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Originally Posted by dcb
But ZF, hydrogen is still a half-baked energy storage medium, no? You would be better off compressing air with the energy it takes to make hydrogen. I mean folks throw the term "renewable hydrogen" around, but the typical plan is a very inefficient use of electricity.
And, speaking of x-prize, ZF, how is making Carbamide from natural gas "zero fuel" anyway? It is an interesting way to carry energy, I will give you that much, but the hard part in making it "renewable" is left undone for the x-prize competition AFAICT.
i.e. How do you plan on separating the N from the O coming out of the industrial plant?
and How do you plan to make "renewable hydrogen"?
I do think it is a very interesting and unique approach, but would like to see how efficiently it compares to, say, LiFeP04 storage of "renewable" energy.
ob chicken: I wonder if I put a steam boiler on my rocket stove and started cramming feathers in there if it would burn anywhere near clean and make my bike move?  |
Hey dcb
I'll try to answer your questions the best I can, but you must remember ZF is proprietary & we have an NDA with the X prize. You can be rest assured this in not half baked , as the X prize had to take a close look at our fuel, infrastructure & business plan to accept Alternative Fuel Sciences & ZeroFuel into the competition. We at AFS applaud the X prize for their insight.
Components of ZF are: H2, N, CO2
H2 is produced primarily from steam reformation of natural gas, a fairly clean & cheap art. H2 can be produced from renewable also. One of our goals is to have the current art & the renewable producing side by side with the renewable eventually making all or most of the H2 for ZF. At that level ZF's GHG emissions is "0".
Another form of making H2 & using a valuable resource that is being totally wasted is stranded gas. Part of our business plan is to setup skid pad factories at the drilling sites that have stranded gas. Steam reformation can be performed & the N & CO2 is drawn from the atmosphere. You get solid carbamide (ZF), cheap & safe to ship.
Factories will give AFS continues N & CO2 feedstock to produce ZF. The CO2 is sequestered and only emitted upon combustion, producing a net "0" CO2 emissions.
The 2 fuels produced by the ZF on board decomposition process is NH3 & H2. NH3 emits N & H20, H2 emits H20.
By using the formulas given to us by the X prize for MPGe & WTWGHG emissions ZF will be a very competitive fuel during the competition.
So in summary ZeroFuel has solved:
Safety: non-toxic, non-flammable or explosive
Storage: "0" PSI, easy to transport, 0-0-0-0 DOT rated
Range: vehicle only limited by size of fuel tank
Emissions: "0", N & H2O
Sustainable: endless feedstock, does not interrupt food supply
Performance: can fit any consumer segment with NH3 130+ octane
Lowest cost per mile of any other fuel: with the above arts, & home filling stations able to buy in quantities.