Creating Fuel From Any Organic Material
Any organic matter can be converted to a fuel source. This fuel is gaseous at ambient temperature and pressure so the power source must be designed or converted to handle vapor fuels. Gas furnaces and stoves can be run on this fuel with little or no modification, but gasoline engines would need to be converted to gaseous fuels.This technology is not really new. Similar systems have been around for over fifty years, though not in mass production.
Organic compounds are made up, largely, of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Natural gas (C-H4) and propane(C3-H8) are simple molecules of carbon and hydrogen; add oxygen and a spark an you get heat and pressure. A furnace or stove uses the heat to heat something, while an internal combustion engine uses the pressure to drive the pistons.
Gasoline is also made up of carbon and hydrogen. It is more liquid than natural gas and propane because the molecules in gasoline are larger carbon chains, mostly octane (C8-H18).
What if you had a way to take much more complex molecules and break them up and reorganize them into combustible gases?
With the proper control of temperature and pressure, molecular reorganization is possible. Unfortunately, the technology isn't quite there yet. However, there is an alternative fuel that is more easily produced.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a viable fuel source. It is formed when carbon is only partially oxidized. Fully oxidized, carbon is converted into cabon dioxide (CO2), which, while it is a "greenhouse" gas, is used by plants for photosynthisis.
One of the drawbacks of using fossil fuels is that any emissions thrown into the atmosphere have been locked away under ground for millions of years. The planetary eco-system has been evolving without the millions of tons of carbon compounds being thrown into the air from oil and coal, etc.
Converting organic materials, bio-mass, recycles "new" carbon that is already in the eco-system to power our vehicles and heat our homes. But how do you convert bio-mass to fuel.
It is reletively easy. Shatter molecules of bio-mass into their seperate elements. Collect the hydrogen into one tank. Partially oxidize the carbon into carbon monoxide. Collect the carbon monoxide into another tank.
Actually it is not necessary to keep the hydrogen and carbon monoxide seperate. The hydrogen will be burned along with the carbon monoxide. Hydrogen is too fast burning to efficiently drive a piston engine, while carbon monoxide is comparetively slow burning. The hydrogen adds power while assuring that the carbon monoxide fully oxidizes(burns).
The resulting emissions are carbon dioxide and water. As long as no fossil fuels are being used to create this fuel source, the impact on the enviroment will be minimal.
Freedom from the oil cartels and a greener earth....talk about a win-win.
How do you shatter molecules? (Not to be confused with splitting atoms)
The high energy plasma field produced by an A/C arc is sufficient to do the task. Organic material suspended in water and subjected to a plasma field will shatter the molecules. Careful monitoring of the tempurature in the reaction chamber will allow the carbon from the bio-mass and oxygen from the water to combine.
The resulting gases rise to the top of the chamber escaping the plasma arc.
Using waste products for a source of bio-mass produces a glass like by-product that must be periodically collected and removed. There are most likely several uses for this inert material, for example aggregates.
Here are just a few of the common waste products which could be converted:
Sewage
Sawdust
Paper
Used Cooking oil
Grass clippings
Plant wastes(stalks and stems)
and More
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