Doug, see this http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_April_27/ai_73706352 I worked on this project, in this field. It is entirely possible to break down carbonaceous materials in an oxygen free or deficient atmosphere, to gas, oil, and carbon. I never was a believer in the "catalyst", I always thought it was hocus-pocus. It was never explained to me how it worked.
At least theoretically, there is enough energy contained in the materials to create enough heat to break down, the material, and throw off additional oil/gas beyond what is required to operate the process. (someone was also doing this with turkey carcasses near a turkey processing plant). Think of it as burning a huge candle and continuing to pour off the liquid wax before it all burns. There is also a plant constructed in Japan which uses a high voltage arc plasma to de-polymerize material (garbage), and one proposed for a Florida site, to mine the landfill for fuel (waste to energy for a gas turbine electric generation site). -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of doug swanson Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 8:00 PM To: Biofuel List Subject: [Biofuel] Something called "nanodiesel" what's the deal with this? I'd like to get the opinions of those on this list, regarding the info on the following site: http://www.cleanenergyprojects.com/ from their first page: A new technology of global importance now offering unrivalled potential for energy recycling, waste management and optimized environmental protection is about to break through: CDP (CATALYTIC PRESSURE-LESS DEPOLYMERIZATION (OILING)) New crystalline catalysts combined with a highly innovative process technology now allow the competitive production of synthetic oil products directly from residual and biologically regenerating raw materials! The future way of economical production of high quality synthetic Diesel fuel: . After years of intensive catalyst and process research the breakthrough of reproducing the natural way of fossil oil production within a process duration turned down from hundreds of millions of years to now only 3 (three) minutes has finally become reality! . This causes the synthetic Diesel fuel "NanoDieselT" produced by this method to be fully competitive. . With most of the input materials the quality of the synthetic fuel produced by this new ground breaking method is even higher than that of regular Diesel fuel available at gas stations. . Cost per Gallon of Diesel produced between 0,52 & 0,58 US$ without Government subsidies. . Elimination of almost all environmental pollution through inorganic transformation of harmful substances into salts and crystals, based on the ion changing characteristics of the GP-Cat, our proprietary Catalyst. . For the first time this method now allows active environmental protection as well as optimized energy production from industrial residuals, waste and biologically regenerating raw materials in perfect combination and free of any conflicts. . Environmental protection as future leading sources of energy and job production -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * All generalizations are false. Including this one. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This email is constructed entirely with OpenSource Software. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
