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We've documented that Coal can be converted into the liquid fuel, Methanol, many times; often referencing the Eastman Chemical Company's plant in Kingsport, Tennessee, where such conversion is, on a commercial basis, now being done.
Herein, we submit an example of such technology designed and developed specifically for the US Navy, wherein it is posited to harness environmental energy to accomplish the needed chemical processing.
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We have many times documented the fact that Carbon Dioxide can be recycled, or at least rendered into chemically reactive, and industrially useful, Carbon Monoxide, through the relatively simple expedient of passing Carbon Dioxide through, and reacting Carbon Dioxide with, red hot Coal.
Herein, on this Eve of Christmas, in an attempt to evoke the sense of ancient tradition the sacred holiday entails, we submit to you a genuine artifact, an antique stashed away and forgotten in our nation's intellectual attic, which, brought down and dusted off, attests to the fact that we have known how, in a straightforward way, to recycle Carbon Dioxide, with the help of Coal, for a very long time.
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Here's a lump of Coal for your Christmas stocking.
Nearly a year ago, we alerted you to the fact that China had applied for, was seeking, a United States Patent on a direct Coal liquefaction process which we interpreted, based on our limited access to information, to be very similar to what we knew of WVU's "West Virginia Process'" for such direct Coal liquefaction.
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We have many times documented the operation, by Eastman Chemical Company, of a commercial plant in Kingsport, Tennessee, wherein Methanol is indirectly synthesized, via gasification, from Coal.
And, we have reported on their published plans to establish a similar, perhaps larger, facility in Texas.
Herein, we see that some of Eastman's Texas Coal scientists have improved the process for gasifying Coal, into a Methanol synthesis gas, so that better - and, importantly, variable - ratios of reactive Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen, suited for efficient condensation into Methanol, and a range of liquid hydrocarbons, are formed.
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Herein, from the WWII-era birthplace of practical Coal liquefaction technology, we see that methods have been developed which would enable us to, if we wanted, preferentially synthesize a relatively greater proportion of Diesel fuel, as opposed to more volatile products, from Coal.
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