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West Virginia Geothermal Maps: Another Energy Bonanza for WV?
No, West Virginia's new "Energy Bonanza" ain't the heat arising from Coal Country water spigots that can, as seen in:
Fracking the Future; "The concern is this: Because modern fracking involves using millions of gallons of water and hundreds of types of chemicals (many of which are trade secrets) to free up natural gas in underground rock formations, there is the potential for this mixture to leak into drinking water supplies. The practice has garnered headlines in Pennsylvania (since, after fracking, some residents) could light their kitchen sink faucets on fire after gas had migrated into drinking water",
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One advance excerpt from the United States Patent we send along in this dispatch should serve as more than sufficient explanation for you as to why we are addressing the invention it discloses:
"Hydrogen can be used to produce methane from coal using known processes".
But, more than that, as in:
WVU Hydrogenates Coal Tar | Research & Development; which concerns:
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We've documented a number of times that Carbon Monoxide can be manufactured in a pretty direct way, by what might seem the rather self-evident reaction between Carbon Dioxide and hot Coal, as represented by the simple equation: CO2 + C = 2CO; and, as seen for just one instance in:
Solar Power Converts CO2, H2O and Coal to Hydrocarbon Syngas | Research & Development; concerning:
"US Patent 4,177,120 - Photolytic Process for Gasification of Carbonaceous Material; 1979; Process and apparatus are disclosed for converting carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide by subjecting the carbon dioxide to radiation in the presence of carbonaceous material such as coal to form carbon monoxide."
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Energy Citations Database (ECD) - - Document #795267
In a recent dispatch, now accessible via:
USDOE Finances Ohio CO2 Recycling | Research & Development; we made report of:
"US Patent Application 20020072109 - Enhanced Practical Photosynthetic CO2 Mitigation; 2002; Inventors: David Bayless, et. al., Ohio; Government Interests: The U.S. Government has a paid up license in this invention. Abstract: An on-site biological sequestration system (that) directly decreases the concentration of carbon-containing compounds in the emissions of fossil generation units."
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United States Patent Application: 0090026089
Since free, elemental Hydrogen is required by a number of intriguing Coal liquefaction and Carbon Dioxide recycling technologies we've reported on, and which we often make reference to, such as, for instance, West Virginia University's "West Virginia Process" for the direct liquefaction of Coal, as described succinctly in:
WVU Hydrogenates Coal Tar | Research & Development; concerning the: "Hydrogenation of Naphthalene and Coal Tar Distillate; Abhijit Bhagavatula; West Virginia University; 2009; Abstract: The hydrogenation of naphthalene ... has been carried out in a Trickle Bed Reactor, in which the liquid is allowed to flow through the catalyst bed in the presence of hydrogen (to form) the hydrogenated product, tetralin (for use in) direct liquefaction processes (where) the organic structure of coal is broken down to produce distillable liquids";
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