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Re: Testing fuel quality, performance, and safety
Hydrogen combustion using conventional excess air levels doubles the flame temperature and produces high NOx levels. When IGCC was being promoted as a way to generate hydrogen for use in a combined c… (View Post)3 -
Re: Target Industry and End-Uses of Green Fuels
Jet fuel is primarily kerosene. The FT process produces several hydrocarbon fuels. I suggested jet fuel because the airline industry does not have very many other options. The is no electric plane, n… (View Post)1 -
Re: Target Industry and End-Uses of Green Fuels
CO2 is routinely captured from natural gas wells and vented. Both Texas and California have oil fields that are amenable to CO2 enhanced oil recovery. Additional pipelines are needed to move that CO2… (View Post)3 -
Re: Draft Timeline
Pilot plant development always takes more time and money than planned. For the CARBON XPRIZE, we selected the 10 finalists by early 2018. We allowed about 1 year for fund raising, design, and permitt… (View Post)3 -
Re: Poll: Prize Competition Directions
The world is covered with water. Unfortunately, most of it is salt water in the oceans. Desalination has been used to provide potable water, but costs are often a problem. I think we should consider … (View Post)2