Southern Research Institute has entered into a $ 1.5 - million cooperative agreement with the US Department of Energy to test an innovative method for producing
liquid transportation fuels from coal and biomass, thereby improving the economics and lifecycle impacts of coal - to - liquid (CTL) and coal - biomass - to - liquid (CBTL) processes.
Dr. Ramage chaired the National Acdemies reports «The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs», «Resource Requirements for a Hydrogen Economy», «Alternative
Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass», and «Transitions To Alternative Transportation Technologies: A Focus on Plug - In Hybrid Electric Vehicles».
JCAP researchers are focused on achieving the major scientific breakthroughs needed to produce
liquid transportation fuels from a combination of sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, using artificial photosynthesis.
Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass: Technological Status, Costs, and Environmental Impacts
Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass: Technological Status, Costs, and Environmental Impacts
Not exact matches
If we were trying to make
liquid transportation fuels to replace all
transportation fuels in the U.S. and you try and do that
from corn it would take a facility three times the size of the continental U.S..
«There is a pressing need for a game - changing approach to produce alternative, drop - in,
liquid transportation fuels by sustainable, technologically viable and environmentally acceptable emissions processes
from abundant, low - cost, renewable materials.
David Adam of The Guardian reported over the weekend on the first international conference on «coal to
liquids,» in Paris, at which a host of officials
from around the world excitedly described a host of new coal - to -
liquids initiatives aimed at securing flows of
transportation fuel in a world facing high oil prices for a long time to come.
Question asked: «What ideas are out there for shaping
transportation choices as China, India, Mexico, and other countries race toward prosperity so they avoid the traps of sprawl, of ever - growing demand for
liquid fuels, of the insulation
from community that comes when you're camped alone on a congested freeway?»
What ideas are out there for shaping
transportation choices as China, India, Mexico, and other countries race toward prosperity so they avoid the traps of sprawl, of ever - growing demand for
liquid fuels, of the insulation
from community that comes when you're camped alone on a congested freeway?
The study also found that both BTL - RC - CCS (biomass - to -
liquids, with recycling of unconverted syngas to maximize FTL output and CCS) and cellulosic ethanol with CCS (EtOH - CCS) have negative GHGI emission values that can be exploited to offset GHG missions
from difficult to decarbonize energy sources such as
transportation fuels derived
from crude oil.
Biofuels:
Liquid fuels and blending components produced
from biomass feedstocks, used primarily for
transportation.
One is electricity for use in homes, buildings, and industry and the other is
transportation, which is powered primarily by
liquid fuels (gasoline and diesel)
from oil.
We are conducting our own research efforts into alternative energy, such as through sponsorship of the Global Climate and Energy Project at Stanford University and research into
liquid products
from algae and biomass that can be further converted to
transportation fuels.
«In terms of energy policy and the potential to shift
transportation away
from liquid fuels to the electric grid, PHEVs may prove to be nothing short of revolutionary.»
The term output means some or all of the
liquid or gaseous
transportation fuels produced
from the project, as specified in the loan agreement.
The term coal - to -
liquid fuel means any
transportation - grade
liquid fuel derived primarily
from coal (including peat) and produced at a qualified coal - to -
liquid facility.
Despite rising
fuel prices, use of
liquids for
transportation increases by an average of 1.1 % per year, or 38 % overall,
from 2010 to 2040.
The
transportation sector accounts for 63 % of the total increase in
liquid fuel use
from 2010 to 2040, and the remainder is attributed to the industrial sector, where the chemicals industry continues to consume large quantities of petroleum throughout the projection.
The term qualified coal - to -
liquid facility means a manufacturing facility that has the capacity to produce at least 10,000 barrels per day of
transportation grade
liquid fuels from a feedstock that is primarily domestic coal (including peat and any property which allows for the capture,
transportation, or sequestration of by - products resulting
from such process, including carbon emissions).
In a new report, «Biofuels for
Transportation Markets», Navigant Research forecasts that global demand for biofuels in the road transportation sector will grow from representing almost 6 % of the liquid fuels market in 2013 to roughl
Transportation Markets», Navigant Research forecasts that global demand for biofuels in the road
transportation sector will grow from representing almost 6 % of the liquid fuels market in 2013 to roughl
transportation sector will grow
from representing almost 6 % of the
liquid fuels market in 2013 to roughly 8 % by 2022.
Transportation, which accounts for about 40 percent of the world's energy use, relies overwhelmingly on
liquid fuels produced
from oil.