Dr. A. Urakawa's research group has developed a productive process for the synthesis of methanol (an excellent fuel and a key starting material) via continuous catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 under high-pressure conditions.
1. How much energy is needed to obtain H gas? 2. The atmosphere contains only about 400 ppm of CO2, so how much energy is needed to obtain CO2? 3. Plants need CO2 for photosynthesis to give us O gas and food. Chemically speaking and in practice, higher CO2 levels lead to more plant growth. The pitiful level of 400ppm (0.04%) plays little impact on 'global warming'. The activities of the SUN and water vapour/clouds play a HUGE role in regulating our climate. THINK!!
Thank you for your work Dr. Urakawa's. I always knew this was possible, ever since I took chem 101, early on in my engineering education. I was always interested in this technology, and have been always thinking about this as the way we can move forward. Very impressive results, and its a very feasible technology. This can be used today. However, its not the technology as we know, its more of the political will to implement the technology. Brilliant set up as well. Thank you again, and I look forward to mass use of such technology in the future.
well, the process is interesting, but I hardly see it as a viable way to convert CO2 from fossil fuels combustion into a useful product. here CO2 is pure and already compressed and liquefied. in real world conditions CO2 is a lot, diluted and at ambient pressure. CO2 capture (by means of amine absorption for example) and compression is very energy-intesive.
catalysts membranes and graphite coated fine 1000 nanometer copper wire using fast switching potential divider circuits c02 removal UK... York University... turn c02 into a thick white paste with very little power consumed... amazing... excellent video.
That is interesting to me, i've been brainstorming about this for a while now. Finding an effective medium to store hydrogen and reducing the co2 in the atmosphere. Thanks for your research!
