Unlimited Fuel from Seawater
The U.S. Navy Just Announced the
End of Big Oil and No One Noticed
by Justin Rosario
Surf’s up! The US Navy appears to have achieved the Holy Grail of energy independence – turning seawater into fuel:
After decades of experiments, U.S. Navy scientists believe they may have solved one of the world’s great challenges: how to turn seawater into fuel.
The new fuel is initially expected to cost around $3 to $6 per gallon, according to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, which has already flown a model aircraft on it.
Curiously, this doesn’t seem to be making much of a splash (no pun intended) on the evening news. Let’s repeat this: The United States Navy has figured out how to turn seawater into fuel and it will cost about the same as gasoline.
This technology is in its infancy and it’s already this cheap? What happens when it’s refined and perfected? Oil is only getting more expensive as the easy-to-reach deposits are tapped so this truly is, as it’s being called, a “game changer.”
I expect the GOP to go ballistic over this and try to legislate it out of existence. It’s a threat to their fossil fuel masters because it will cost them trillions in profits. It’s also “green” technology and Republicans will despise it on those grounds alone. They already have a track record of trying to do this. Unfortunately, once this kind of genie is out of the bottle, it’s very hard to put back in.
There are two other aspects to this story that have not been brought up yet:
1. The process pulls carbon dioxide (the greenhouse gas driving Climate change) out of the ocean. One of the less well-publicized aspects of Climate Change is that the ocean acts like a sponge for CO2 and it’s just about reached its safe limit. The ocean is steadily becoming more acidic from all of the increased carbon dioxide. This in turn poisons delicate ecosystems like corral reefs that keep the ocean healthy.
If we pull out massive amounts of CO2, even if we burn it again, not all of it will make it back into the water. Hell, we could even pull some of it and not use it in order to return the ocean to a sustainable level. That, in turn will help pull more of the excess CO2 out of the air even as we put it back. It would be the ultimate in recycling.
2. This will devastate oil rich countries but it will get us the hell out of the Middle East (another reason Republicans will oppose this). Let’s be honest, we’re not in the Middle East for humanitarian reasons. We’re there for oil. Period. We spend trillions to secure our access to it and fight a “war” on terrorism. Take away our need to be there and, suddenly, justifying our overseas adventures gets a lot harder to sell.
And if we “leak” the technology? Every dictator propped up by oil will tumble almost overnight. Yes, it will be a bloody mess but we won’t be pissing away the lives of our military to keep scumbags in power. Let those countries figure out who they want to be without billionaire thugs and their mercenary armies running the show.
From Proud to Be a Filthy Liberal Scum @ http://proudtobeafilthyliberalscum.com/2014/04/12/u-s-navy-just-announced-end-big-oil-one-noticed/
NRL Seawater to Fuel Program
Compiled by Sterling D. Allan
Pure Energy Systems News
The power plant that
can turn water into jet fuel: Researchers hope to make the system portable
enough to fit on a warship to produce enough fuel for the ship and the planes
it carries.
The water
jet fuel: Flying a radio-controlled replica of the historic WWII P-51 Mustang
red-tail aircraft (l to r) Dr. Jeffrey Baldwin, Dr. Dennis Hardy, Dr. Heather
Willauer, and Dr. David Drab (crouched), successfully demonstrate a novel
liquid hydrocarbon fuel to power the aircraft's unmodified two-stroke internal
combustion engine. The test provides proof-of-concept for an NRL developed
process to extract carbon dioxide (CO2) and produce hydrogen gas (H2) from
seawater, subsequently catalytically converting the CO2 and H2 into fuel by a
gas-to-liquids process. See video below.
Here's a snapshot at a topic we usually only see in our exotic free energy news, not in the mainstream: water as fuel. You'll see why the mainstream is covering this and pursuing it: it is very complicated, expensive, and will take years to get to the point where it is practical. Eventually, conceptually, they say it could be used to create fuel for any vehicle without having to modify engines.
David Zweig, who was one of the people who brought this to my attention, points out that this process is a complicated version of the H-Cat (minus LENR or other anomalous heat: "US experts have found out how to extract carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas from seawater. Then, using a catalytic converter, they transformed them into a fuel by a gas-to-liquids process."
The recent milestones include flying a radio-controlled plane using 'sea fuel' in first test of new fuel; able to capture 92% of CO2 in water to create jet fuel.
Here's an excerpt from a [ NRL press release, picked up by the Daily Mail, Yahoo, among others:
The US Navy has developed a radical new fuel made from
seawater.
They say it could change the way we produce fuel - and
allow warships to stay at sea for years at a time.
Navy scientists have spent several years developing the
process to take seawater and use it as fuel, and have now used the 'game
changing' fuel to power a radio controlled plane in the first test.
The development of a liquid hydrocarbon fuel is being hailed
as 'a game-changer' because it would allow warships to remain at sea for far
longer.
The US has a fleet of 15 military oil tankers, and only
aircraft carriers and some submarines are equipped with nuclear propulsion.
All other vessels must frequently abandon their mission
for a few hours to navigate in parallel with the tanker, a delicate operation,
especially in bad weather.
The ultimate goal is to eventually get away from the
dependence on oil altogether, which would also mean the navy is no longer
hostage to potential shortages of oil or fluctuations in its cost.
The predicted cost
of jet fuel using these technologies is in the range of $3-$6 per gallon, and with sufficient funding and partnerships,
this approach could be commercially viable within the next seven to ten years.
Pursuing remote land-based options would be the first step
towards a future sea-based solution, the Navy says.
They hope the fuel will not only be able to power ships,
but also planes.
Dr Heather Willauer, an research chemist who has spent
nearly a decade on the project, said:
'For the first time we've been able to develop a
technology to get CO2 and hydrogen from seawater simultaneously, that's a big
breakthrough,' she said, adding that the fuel 'doesn't look or smell very
different.'
Now that they have demonstrated it can work, the next step
is to produce it in industrial quantities.
But before that, in partnership with several universities,
the experts want to improve the amount of CO2 and hydrogen they can capture.
Official
Websites
Parent Organization (Broader than just this project
How it Works
A beaker of
fuel(right) made from seawater by scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory
(NRL) in Washington, DC.
Dr. Heather Willauer
explains how scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC can
make fuel from seawater.
HOW to MAKE JET FUEL from WATER
The NRL process begins by extracting carbon dioxide and
hydrogen from seawater.
As seawater passes through a specially-built cell, it is
subjected to a small electric current.
This causes the seawater to exchange hydrogen ions produced
at the anode with sodium ions.
As a result, the seawater is acidified.
Meanwhile, at the cathode, the water is reduced to
hydrogen gas and sodium hydroxide is formed.
The end product is hydrogen and carbon dioxide gas, and
the sodium hydroxide is added to the leftover seawater to neutralize its
acidity.
In the next step, the hydrogen and carbon dioxide are
passed into a heated reaction chamber with an iron catalyst.
The gases combine and form long-chained unsaturated
hydrocarbons with methane as a by-product.
The unsaturated hydrocarbons are then made to form longer
hydrocarbon molecules containing six to nine carbon atoms.
Energy
breakdown
Quoting from NavyTimes
According to the journal article, which was written by
Navy researchers, here's how 100,000 gallons of JP-5 could be made in a day:
Step 1: A processing plant would extract
carbon dioxide from 2.35 billion gallons of water — enough to fill the 2012
Olympic swimming pool 2,400 times. This water would yield about 11.9 million
gallons worth of carbon dioxide.
Step 2: Another process will produce
hydrogen from ocean water. Through reverse osmosis, fresh water will be
extracted from ocean water. The two hydrogen atoms from the freshwater
molecules will be separated from the oxygen atom. The hydrogen atoms will be
collected while the oxygen atoms will be vented away.
Step 3: The hydrogen and carbon dioxide
from the first two steps will be used in a catalytic conversion process. The
end result is water, heat, and, most importantly, synthetic hydrocarbon, or
fuel. Theoretically, the process could be tailored to produce any sort of
hydrocarbon fuel, not just JP-5, according to the report.
The leftover water and heat generated could be harnessed
and recycled into the system, making it more efficient.
This process would require an outside energy source to
cause the various reactions. Nuclear power systems, such as the ones used on
aircraft carriers and submarines, could be one option. Another could be ocean
thermal energy conversion, a process where the temperature differences between
warm water near the ocean's surface and colder water at deeper depths are used
to turn an engine and create electricity.
The study doesn't answer some big questions, however.
For example, how would all the necessary equipment to
process hundreds of thousands of ocean water per day fit on an aircraft
carrier?
To be determined.
"The key is funding research to reduce the power
needed for the process, so more fuel can be made," said Heather Willauer,
a NRL chemist and one of the writers of the study. "In addition, research
focus should be directed toward reducing the size, weight and footprint of the
technologies to make it feasible for a sea-based process."
The analysis estimated fuel from this process would cost
between $3 and $6 per gallon, including initial start-up costs. The report
cited the Navy's 2011 average cost for JP-5 at $3.51; media reports have put
that number closer to $4. These prices don't include shipping and storage
costs, which would be cut drastically or eliminated by making JP-5 at sea.
"Historical data suggest that in nine years, the
price of fuel for the Navy could be well over the price of producing a
synthetic jet fuel at sea," the journal article says.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has set goals to cut the Navy and
Marine Corps' use of fossil fuels, calling for using alternative fuels for 50
percent of the Navy Department's total energy usage by 2020.
His plan has come under attack, largely from Republicans,
who say the Navy should not pursue alternative fuel program until alternative
fuels are more cost-effective. The Navy's work in alternative liquid fuels has
used a blend of traditional fuels mixed with either an algae- or camelina-based
based fuel.
Videos
Creating Fuel from Seawater
- Navy researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Materials Science and Technology Division, demonstrate proof-of-concept of novel NRL technologies developed for the recovery of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) from seawater and conversion to a liquid hydrocarbon fuel. (YouTube; April 7, 2014)
Profile: U.S. Naval Research
Laboratory
Quoting from NRL.Navy.mil
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is the Navy's
full-spectrum corporate laboratory, conducting a broadly based
multidisciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological
development. The Laboratory, with a total complement of nearly 2,800 personnel,
is located in southwest Washington, D.C., with other major sites at the Stennis
Space Center, Miss., and Monterey, Calif. NRL has served the Navy and the
nation for over 90 years and continues to meet the complex technological challenges
of today's world. For more information, visit the NRL homepage
or join the conversation on Twitter, Facebook,
and YouTube.
In the
News
NRL Seawater to Fuel Program - It's basically a non-LENR
variation of the H-Cat: electrolyzing H, combined with CO2 in a catalytic
process, to make fuel. Maybe a decade before it's ready to deploy in on-site
fuel creation in ocean applications. Meanwhile, they just flew a model plane on
the fuel. (PESN; April 8, 2014) - Scale Model WWII Craft Takes Flight With Fuel From the Sea Concept - NRL Press Release, April 7, 2014
- Could you soon be filling up with SEAWATER? US Navy reveals 'game changing' fuel created from water - (DailyMail.co.uk; April 7, 2014)
- US Navy 'game-changer': converting seawater into fuel - "US experts have found out how to extract carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas from seawater. Then, using a catalytic converter, they transformed them into a fuel by a gas-to-liquids process." (Yahoo News; April 7, 2014)
- Navy eyes turning sea water into jet fuel - Reshuffling water molecules could propel Navy's aircraft, but tech has a long way to go (NavyTimes; October 13, 2012)
- Fueling the Fleet, Navy Looks to the Seas - Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are developing a process to extract carbon dioxide (CO2) and produce hydrogen gas (H2) from seawater, subsequently catalytically converting the CO2 and H2 into jet fuel by a gas-to-liquids process. (NRL; September 24, 2012)
Contact
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These days fuel prices are increasing.Production of fuel from sea water is one of the latest technology, which is developed by U.S.Naval Research Laboratory.In this sea water converts into jet fuel.Hope this will be helpful to the shipping industry for fuel problems.
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