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We've previously documented for you that Coal Ash can serve as a natural resource-sparing raw material in the manufacture of various types of ceramics, a class of materials which would include such things as bathroom tiles and, even, fired bricks.
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http://www.inl.gov/
We earlier presented you, some time ago now, with a number of reports concerning the development, by the United States Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory, of a technology known as "Syntrolysis", wherein Carbon Dioxide and Water vapor are co-electrolyzed, and broken down into Oxygen, which is scavenged from the system, and Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen, that is, "synthesis gas", which can be catalytically and chemically combined, as via the long-known Fischer-Tropsch process, in the synthesis of both liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon fuels.
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We have known, in the United States of America, for a very long time that Coal can be combined with Carbon-recycling, renewable wastes, or deliberately-cultivated botanical materials, and then "gasified" through a process of partial oxidation, i.e., partial combustion, with the products of such gasification including, typically, a blend of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen - - called "synthesis gas", or "syngas", which can be catalytically condensed via one of several long-known processes into liquid and/or gaseous hydrocarbons - - and, in some cases, depending upon what, if any, gasification catalyst is utilized, a lesser or greater volume of Methane.
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http://www.ucalgary.ca/files/
The title of this dispatch is a bit of an extrapolation, but not much of one. We'll explain, after we remind you, that, as seen in our report of:
West Virginia Coal Association | USDOE Says Coal Ash Could End Aluminum Ore Imports | Research & Development; concerning:
"Economic Metal Recovery from Fly Ash; 1981; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USDOE; Abstract: Although most coal combustion ash produced in the United States is discarded as a waste, results are presented to show that fly ash can be an economical source of Al2O3, Fe2/O3, and possibly several other metals, many of which are presently being imported";
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United States Patent Application: 0100130752
In a recent dispatch, now accessible on the West Virginia Coal Association's web site via the link:
"'Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from Epoxides and Carbon Dioxide Using Bimetallic Aluminum Complexes'; Michael North; University of Newcastle; UK; Abstract: Over the last six years, highly active catalysts for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and carbon dioxide have been developed. The compatibility of the catalysts with waste carbon dioxide present in power station flue gas has been investigated and studies to enhance the commercial applicability of the catalysts by reducing the cost of their production carried out. Instead of just dumping ... carbon dioxide, it is attractive to consider utilizing it in the large scale production of chemicals (carbon capture and utilization, CCU). In this way, an unwanted waste product can be turned into a valuable commodity";
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