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As should by now be thoroughly familiar to our readers, there exist a multitude of variations on the basic technology for the indirect conversion of Coal into liquid hydrocarbons.
In such processes, most often labeled generically as "Fischer-Tropsch" syntheses, Coal and/or other Carbon source material is partially oxidized, i.e., partially combusted, in the presence of various, often proprietary, mixes of gases, such as Oxygen, Steam, and, perhaps surprisingly, Carbon Dioxide, thus forming, as product, a synthesis gas, or "syngas", blend of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen.
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We've previously documented the work of Penn State University, in developing improved methods for converting Coal into high-grade aviation fuels that have properties far superior to conventional aviation fuels made from petroleum.
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We've many times documented that the solid residua resulting from our essential use of Coal in the generation pf genuinely economical electric power is a valuable raw material mineral resource; one which can be productively utilized and consumed in multiple ways in the making of Portland-type Cement, PC, and Portland Cement Concrete, PCC.
Such use of Coal Combustion Products, CCP's, can actually enhance and improve the physical properties of the cured concrete, while at the same time reducing the need to extract virgin resources, thus saving money and helping to preserve some segments of the natural environment.
Although, as we've documented, for one instance, in:
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We have no idea how we can adequately preface or introduce the technical process we bring to your attention in this dispatch.What the contemplation of it implies, with direct and inescapable inference to be drawn about how all of us have been misled and misinformed over the past quarter century, quite literally duped: concerning the true nature and value of Carbon Dioxide, which CO2 now-suspect interests have been using to bash our vital Coal-use industries over the head with for the past few decades; and, about the dwindling nature and growing scarcity of hydrocarbon resources; is, simply, staggering.Over the past few years, we have documented for you, as, for just two instances, in:West Virginia Coal Association | Pittsburgh USDOE Converts CO2 to Methane & Methanol | Research & Development; concerning: "Visible Light Photoreduction of CO2; 2009; National Energy Technology Laboratory, USDOE, Pittsburgh, PA; Abstract: A series of ... Titanium Dioxide (catalysts) have been synthesized, characterized, and tested for the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 in the presence of H2O. Our results show that these ... materials are capable of catalyzing the photoreduction of CO2 using visible light illumination ... . The ... analysis shows that the primary reaction product is CH4"; and:
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