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The C1+ Energy System: Expanding the Methanol Economy
The C1+ Energy System: Expanding the Methanol Economy
The “C1+ Energy System” is a suggested future economy in which methanol (CH3OH), various formates (X-COOH) and dimethyl ether (CH3OCH3) replace fossil fuels as a means of energy storage, transportation fuel and raw material for short chain hydrocarbons and their products. It offers an alternative to the battery electric car, synthetic fuel or the ethanol economy. Dimethyl ether, methanol and formate derivatives can power compression ignition engines, fuel cells and turbines. Ultimately, over the next 10 years, fuels that can be produced using recycled carbon dioxide and clean hydrogen will power the globe sustainably. This is the C1+ Energy System.
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BIO-FORMATE ICE REMOVAL
Formic Acid has many applications. Uses include fuel cell hydrogen carrier, fermentation promoter, silage preservative, leather tanning, drilling mud, gas well stimulation and the base for safe commercial de-icers. The market value of the formic acid market (2017) was estimated to reach $619 Million by 2019 (850,000 tonnes per year), growing at a CAGR of 4.9%, from 2017 to 2022.
Containing the salts of formic acid, sodium formate and potassium formate, these new de-icers will perform as well as the best sodium acetate de-icers that are available on the market today. Formates break-up harmlessly in the environment, much quicker than sodium salts or acetates. Formates also have significantly less impact on water run-off from ice melt.
AlbertA's CArbon tax
Following an opinion gathering process lead by a group of business leaders, academics and policy makers, the Province of Alberta, Canada announced on November 20, 2015 an economy wide carbon dioxide tax beginning in 2017 and ramping up in 2018. Rachel Notley, Alberta’s NDP Premier made the announcement with the support of oil industry executives and the Treaty 6 First Nations. Along with environmentalist and other government supporters, most opinion leaders welcome the new toll and CO2 limits.
Clean Marine Fuels
Ocean going vessels generate significant pollution. These emissions not only affect populations living near ports and coastlines, but also those living hundreds of miles inland. Studies by the US Environmental Pollution Administration (EPA) shows the impact of maritime engine emissions reaching deep into the continent from all coastal regions. Marine diesel engines generate large quantities of NOx, fine particulate matter (PM2.5), ozone (O3) and sulfur oxides (SOx) that fail to meet the EPA Air Quality Standards. Emissions from marine propulsion cause harm to both animal and human populations near these ecologically fragile zones.Maritime engines also emit hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO) and other hazardous air pollutants that are associated with adverse health effects.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) estimates that CO2 emissions from shipping were equal to 3.3% of the global human-made emissions in 2007 and expects them to rise by as much as 72 percent by 2020 if no action is taken. Large marine diesel engines are significant contributors to our national mobile source emission inventory and their contribution is expected to grow in the future. At the current rate, NOx emissions from ships are projected to more than double to 2.1 million tons a year while annual PM2.5 emissions are expected to almost triple to 170,000 tons a year by 2030.
ChemBioPower helps find a way to reduce these emissions through safer and more efficient fuel.
A Plague of Oil Spills
In accordance with the Clean Air Act, ChemBioPower wants to provide an environmentally friendly fuel alternative to oil. We've observed countless oil spills over the past few decades that have caused environmental devastation to the harbors, oceans, and land in North America. The Clean Air Act of 1990 requires that certain facilities employ the Best Available Control Technology to control emissions. If DME is released onto the environment it evaporates nearly immediately, has a green house gas factor of one, and is non-toxic. Dimethyl Ether solves many of the problems that regular diesel and bunker fuel create when released into the environment. There are very few applications where dimethyl ether cannot replace petroleum diesel. Dimethyl Ether is the best available technology for fuels that power transportation or electricity generation.
Dimethyl Ether: The Fuel of the Future, Today
After years of silence, the U.S. Department of Energy is now supporting the development of dimethyl ether (DME). The Ford Motor Company trumped this announcement, disclosing a consortium of commercial and academic organization would develop a DME automobile. Moreover, in an interview with the Financial Times, the New York City Sanitation Commissioner portrayed a future where recycled methane and carbon dioxide could be used to make dimethyl ether and power over 6,000 sanitation vehicles.