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Quantex targets coal-to-liquids conversion at less than $50 per barrel
We've made many references to WVU's "West Virginia Process" for the direct liquefaction of Coal; but, our reportage has been sadly incomplete since we've so far been unable to provide you very many of the precise, or complete, technical details of their system.
We have, though, lately been focusing more attention on that effort, and will begin in coming reports to attempt fuller explanation of what we've learned of it.
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As seen in a recent dispatch, now accessible on the West Virginia Coal Association's web site, via the link:
US Government Coal Ash Cement Stronger than Portland Cement | Research & Development; we made report of: "United States Patent 4,256,504 - Fly Ash-based Cement; 1981; Assignee: The United States of America (as represented by the Secretary of the Interior); Abstract: A cement composition comprising a high calcium-content fly ash and calcium sulfate, and mortar and concrete compositions containing the cement. A cement composition consisting essentially of (1) a major proportion of a fly ash ... and (2) about 5 to 15 percent by weight of calcium sulfate";
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Energy Citations Database (ECD) - - Document #10132222
First, right off the bat, don't get too excited about our headline.
The Algae we make report of herein can make Oil out of flue gas Carbon Dioxide for an average of $60 per barrel only if they get subsidized by the Cap & Trade taxation of our Coal-based electrical power generation industries, and their customers, to the tune of $60 per ton of Carbon consumed by the Algae.
Those figures are averages, rough averages, we've deduced from the numbers provided, and, it all doesn't at first sound too exciting.
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United States Patent Application: 0080256852
A few years ago, we informed you that the Pennsylvania State University had applied for international patent protection on a Coal liquefaction technology they had developed, one which can efficiently convert Coal into a wide variety of liquid hydrocarbon fuels.
Our report of that fact is now accessible on the West Virginia Coal Association's web site via the link:
Penn State Seeks CoalTL Patent | Research & Development; and concerns:
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We've touched several times on the utilization, after some initial processing, of Coal combustion Ash as an aggregate, both for use as loose or compacted fill in general construction and as a component of structural materials, most especially concerning it's use as a substitute for at least some of the sand and gravel in concrete.
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