Billy T
05-05-07, 08:27 PM
Paper in Proceeding Nat Accd. of Sciences, March 2007
"To overcome the environmental challenges associated with coal
and the land limitations with the bioenergy crop, we suggest an
alternative pathway where neither coal nor biomass is treated as
a sole source of energy to produce liquid hydrocarbon fuel. In
our proposal, the primary purpose of either coal or biomass is to
provide carbon atoms needed for the production of liquid
hydrocarbons. Thus, the goal is to accomplish the complete
transformation of every carbon atom contained in either of the
feed stocks to liquid fuel by supplementing the conversion
process with a carbon-free energy source. We propose to generate
H2 from a carbon-free primary energy source such as solar,
nuclear, wind, etc. and then use it to supply the hydrogen atoms
needed for the chemical transformation."
"It should be emphasized that the proposed ‘‘sun to wheels’’
solution is successful in providing a viable sustainable route to meet
the hydrocarbon fuel need for the total United States transportation
sector."
Full article at:
http://www.purdue.edu/dp/energy/pdf/Agrawal-PNAS-Mar2007.pdf
A hard read - lots of chemistry - but worth it.
"To overcome the environmental challenges associated with coal
and the land limitations with the bioenergy crop, we suggest an
alternative pathway where neither coal nor biomass is treated as
a sole source of energy to produce liquid hydrocarbon fuel. In
our proposal, the primary purpose of either coal or biomass is to
provide carbon atoms needed for the production of liquid
hydrocarbons. Thus, the goal is to accomplish the complete
transformation of every carbon atom contained in either of the
feed stocks to liquid fuel by supplementing the conversion
process with a carbon-free energy source. We propose to generate
H2 from a carbon-free primary energy source such as solar,
nuclear, wind, etc. and then use it to supply the hydrogen atoms
needed for the chemical transformation."
"It should be emphasized that the proposed ‘‘sun to wheels’’
solution is successful in providing a viable sustainable route to meet
the hydrocarbon fuel need for the total United States transportation
sector."
Full article at:
http://www.purdue.edu/dp/energy/pdf/Agrawal-PNAS-Mar2007.pdf
A hard read - lots of chemistry - but worth it.