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One man’s junk, another man’s treasure? Looking at carbon monoxide and LanzaTech

One man’s junk, another man’s treasure? Looking at carbon monoxide and LanzaTech

July 12, 2015 |

What’s LanzaTech all about? How does it work and why? Here are answers for your questions. Why don’t steel mills generate power for the grid — why make fuels instead of steam? “The fact that many of these industrial facilities could be making electricity now, but are not, tells the story,” LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren […]

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Junk or treasure? Looking at carbon monoxide and LanzaTech

Junk or treasure? Looking at carbon monoxide and LanzaTech

October 15, 2014 |

A blogger levels an explosive set of charges at LanzaTech: “Khosla’s latest gangrene venture”, “thermodynamic junk”, “gangrene fake company”. Alleges that US Secretaries of Energy Moniz, Chu and Bodman were “bought out by special interests”. Why? What’s going on? We lay out the complete story, and look at the data, as LanzaTech responds.  In a note regarding LanzaTech circulated […]

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Stanford researchers produce ethanol straight from carbon monoxide gas

Stanford researchers produce ethanol straight from carbon monoxide gas

April 9, 2014 |

In California, Stanford University scientists have found a new, highly efficient way to produce liquid ethanol from carbon monoxide gas. This promising discovery could provide an eco-friendly alternative to conventional ethanol production from corn and other crops, say the scientists. Their results are published in the April 9 advanced online edition of the journal Nature.

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Carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide transfer optimized by researchers

Carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide transfer optimized by researchers

October 9, 2011 |

In Illinois, researchers have found a way to convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide using an ionic liquid as a co-catalyst, reducing the amount of electrical energy required.  A research team at the University of Illinois worked with researchers at Dioxide Materials, using an electrochemical cell as a flow reactor, which separated the oxygen output […]

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Production of Hydrogen at Industrial Scale – State of the Art and Future Prospects

Production of Hydrogen at Industrial Scale – State of the Art and Future Prospects

March 19, 2024 |

By Qi Chen, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest In the quest for a sustainable energy future, hydrogen has been recognized as a key, offering versatile applications across industries. It has become a vital vehicle of decarbonization. As we delve into the intricate landscape of industrial-scale hydrogen production, this paper aims to unravel its […]

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bp licenses BASF’s gas treating technology OASE® white to capture CO2 at H2Teesside

bp licenses BASF’s gas treating technology OASE® white to capture CO2 at H2Teesside

March 14, 2024 |

In the UK, bp and BASF have signed a license agreement for the use of BASF’s gas treating technology, OASE white, to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) generated during hydrogen production at bp’s proposed blue hydrogen facility in Teesside, H2Teesside. BASF have been supporting H2Teesside since Autumn 2023 and their engineering delivery package is already well […]

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TU Delft researchers purify isopropanol and acetone from fermenting waste gases

TU Delft researchers purify isopropanol and acetone from fermenting waste gases

March 12, 2024 |

In the Netherlands, in a major stride towards sustainable industrial fermentation, a team of researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in The Netherlands, has unveiled pioneering advancements in the purification of isopropanol and acetone from the fermentation of waste gases. The study, published in the Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, introduces novel […]

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Linde supplying clean hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide to Celanese

Linde supplying clean hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide to Celanese

February 8, 2024 |

In the UK, Linde has started supplying clean hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide to Celanese. Linde is supplying Celanese with carbon dioxide captured from its state-of-the-art carbon monoxide and hydrogen production facility at Clear Lake, Texas. Celanese will use the captured carbon dioxide and resulting clean hydrogen, along with other carbon dioxide sources, as feedstock […]

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Bio-SynDiesel and Bio-SynJet from EBTL and BETL Processes

Bio-SynDiesel and Bio-SynJet from EBTL and BETL Processes

January 28, 2024 |

By  David J. Patterson and Gord Crawford, Expander Energy Inc. Special to The Digest Expander’s Enhanced Biomass to Liquids (EBTL™) and Biomass Electrolysis to Liquids (BETL™) processes produce and combine hydrogen and carbon monoxide into paraffin carbon chains in the diesel boiling range to produce “drop-in” synthetic diesel or jet fuel. The three elements for […]

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HYCO1 has clocked more than 9000 hours of run-time on its CO2 utilization catalyst

HYCO1 has clocked more than 9000 hours of run-time on its CO2 utilization catalyst

January 9, 2024 |

In Texas, HYCO1 celebrates over 9,000 hours of run-time on its proprietary, patent-pending CO2 utilization catalyst at its Houston, Texas CUBE Technology Center (CUBE is Carbon Utilization at Best Efficiency). Operating for over a year inside of a commercial diameter reactor tube, the HYCO1 catalyst has continuously converted carbon dioxide and low Carbon Intensity (CI) […]

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