Audi Creates Synthetic Diesel Out of Just Air and Water

dzlmoose · 11-17-2014, 11:15 PM

Audi Creates Synthetic Diesel Out of Just Air and Water

Very interesting.

Yozh · 11-18-2014, 12:16 AM

I bet BMW will tell you can not put that in your d

Pierre Louis · 11-18-2014, 02:18 AM

Don't forget the real source of the fuel: electricity. If you can create electricity without burning coal and natural gas, and from geothermal, wind, solar, and hydroelectric, then you are free to pass go and collect $100.

Puerto Rican 335d · 11-18-2014, 08:52 AM

interesting indeed Moose

demon · 11-18-2014, 10:37 PM

Very interesting, wonder what the cost per gallon is to produce?

joe_planet · 11-19-2014, 12:29 PM

so they make 160 liters per day? that's just over 40 gallons a day? so enough to power several cars lol

What_A_D · 11-29-2014, 04:37 PM

So what they are doing is basically utilizing CO2 which they are converting to CO (Carbon Monoxide) and providing hydrogen from breaking water through hydrolysis. This process involves the use of a fischer-tropsch catalyst which utilizes a syngas supply (CO+H2) to form diesel or jet fuel.

The overall end process (Fischer-Tropsch) has been around since WWII.

I can go more in depth if anybody is interested.

Quasimodem · 11-29-2014, 04:48 PM

I can create gas out of air, not diesel though, so I think this is an advancement.

GottaBeKD · 11-29-2014, 04:57 PM

I can create gas out of beans too. But energy cannot be created or destroyed.

11-17-2014, 11:15 PM	#1
dzlmoose Lieutenant 122 Rep 541 Posts Drives: Trek 7.2, 2001 M5 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Toronto, Canada iTrader: (0)	Audi Creates Synthetic Diesel Out of Just Air and Water Audi Creates Synthetic Diesel Out of Just Air and Water Very interesting.
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11-18-2014, 12:16 AM	#2
Yozh Colonel 871 Rep 2,611 Posts Drives: 2011 335d M-Sport Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Wet Coast iTrader: (4)	I bet BMW will tell you can not put that in your d
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Pierre Louis Captain 158 Rep 866 Posts Drives: 2024 i5 eDrive40 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Savannah GA iTrader: (0)	Don't forget the real source of the fuel: electricity. If you can create electricity without burning coal and natural gas, and from geothermal, wind, solar, and hydroelectric, then you are free to pass go and collect $100.
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Puerto Rican 335d Brigadier General 231 Rep 3,488 Posts Drives: Montego Blue 335d Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Puerto Rico(Dominican Republic 03/2017) iTrader: (0)	interesting indeed Moose __________________ RENNtech Flash(Lenny Wu)/WAGNER IC Enkei Rajin 18"/Execuhitch Hitch/Koni FSD Soft Ride Bike Rack/Brava Synthetic Motor Oil(Made in Puerto Rico)/Meth(in the works)/CBU done w Andrew EGR Race Pipe (whoa! what an animal it is now)
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demon Fukowee Warrior 14 Rep 118 Posts Drives: 2011 335d Msport blk on blk Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: north carolina iTrader: (0)	Very interesting, wonder what the cost per gallon is to produce?
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11-19-2014, 12:29 PM	#6
joe_planet Captain 43 Rep 800 Posts Drives: 2011 X5d Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: DFW iTrader: (1)	so they make 160 liters per day? that's just over 40 gallons a day? so enough to power several cars lol
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What_A_D Private 9 Rep 73 Posts Drives: 2011 335D Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Raleigh, NC iTrader: (0)	So what they are doing is basically utilizing CO2 which they are converting to CO (Carbon Monoxide) and providing hydrogen from breaking water through hydrolysis. This process involves the use of a fischer-tropsch catalyst which utilizes a syngas supply (CO+H2) to form diesel or jet fuel. The overall end process (Fischer-Tropsch) has been around since WWII. I can go more in depth if anybody is interested.
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Quasimodem Colonel 149 Rep 2,383 Posts Drives: 335d Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: California iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 335d US [0.00]	I can create gas out of air, not diesel though, so I think this is an advancement. __________________ Speakers: CDT Audio HD-42 comps--front doors (RAAMmat deadened), CDT ES-06 6.5" woofers--kickpanl Pods, Hertz EBX202R dual 8" ported trunk sub. Amps: Phoenix Gold RSd 500.4 (comps & pods). PG RSd 600.1 (sub). Power & Ground: 4AWG Streetwires w/RockFosgt RFDB1 distro blocks. Input: HU lineout--Kicker KISL RCA adapters--RockFosgt RFIT-6 cables--Audiocontrol Matrix--Monster cables--RSd 500.4--lineout Monstr Cabl to RSd 600.1.
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GottaBeKD Lieutenant 136 Rep 456 Posts Drives: 335d Join Date: May 2014 Location: Greater Toronto Area iTrader: (0)	I can create gas out of beans too. But energy cannot be created or destroyed.
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