Periodical "Chemical Engineering" had an excellent commentary on difficulties of handling solids so that is why I am so interested in laser optical traps for matter condensates and being stuck in gritty Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" coal country I have even proposed a design for a solid fueled jet engine powered land skimmer hovercraft for an editor in of Chengdu Sichuan to use it for cruise missiles.
Thanks for your comment - awesome question :). I don't actually know about the exact cost equivalence to crude oil/petroleum off the top of my head but I imagine it'll be down to a complex myriad of factors (capital cost, relative feedstock prices etc.). To the best of my knowledge, the major oil and gas companies have publicly operational Fischer Tropsch Reactors (Gas To Liquid Plants). It'd be absolutely fantastic to see some pilots in India :)!
Thank you for sharing. I'm convinced that the conversion of Syngas (created by the pyrolysis of Biomass) into liquid fuels / lubricants by way of the Fischer Tropsch Process is the future of liquid fuels.
Unfortunately we can’t grow enough biomass to supply the world’s needs for syngas and Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbons. There simply isn’t enough farmland, and plants grow too slow. Biofuels also compete for land with food crops, driving up food prices. The good news is that we can extract CO2 efficiently from seawater (more efficiently than direct CO2 capture from air), extract H2 from said water via electrolysis, convert CO2 to CO via the water-gas shift reaction, and use that as our Fischer-Tropsch feedstock. The US Navy is actively developing this process and predicts a net cost of $3-$6 per gallon of gasoline equivalent fuel produced by this process. They’re particularly interested in it for producing jet fuels at sea using energy from nuclear reactors.
@@astebbinInteresting stuff :). Sounds like an element of electrofuels/power-to-liquids creeping in (see my most recent video!). Fully agree there won't be enough farmland for this, unless lignocellulosic biomass and/or genetic engineering has a breakthrough (the latter I'd argue is veering away from biomass though). Electrochemical methods for CO2-seawater could be interesting indeed especially with nuclear reactors. Thanks for your comment :)!
@astebbin Not if we use biomass the bottom level of energy. But in reality, if you think of the FT process as an energy storage medium, then it effectively allows us to use cheap/intermittent energy into materials and fuel to run high energy spike processes. Less more as a basic energy layer, and more like an easier to use battery
Same problems with diborane fuel of heat and pressure to have hydrogen bond of how South Africa and North Korea only had synthetic fuels for political reasons to eventual side with Russia.
very informative and cohesively explained; i’d love to learn more about this in the future. nice job
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed :)! Next video will be closely linked to Fischer Tropsch so this might be an interesting one to watch out for :)!
Periodical "Chemical Engineering" had an excellent commentary on difficulties of handling solids so that is why I am so interested in laser optical traps for matter condensates and being stuck in gritty Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" coal country I have even proposed a design for a solid fueled jet engine powered land skimmer hovercraft for an editor in of Chengdu Sichuan to use it for cruise missiles.
Zeolite catalyst use ignores how solar energy and rail transit both require too much real estate of how sunlight only causes poverty.
Is this economically viable vis a wee crude based Petroleum products especially petrol and deisel ? how can one start a Pilot in India ?
Thanks for your comment - awesome question :). I don't actually know about the exact cost equivalence to crude oil/petroleum off the top of my head but I imagine it'll be down to a complex myriad of factors (capital cost, relative feedstock prices etc.). To the best of my knowledge, the major oil and gas companies have publicly operational Fischer Tropsch Reactors (Gas To Liquid Plants). It'd be absolutely fantastic to see some pilots in India :)!
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Thank you :)! I'm glad you found the video interesting!
Thank you for sharing. I'm convinced that the conversion of Syngas (created by the pyrolysis of Biomass) into liquid fuels / lubricants by way of the Fischer Tropsch Process is the future of liquid fuels.
Glad you enjoyed :) - yes, certainly a technology to watch for the future!
Unfortunately we can’t grow enough biomass to supply the world’s needs for syngas and Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbons. There simply isn’t enough farmland, and plants grow too slow. Biofuels also compete for land with food crops, driving up food prices. The good news is that we can extract CO2 efficiently from seawater (more efficiently than direct CO2 capture from air), extract H2 from said water via electrolysis, convert CO2 to CO via the water-gas shift reaction, and use that as our Fischer-Tropsch feedstock. The US Navy is actively developing this process and predicts a net cost of $3-$6 per gallon of gasoline equivalent fuel produced by this process. They’re particularly interested in it for producing jet fuels at sea using energy from nuclear reactors.
@@astebbinInteresting stuff :). Sounds like an element of electrofuels/power-to-liquids creeping in (see my most recent video!). Fully agree there won't be enough farmland for this, unless lignocellulosic biomass and/or genetic engineering has a breakthrough (the latter I'd argue is veering away from biomass though). Electrochemical methods for CO2-seawater could be interesting indeed especially with nuclear reactors. Thanks for your comment :)!
@astebbin Not if we use biomass the bottom level of energy.
But in reality, if you think of the FT process as an energy storage medium, then it effectively allows us to use cheap/intermittent energy into materials and fuel to run high energy spike processes.
Less more as a basic energy layer, and more like an easier to use battery
Very good content !!
Thank you!
Same problems with diborane fuel of heat and pressure to have hydrogen bond of how South Africa and North Korea only had synthetic fuels for political reasons to eventual side with Russia.