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As we prosecute our research, a wealth of information is coming to light revealing the broad, international knowledge base that exists, or at least existed for a time early in the last century, for the conversion of widely-available raw materials into hydrocarbons useful in the production of liquid fuels.
The extent and depth of the knowledge is actually more than a little shocking.
Just as surprising is that much of the knowledge is concentrated and housed in at least one branch of the US Government - the Patent Office.
We are working to devise a palatable system, or pattern, of presenting the information, and thought we would start with this single submission.
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To follow up on our earlier report of Swiss and Chinese joint development of Dielectric Barrier Discharge plasma conversion of Methane, and Coal-derived synthesis gas, into higher hydrocarbons, we wanted to illustrate that there are other ways to approach the synergistic co-conversion of Coal and Methane.
Herein, we present, with comment appended, excerpts from:
"PRODUCTION OF SYNGAS BY METHANE AND COAL CO-CONVERSION IN FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR
Jinhu Wu, Yitain Fang, Yang Wang
Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences: People Republic of China
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http://www.netl.doe.gov/kmd/cds/disk28/NGP4.PDF
We've been trying to put the enclosed report, available through the above link or attached document, into some sort of positive perspective for ourselves.
But, it's difficult.
Herein, it's documented that our USDOE has put considerable effort into the reforming of Methane with Carbon Dioxide to synthesize the valuable liquid fuel, and gasoline and plastics raw material, Methanol.
They did not, however, use Carbon Dioxide generated by a Coal use facility; nor, did they employ Methane synthesized either from Coal, via a gasification process; or, from Carbon Dioxide, via Sabatier recycling.
They used, in this development, the relatively minor combined emissions of CO2 and Methane arising from landfills.
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http://sschi.chtf.stuba.sk/konf2003%5Cabstracts%5C117.pdf
We're sending along this very brief, very to-the-point research report from what was once one of the cradles of European art and learning, Poland, just to illustrate that, even in that nation - still struggling to free itself from the effects of long suppression in a march back toward modern civilization, a march started by their rebellious union of coal miners, "Solidnarosc", (i.e, "Solidarity" - Joe still has one of their decorative stickers, in the original Polish, on his old coal miner's hard hat) they recognize that Carbon Dioxide is a potentially valuable resource.
As follows:
"Hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to methanol
M. Lachowska, J.Skrzypek; Institute of Chemical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences
Methanol is a very important chemical with a wide range of applications. For Cu-containing methanol synthesis catalysts it has been well established that methanol is formed mainly from CO2.
Our investigations confirmed literature information concerning advantageous influence of zirconium on the catalyst activity. Addition of Mn to Cu/Zn/Zr catalyst increases the rate of methanol production. Mn promoted copper/zinc/zirconia catalyst exhibits remarkable high stability and high selectivity. The crude methanol does not contain practically any by-products other than water."
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To repeat: "methanol is formed mainly from CO2".
Simply put: They know, in Poland, how to make, in nearly pure form, the gasoline synthesis and plastics manufacturing raw material, Methanol, out of Carbon Dioxide.
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http://www.anl.gov/PCS/acsfuel/preprint%20archive/Files/47_1_Orlando_03-02_0025.pdf
This will be a very lengthy dispatch, with one link above, and two links and three excerpts following; and, two documents attached.
They all concern Penn State University, and the Tri-reforming Process, as described by Dr. Chunsan Song, wherein Carbon Dioxide is reacted with Methane to synthesize organic compounds which can be used, variously, as liquid fuels, or, as the raw materials from which liquid fuels and various plastics, or other organic chemicals of industrial and commercial value, can be manufactured.
We have made earlier reports of Penn State's work in Tri-reforming technology, and have referred to it often in other of our reports about the Carbon Dioxide scam that's being perpetrated on the Coal industry and on all the people resident in US Coal Country. So, some of what we present herein will be redundant relative to information we've already presented; but, hopefully not tediously repetitive.
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