Synthetic carbonaceous fuels and feedstocks from oxides of carbon and nuclear power
A study has been made on converting alternative sources of oxides of carbon (CO and CO/sub 2/) to synthetic methanol with nuclear power generated electrolytic hydrogen and oxygen. The sources of CO and CO/sub 2/ include (1) the oxygen blown blast furnace which produces CO as a by-product from hot metal production, (2) the steam calcination of limestone which produces CO/sub 2/ as a by-product of the lime and cement industry, (3) fossil fuel power plant stack gas as a source of CO/sub 2/ and, (4) the atmosphere, from which CO/sub 2/ is recovered in a novel carbonate electrolytic cell. The recovered CO or CO/sub 2/ is catalytically combined with electrolytic H/sub 2/ to produce the synthetic fuels. In these systems, the conservation, efficiency, and environmental control of coal utilization is significantly improved. Blast furnace CO could supply up to 20 percent of the gasoline demand in the US at a 1985 cost of 56 to 60 cents/gallon, breaking even with $19/Bbl imported oil. The CO/sub 2/ from steam calcination of limestone could supply about 9 percent of the gasoline demand and the recovered CO/sub 2/ from only 60 percent of the coal fired powered plants in the country could supply all of todays gasoline demand in the country (approximately 100 billion gallons/yr). The 1985 cost estimates for carbon dioxide based gasoline range from 68 cents/gallon for the highly concentrated calciner CO/sub 2/ feedstream to 83 cents/gallon for the very dilute atmospheric CO/sub 2/ feed, breaking even with $21 to $28/barrel oil for conventional gasoline. The dominating cost factor is the electrical power cost from the nuclear plant. The sharing of peaking and base load costs between the power and synthetic fuels consumers offers a cost and energy effective system.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-02-0016
- OSTI ID:
- 7220354
- Report Number(s):
- BNL--22785; CONF-770804--4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
ALCOHOLS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC POWER
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FUELS
GASOLINE
HYDROGENATION
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
METHANOL
NUCLEAR POWER
OFF-PEAK POWER
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POWER
PROCESS HEAT REACTORS
REACTORS
RECOVERY
SYNTHESIS
SYNTHETIC FUELS