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12-08-04, 19:48

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Instead of burning coal, the zero-emissions plant uses a process in which
coal is turned into a synthetic gas. Hydrogen is drawn off and used to
generate electricity, power hydrogen cars and could provide fuel for future
uses.
The process also produces carbon dioxide, and the larger novelty of the
plant is depositing the carbon dioxide underground. U.S. Department of
Energy officials think three types of underground storage can be used: oil
reservoirs, coal seams and deep saline aquifers.
"You will capture it, compress it to the point it becomes liquid and pump it
underground where it won't ever bother us again," ... Research on pumping carbon dioxide into the ground already is being
conducted near Russell, where carbon dioxide created at an ethanol plant is
being injected into oil reservoirs, state officials said. The carbon dioxide
can be used to remove oil that couldn't be pumped out with an oil derrick,
an added benefit that would allow Kansas to increase its oil production if
it got the plant.
"They have gotten the easier stuff, and have to work a little harder to get
the rest of it," Silver said.
It's estimated that Kansas has used up about 50 percent of its oil reserves,
and that the process could recover 25 percent. <!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote>

the gist of it is tantalizing for the world,
more oil, more hydrogen, less CO2.
hope it works.

12-08-04, 19:48	#3 (permalink)
~hippie3 Guest Posts: n/a	<blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1>quote:</font> Instead of burning coal, the zero-emissions plant uses a process in which coal is turned into a synthetic gas. Hydrogen is drawn off and used to generate electricity, power hydrogen cars and could provide fuel for future uses. The process also produces carbon dioxide, and the larger novelty of the plant is depositing the carbon dioxide underground. U.S. Department of Energy officials think three types of underground storage can be used: oil reservoirs, coal seams and deep saline aquifers. "You will capture it, compress it to the point it becomes liquid and pump it underground where it won't ever bother us again," ... Research on pumping carbon dioxide into the ground already is being conducted near Russell, where carbon dioxide created at an ethanol plant is being injected into oil reservoirs, state officials said. The carbon dioxide can be used to remove oil that couldn't be pumped out with an oil derrick, an added benefit that would allow Kansas to increase its oil production if it got the plant. "They have gotten the easier stuff, and have to work a little harder to get the rest of it," Silver said. It's estimated that Kansas has used up about 50 percent of its oil reserves, and that the process could recover 25 percent. <!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote> the gist of it is tantalizing for the world, more oil, more hydrogen, less CO2. hope it works.