Joan, using your chemistry background...Revolutionary New Fuel Technology
could you please comment or remark if you
heard anything about this as being real,
as this might just be another Pump & Dump scam.
From: Zeev Hed
Thursday, May 11, 2000
... have heard of this scheme some 50 years ago
(the German tried it in WWII before they finally
used the T-P process of coal gasification)...
Energetically, not impossible, extremely difficult
without the right catalysts.....Zeev
To: Zeev Hed
From: Doug A K
Thursday, May 11, 2000
... Another Billion US dollar pilot plant potential.
Zeev, I was going to post this onto your A to Zeev Thread.....
...riches from the dirt type play.....
stockhouse.com
Silverado Gold Mines Ltd. (SLGLF:OTC:BB)
Website: silverado.com
stockhouse.com
Revolutionary New Fuel Technology
The new fuel is called LRCWF
or "Low-Rank Coal-Water Fuel".
The first step in the process is the crushing
and super-fine grinding of sub-bituminous coal
to create the LRC (low-rank coal) particle.
Then, hydrothermal treatment involves heating LRC
to coal specific temperatures in an aqueous phase
maintained by pressures above the saturated steam pressure
(typically around 285 degrees C and 1500 psig),
somewhat analogous to pressure cooking.
Water expands and is expelled from most
of the pores when much of the oxygen in LRC
is released as CO2 during heating.
This eliminates most of the pore bound moisture
and that held by the LRC''s oxygen functionalities.
When CO2 is lost, cations are also released into
the water phase eliminating the inherent water
associated with LRC cations.
However, a key to permanent moisture removal
is the evolution of some of the LRC volatile matter
as waxy substances upon heating.
Waxy material, being hydrophobic, is retained
on the LRC in the pressurized aqueous environment.
Upon cooling it seals most of the micro-pores
and limits moisture reabsorbtion.
Following hydrothermal treatment there is a
net increase in the energy content of the
dry LRC since most of the volatile matter
is retained and LRC carbon lost as CO2
is already oxidised.
The particles are then re-mixed with the
water recovered from their de-hydration
and the fuel is complete.
The fuel will not ignite on its own,
but when fired under pressure injection,
it burns with a hot stable flame.
The particles literally explode upon heating
for rapid ignition and complete carbon burnout.
... estimates of cost of production
on a small scale compare to oil
at about U.S.$17 per barrel.
MARKET POTENTIAL
The multi-billion dollar market potential
as a replacement fuel for world-wide heat
and electrical generation is just a beginning
for this revolutionary fuel. In addition.....
... estimated value to five hundred million dollars
($U.S. 500,000,000).
The Company is confident that it now has
a solid foundation on which to build a
highly profitable energy and precious metals
enterprise..... |
