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We enclose herein two United States Patents, issued to the University of Texas, which confirm, and help to emphasize, some earlier reports we've made concerning the rather vast potentials we have available to us for profitably utilizing the Coal Ash byproduct of our economical Coal-based power generation, in the making of Portland-type cement and concrete.
Some preamble is necessary so that the true significance of what is described herein can be made clear.
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We have lately been studying the work of one USDOE scientist, whom we might have cited once or twice previously, which centers on the efficient electrolytic production of Hydrogen from Water, H2O.
As we've seen in a number of previous reports, such as:
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We submit herein yet another example of the technology developed by a core team of scientists at California's Chevron, wherein a "slurry", or blend, of fine Coal particles in a carrier fluid is directly hydrogenated and converted into liquid hydrocarbons.
We have made report of closely-related Chevron developments previously, as in:
West Virginia Coal Association | Chevron 1982 Clean Liquid Hydrocarbons | Research & Development; which concerned both:
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This submission demands some extended preamble, so please bear with us.
First, we remind you that we have documented the founding of a sophisticated and seemingly extensive Coal liquefaction technology base at the University of Utah; an effort that spanned decades.
That effort seems to have been driven by a core team of scientists; with one, in particular, Wendell H. Wiser, apparently leading the charge; and, a large part of that effort was paid for by our USDOE.
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United States Patent Application: 0110287503
We've presented many reports documenting the potentials for utilizing certain, well-known varieties of Algae, grown and cultivated in various types of enclosures, to capture and recycle, and to convert into hydrocarbon oils, industrial effluent Carbon Dioxide.
A succinct summary of how it all could work is seen in our report of:
USDOE Algae Recycle CO2 into Liquid Fuels | Research & Development; concerning: "Liquid Fuels from Microalgae; 1987; USDOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO; USDOE; Abstract: The goal of the DOE/SERI Aquatic Species Program is to develop the technology to produce gasoline and diesel fuels from microalgae. A technical and economic analysis, "Fuels from Microalgae," demonstrates that liquid fuels can be produced from mass-cultured microalgae at prices that will be competitive with those of conventional fuels by the year 2010."
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