Scientists have learned to create a new type of low-carbon fuel
A scientific group from the Southwest Research Institute of the city of San Antonio (USA, Texas) in their next scientific work were able to perform combining two catalytic processes at once in one reactor for significantly more efficient processing of carbon from CO2 to obtain a new low carbon fuel. It is about this important discovery that will be discussed in the current material.
The fight against greenhouse gases is gaining momentum
As you know, carbon dioxide is one of the main culprits of such a rapidly developing global warming. But the main culprit can become a rather important resource for the production of a new type of fuel.
So, according to the calculations of climatologists, by 2040 the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere will increase by about 17% due to the growth of both energy and transport needs in developing countries.
It is for this reason that the world needs technologies for the production of new low-carbon fuels that, when burned, would practically not emit carbon dioxide.
So, in the course of solving this problem and a new scientific study, American engineers proposed using the hydrogenation process for obtaining cleaner renewable liquid carbon fuels that can replace traditional fuels in many forms transport.
For these purposes, scientists have proposed using one reactor, in which two chemical processes will take place at once in one stage. So, during the first cycle, hydrogen will react with CO2 to form carbon monoxide (CO), and during the second, CO and hydrogen, a mixture called synthesis gas will be transformed into a liquid hydrocarbon fuel in the Fischer-Tropsch catalytic process.
Another plus of the proposed technology is the fact that it is capable of using CO2 captured from power plants that still run on fossil fuels.
The active introduction of this technology will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere in the future. And the combination of two chemical processes into one will significantly simplify the conversion of carbon dioxide into a useful fuel and make it quite efficient and affordable.
At the moment, scientists are busy optimizing the production process and selecting the most efficient catalysts. And then the technology can be tested at real production facilities.
Well, let's see if this technology will see the light of day or whether it will remain just a successful laboratory experiment, which everyone will quickly forget about. Write your opinion in the comments.
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