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Fuel From Thin Air? The skinny on making gasoline from air and water

Fuel From Thin Air? The skinny on making gasoline from air and water

October 26, 2012 |

By Robert Rapier, Energy Trends Insider This week a U.K.-based company called Air Fuel Synthesis (AFS) announced that they were producing gasoline from thin air. The raw materials for their process reportedly being literally air and water. A company spokesman explained: “We haven’t broken the Second Law of Thermodynamics or anything. We take carbon, we […]

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Air Fuel Synthesis demo unit produces methanol fuel

Air Fuel Synthesis demo unit produces methanol fuel

April 18, 2012 |

In the UK, Air Fuel Synthesis announced that its demonstration unit fuel reactor has produced methanol fuels from carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and also from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The production of these first liquid hydrocarbon fuels – a real alternative to fossil fuels – completes a critical stage in the development of the AFS […]

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Air Fuel Synthesis technology proven by September?

Air Fuel Synthesis technology proven by September?

July 5, 2011 |

In the UK, Air Fuel Synthesis revealed that it is constructing two reactors that convert atmospheric CO2 and hydrogen extracted from water, and converting it into methanol. AFS scientists, according to the company are supervising a team of chemical engineering experts from the Centre for Processing Innovation (CPI) in Teesside to prove their technology within […]

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