A device for making gasoline from carbon dioxide and hydrogen is being tested in China. It’s truly amazing as the technology not only removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere but also makes a valuable product.
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and subscribe to my Youtube channel at Kralizec Gaming Youtube ChannelCarbon dioxide is not pure evil. It is also a resource that can be used. Through hydrogenation, it can be turned into organic fuels and chemicals. Such technologies kill two birds with one stone. They remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and also bring interesting products to the market. But the chemical reactions requires are problematic.
A technological demonstrator that makes gasoline from carbon dioxide can be found in China in the Zoucheng technological part. It should make up to 1,000 tons of gasoline per year. Recently, China announced that the device successfully completed the pilot and all associated tests.
The project is a combined effort by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) and the Zhuhai Futian Energy Technology Co., Ltd. The earliest design of the technology is quite old coming from 2017 when Chinese scientists published information about it in Nature Communications.
The technological demonstrator was built in 2020. In October of 2021, the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation evaluated the first run. It seems that devices are highly effective and converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen, decent and selectively converting them into gasoline and all of this while being economical at using up the carbon dioxide and the hydrogen.
The Chinese demonstrator makes “green” gasoline with an octane number higher than 90. The whole process also uses not that much energy. Chinese experts say the new technology is a completely new platform for the use of carbon dioxide and provides a new strategy for building a carbon-neutral economy.
