Novel reaction for new fuels

Conference · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (United States)

OSTI ID:7150032

Clyde, R A ^[1]

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1. Clyde Engineering, New Orleans, LA (United States)

Independent investigators have found that sugar can be fermented to alcohol for gasohol in 15 minutes by immobilizing organisms such as Zymomonas mobilis on rotating fibers. Half a pound of Celite has the surface area of a football field and it can be entrapped in the fibers to hold many cells. Many others take several hours. In another design, methanol can be dissociated to CO and H{sub 2} and 30% more energy obtained because waste heat is utilized. When one mol goes to three there is an expansion, and this is provided for. Both these designs result in clean fuels and are covered by U.S. patents.

• OSTI ID: 7150032
• Report Number(s): CONF-900802-; CODEN: ACPCA
• Journal Information: American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints; (United States), Vol. 35:4; Conference: 200. American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting, Washington, DC (United States), 26-31 Aug 1990; ISSN 0569-3799
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
BIOREACTORS
DESIGN
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHESIS
CARBON MONOXIDE
DISSOCIATION
ETHANOL
FERMENTATION
FIBERS
GASOHOL
HYDROGEN
IMMOBILIZED CELLS
METHANOL
SUGAR CANE
ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS
ALCOHOLS
BACTERIA
BIOCONVERSION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
ELEMENTS
FUELS
GRAMINEAE
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
LILIOPSIDA
LIQUID FUELS
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
MICROORGANISMS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
REEDS
090900* - Biomass Fuels- Processing- (1990-)