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PRODUCTION OF WATER GAS - FMC Corporation
We've previously reported on the development of Coal conversion technologies by the old FMC Corporation, including work at a New Jersey pilot plant that was funded by the US Government, as seen, for just a few examples, in:
FMC Liquefies Coal for USDOE in New Jersey | Research & Development; concerning: "Title: Char oil energy development. 1975; Research Organization: FMC Corporation, NY; DOE Contract Number: E(49-18)-1212; Abstract: Project COED has been under development by FMC Corporation since 1962. The COED process converts coal to synthetic crude oil, char and gas. The synthetic crude oil is low in sulfur and can be used as feedstock to a refinery or directly as a source of naphtha and fuel oil through simple distillation. The gas can be sold as fuel gas or converted by application of additional technology to pipeline gas or hydrogen"; and:
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Energy Citations Database (ECD) - - Document #920198
Although, when it comes to the very real potentials for the profitable recycling of Carbon Dioxide, we here are partial to more direct, chemical engineering technologies, such as, for basic examples, the Sabatier process, as described, for one instance, in:
NASA Rocket Fuel from CO2 | Research & Development; wherein we're informed, that: "Although Mars is not rich in methane, methane can be manufactured there via the Sabatier process: Mix some carbon dioxide (CO2) with hydrogen (H), then heat the mixture to produce CH4 and H20 -- methane and water. The Martian atmosphere is an abundant source of carbon dioxide, and the relatively small amount of hydrogen required for the process may be ... gathered from Martian ice";
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Synthesis of organic compounds
We have already several times documented the Carbon Dioxide recycling expertise established, in decades long gone, by a former New York and New Jersey corporation, the M.W. Kellogg Company.
Our reports have included:
1940 CO2 + H2O + CH4 = Hydrocarbon Syngas | Research & Development; concerning: "United States Patent 2,198,553 - Making a Synthesis Gas Mixture of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen; 1940; Assignee: The M.W. Kellogg Company; Abstract: Our invention relates to a method of making synthesis gas and more particularly to a method of making a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide having a controllable ratio of hydrogen with respect to carbon monoxide from 1:1 to 3:1 by volume. Mixtures of carbon monoxide and hydrogen are useful in synthesizing many organic compounds and these mixtures are known to the art as "synthesis gas". Synthesis gas may be made from methane, steam and carbon dioxide"; and:
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http://sktk.che.itb.ac.id/indarto/book/Chapter-5.pdf
In an earlier dispatch, we reported on developments made by Exxon, wherein microwave radiation could be utilized to cleanly and efficiently drive "reforming" reactions between Methane, Carbon Dioxide and H2O, and thereby convert them all into a blend of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen, a synthesis gas, or "syngas", we would presume to be well-suited in composition for Fischer-Tropsch, and related, catalytic chemical condensation into hydrocarbon compounds.
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We've documented the Coal gasification expertise of New York's General Electric Company in several previous reports. And, as seen in:
General Electric | Research & Development; which tells us that: "Currently, there are 65 gasification plants licensed by GE Energy in commercial operation worldwide, with an additional 20 in engineering and/or construction phases";
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