Friday, December 25, 2020

A new iron-based catalyst converts carbon dioxide into jet fuel

Problem solved thanks to human ingenuity! Other, alternative solutions have already been developed or will emerge! 

Perhaps, one day we have planes that convert carbon dioxide into fuel as they fly! How about that!

Will the Global Warming hoax and the Climate Change religion finally end up in the dustbin of history, where it belongs!

"... Past attempts to convert carbon dioxide into fuel have relied on catalysts made of relatively expensive materials, like cobalt, and required multiple chemical processing steps. The new catalyst powder is made of inexpensive ingredients, including iron, and transforms CO2 in a single step. ..."

"... We report here a synthetic protocol to the fixation of carbon dioxide by converting it directly into aviation jet fuel using novel, inexpensive iron-based catalysts. We prepare the Fe-Mn-K catalyst by the so-called Organic Combustion Method, and the catalyst shows a carbon dioxide conversion through hydrogenation to hydrocarbons in the aviation jet fuel range of 38.2%, with a yield of 17.2%, and a selectivity of 47.8%, and with an attendant low carbon monoxide (5.6%) and methane selectivity (10.4%). The conversion reaction also produces light olefins ethylene, propylene, and butenes, totalling a yield of 8.7%, which are important raw materials for the petrochemical industry and are presently also only obtained from fossil crude oil. ..."

A new iron-based catalyst converts carbon dioxide into jet fuel | Science News Such technology could one day cut greenhouse gas emissions from air travel

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