US chemical conference – fuels from CO2 and hydrogen

Production, Aug  24  2009 (The Hydrogen Journal)

– A meeting was held during the 238th American Chemical Society national meeting, looking at ways to make jet fuel by reacting carbon dioxide with hydrogen, with researches from the US Naval Research Laboratory, according to an article on Green Car Congress.com.

Normally a large amount of energy would be needed to make the reaction happen (which is not a useful way to make a fuel). But scientists believe that the amount of energy required could be reduced with catalysts.

Tests were made using Co/Pt/Al2O3 catalyst under a range of different concentrations of CO2 : H2 and different pressures.

The UK´s University of Liverpool is also investigating ways to convert CO2 to organic molecules, using electricity as an energy source.

Green Car Congress article

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