Carbon Sciences files for patents on CO2-to-fuel biocatalytic conversion technology

In California, Carbon Sciences,  developer of a technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into gasoline and other fuels, announced the filing of the first in a series of patent applications protecting the company’s novel and highly scalable biocatalytic process to transform CO2 into liquid fuels.

Dr. Naveed Aslam, inventor of the technology, said: “Our proprietary biocatalytic CO2-to-Fuel process is based on emulating the natural process of certain microorganisms where internal biocatalysts are used to transform CO2 and water into fuel molecules. These biocatalysts generally die after a few cycles. Our breakthrough and proprietary technology is based on advanced nano-engineering of the biocatalysts, which enables the biocatalysts to perform their CO2 to fuel transformation hundreds of thousands to millions of times, before they die. What we have disclosed in this patent application is a complete industrial system using our biocatalytic process to transform CO2 into methanol, a low level fuel.”

The key to the C02 to fuel process is Carbon Science’s biocatalyst technology that could help reduce C02 emissions from power plants, oil refineries, factories and other industrial sites – all while producing a clean and renewable supply of energy.

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