• A_A@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    62·
    1 year ago

    Electrofuel : great potential here I believe.

    In September 2022, Finnish company Q Power sold P2X Solutions a synthetic methane production unit to be delivered in 2024 in Harjavalta, Finland, next to its 20 MW green hydrogen production plant.

    More here : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrofuel

    • eleitl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      The more interesting approach is synmethanol, particularly via electrosynthesis. Only half of energy density of gasoline, and suitable for fuel cells, including DMFCs.

        • eleitl@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Haber-Bosch for fertilizer, Fischer-Tropsch for synfuel.

          But, really, we need something with mild conditions and preferably something directly electrosynthesis driven. Large potential for improvement in both.

            • eleitl@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              The Haber-Bosch approach to breaking the nitrogen triple bond takes a lot of energy in terms of high pressure and temperature which is not present in the product, hence wasted. Ammonia is a fertilizer either as gas or as ammonium nitrate, and too precious to burn.

              Another random fact: half of the combustion enthalpy present in liquid hydrogen has been spent on its liquification.

      • A_A@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) still have low power densities … so maybe we should look at molten carbonate fuel cells or simple heat engines ? Anyway, synmethanol looks great !