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Basic Technical Information on TrueFuel TECHNICAL REPORT US Energy Mix
Renewable Energy
1998 Energy use: 94.2 quadrillion BTUs -- 7 quadrillion renewable TrueFuelä TrueFuel
gas is a renewable fuel when its carbon comes from non-fossil sources TrueFuel
gas may be formed from raw and waste fossil and non-fossil carbon feedstocks to
replace natural gas, coal, petroleum and other renewables
Supply
Problems World
economies need quality medium-heat fuels A
medium-heat fuel is one that can be used in industry for process heat, in
engines and for metal treatment Price
is increasing for all fossil fuels Fossil
fuel pollution is increasing Predicted
future: reliance on renewable hydrogen and carbon carrier medium-heat fuels TrueFuel
– A Significant Advance Process
-- Gasifying carbon to form “TrueFuel” (a synthesis gas) The
TrueFuel Process solves major limitations of R&D biomass gasifiers °
TrueFuel contains no tars ° TrueFuel is easily filtered as it flows from its
production cell (T less than 100 degrees
centigrade; pressure near one atmosphere) ° TrueFuel does not need to be “scrubbed.” TrueFuel has low concentrations of carbon dioxide and nitrogen. Sulfur gases have not been detected.
Properties of TrueFuel
(preliminary) Gas
composition (by NASA) Hydrogen
46% Carbon
monoxide 38% Sum
of C2H2, C2H2, CH4 1% Sum of non-fuel gases 17% Average
molecular weight °
Calculated (NASA analysis) 17.6
Heat
content °
Calculated (NASA analysis) 308 BTU/Cu. Ft. Performance
of TrueFuel (preliminary) Automobile
Engine Emissions (by EPA)
ppm
= Parts Per Million Thermodynamics of TrueFuel Thermodynamic
Estimates Chemical
Reaction Heat BTU/lb-C 1.
C + O2 = CO2
14,000 (released) 2.
C + H2O = H2 + CO
4,700 (required) 3.
H2 + CO = CO2 + H2O
18,700 (released) Carbon
burns by Rxn 1. TrueFuel is made and burned by Rxns 2 and 3. The
sum of Rxns 2 & 3 is the same as Rxn 1 The
carrier products H2 + CO have a greater sum of heat combustion than C
(i.e. they store added electrical power and release it in their combustion) (Rxn
= Reaction) Producer
Energy/Input Electrical Energy Maximum
ratio = 3 / 1 Simple
thermodynamic estimates allow the possibility that the TrueFuel process will
generate enough TrueFuel to sustain itself and provide surplus product Caution:
There are process energy losses and expenditures that will reduce the ratio. A
world-class testing laboratory will perform this evaluation Feedstocks Carbon
Electrodes Chemical
Industry – carbon electrodes (non-local purchase) Carbon
waste adjuncts – sugars, glycols, phenols, etc. (local – charge fee)
Water
(local) Fresh
or salty water Water
from contaminated food processors, cloth dying, pharmaceutical manufacturing
(fees assessed for the disposal of such water) Electricity
Public
utility (non-local; purchase during period of most favorable rates) Non-utility
(local; purchase low quality power)
Economics
Evaluations
are being conducted using on-site fueling of engines and generators using
TrueFuel Goal
-- Positive cash-flow sum for feedstocks Safety of TrueFuel Negative
Features TrueFuel
contains 38% CO, which is toxic Positives
When
TrueFuel is released into the atmosphere, it rises and disperses TrueFuel
is mostly a mixture of H2 and CO, but is not as explosive as pure H2 TrueFuel
is similar to “town gas” which was used in the United States until it was
displaced by natural gas Customer
Profile Energy
Deficient Zones Need
for low cost reliable fuel supply not tied to fossil fuels Establishing
biomass energy economics
Special
Locations California
New
York South
America Asia
Africa
Islands:
Hawaii, Indonesia, Philippines Example:
Regions using similar fuel: Hong
Kong (Towngas corporation) South
Africa (Sasol) This
report was prepared by Dr. Jack Durham and Dr. Jerry Moore: Dr.
Jack Durham Dr.
Durham is President of Durham Environmental, LLC, an environmental consulting
firm. Dr. Durham was a staff chemist with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency for 17 years. Dr. Durham’s duties at the EPA included serving as the
advisor to the Administrator on the pollution caused by the 789 oil wells set
afire in Kuwait by Iraq. Dr. Durham has his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the
University of New Brunswick. Dr.
Durham advised the EPA Administrator on the pollution caused by 789 oil wells
set afire by Iraq in Kuwait. At the EPA, Dr. Durham managed many key projects,
including the project on global climate change, getting fuel from forests,
replacing all coal and petroleum use by growing and harvesting forest land. He
also managed a project on generating power from charred wood from forest fires
using turbines. For the EPA, Dr. Durham looked at every form of recyclable or
green energy, including biomass and animal waste. Dr. Durham studied geothermal
energy from lava and ocean thermal sources such as sequestered methane. He
studied making energy from garbage, including recycling rubber tires. Dr. Durham
managed the EPA’s oil shale project. He managed the coal conversion project,
studying coal gasification, liquefaction, and in situ extraction. Dr.
Jerry Moore Dr.
Moore is an environmental consultant to some 20 companies. Dr. Moore was a
Charter Member of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) where
he served from the EPA's founding until 1998. Dr. Moore chaired the Air Research
Committee in the Office of Research and Development for the Office of Health and
Environmental Assessment and was Co-Chair of the Water Research Committee. Dr.
Moore also served on the Alternate Fuel Research Committee. Dr. Moore has his
Ph. D. from HEED University and his Juris Doctor degree from LaSalle University.
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