonstrate their >> synfuel technologies for potential commercial scale up. It is not an >> awesome >> factory, but at least it is not vaporware. >> >> http://www.synfuels.com/Plant.html >> >> They claim to produce a cleaner synthetic gasoline from natural gas at >> half >> the present wholesale cost, using a proprietary "Non-Fischer Tropsch" >> Portfolio of Technologies ... >> >> Essentially, because it can be run on a small scale - the technology would >> turn any "Fracker" into a gasoline wholesaler, and BIG OIL cannot come >> close >> to their cost. That situation will lower prices, since the Cartel cannot >> control supply/demand. >> >> Not exactly what we want to see as a long-term energy solution, or even >> short term, but perhaps it is the lesser of two evils from the consumers >> POV >> ... >> > >
