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Process for the production of carbon monoxide from a solid fuel
Herein, we submit yet another example of technology, developed more than half a century ago, by the former, and formerly-famous, Texaco, wherein Coal can be indirectly converted, through an initial gasification, into conventional types of liquid hydrocarbon fuels, with no, or very, very little, co-production, or emission, of Carbon Dioxide.
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This will be a rather involved dispatch; and we apologize in advance for it's length and complexity.
However, it centers on what should be recognized as a matter of strategic importance for the United States of America, which is:
Securing a domestic supply of Aluminum, all raw ore of which, according to the US Geologic Survey, via:
http://minerals.usgs.gov/
we now import, through the recycling, the reprocessing, of Coal-fired power plant Fly Ash.
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We have, over the long course of our reportage, made numerous reports of, and made numerous references to, the extraordinary body of Carbon Dioxide recycling technology and science that has been established at the University of Southern California, by their resident Nobel Laureate, George Olah, and his colleagues.
Some examples, in no particular order, include:
West Virginia Coal Association | California Patents CO2 Recycling | Research & Development; concerning: "United States Patent 7,608,743 - Efficient and selective chemical recycling of carbon dioxide to methanol, dimethyl ether and derived products; October 27, 2009; George Olah and G.K. Surya Prakash; Assignee: University of Southern California; Abstract: An efficient and environmentally beneficial method of recycling and producing methanol from varied sources of carbon dioxide including flue gases of fossil fuel burning powerplants, industrial exhaust gases or the atmosphere itself. Converting carbon dioxide by chemical or electrochemical reduction secondary treatment to produce essentially methanol, dimethyl ether and derived products";
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We have many times emphasized the fact that Coal can be "hydro-gasified", that is, gasified with, or in the presence of, Steam, with both substances being broken down through heat-driven reactions into the simpler, reactive components, Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen; which substances can then be catalytically recombined into various hydrocarbon gases and liquids.
An example of our reportage on that topic would include:
Exxon Gasifies Coal, and Steam-Gasifies the Char | Research & Development; concerning: "United States Patent 5,055,181 - Hydropyrolysis-Gasification of Carbonaceous Material; 1991; Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company; Abstract: Disclosed is a process for obtaining liquids and gases from carbonaceous material, such as coal (wherein the) carbonaceous material is ... hydropyrolyzed for an effective residence time ... to make liquid products. The resulting char is gasified in the presence of steam."
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We've made a number of previous reports on the University of Southern California's Carbon Dioxide-recycling, Nobel-certified, genius, George Olah, and his, and his colleague's, development of an array of technologies that enable the productive recycling of Carbon Dioxide, as collected from whatever source, in the synthesis of liquid hydrocarbon fuels.
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