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How to make synthetic fuels?

abcdggs · 2009-03-04 12:45:30

I'm a chemical engineering student in ucd. i have an assignement on synthetic fuels, so i googled it but nothing i have come across has helped me understand how you make coal or biomass into a "synthetic fuel". anyone able to hekp me out witht his as it would be very beneficial to understand what i'm writing about. thanks J

04-03-2009 12:45pm

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I'm a chemical engineering student in ucd. i have an assignement on synthetic fuels, so i googled it but nothing i have come across has helped me understand how you make coal or biomass into a "synthetic fuel". anyone able to hekp me out witht his as it would be very beneficial to understand what i'm writing about. thanks
J

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#2 04-03-2009 10:57pm

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_gas
producer gas was used here during the war to allow cars to run on turf, anything mostly carbon will , even blast furnace waste gas can be used
Coal + steam = producer gas mostly hydrogen and carbon monoxide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_gas_shift_reaction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer-Tropsch

look at ethane + steam = ethanol

or methanol from methane

lookup the guys distilling chickens into fuel

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