Any chemists on board? This sounds much better than Methane reactor. Kirk
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=169 methanol from CO2 I recently tried this process, which describes the conversion of CO2 into methanol, utilizing an electric cell... I did not have success, i think the current density was too high. The patent text itself doesnt lose a single word about the preferred current density.... United States Patent 3,959,094 Steinberg May 25, 1976 EXAMPLE A 33% aqueous KOH solution containing 3.2% CO.sub.2 is circulated through absorber 12 countercurrent to air until the KOH solution is 50% converted to K.sub.2 CO.sub.3 and containing 6.5% CO.sub.2. The potassium hydroxide-carbonate solution is electrolyzed with at least 1.4 volts D.C. current until 50% of the dissolved CO.sub.2 is converted to CH.sub.3 OH. The concentration of methanol is 2.3% by weight. All the methanol is essentially distilled from solution and recovered. The energy requirements for the above are as follows: Energy for CO.sub.2 absorption from air and distillation of methanol 0.8 Energy for electrolytic reduction 3.6 4.4 Kwh per lb. of CH.sub.3 OH This is equivalent to 29.0 Kwh(e)/gal- lon CH.sub.3 OH [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/uetFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
