[Bioconversion] Use of syngas

[Les Blevins]

Tom

How about converting syngas to fuels or oils? What are the most appropriate pathways?

Of syngas-to-catalyst, or syngas-to-microbes, or syngas-to-hydrocracking which would you say will likely prove more efficient, resilient and cost effective?

I've heard it said that eventually all three will likely find their niches.

Les Blevins
AAEC
aaecorp.com 

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Dear Paul and Aul:

Chemistry is the backbone of fuels and there aren't many chemists on 
these lists.  There are better feedstocks than sow's ears for making 
silk purses.

Oil is basically CH2 and great for many uses.  Biodiesel is CH2O0.1, so 
is a diodegradable oil and is vauable as such.  Silly to make it into 
methane, CH4.

Most biomass is mostly carbohydrate,  CH2O.  It is easily 
disproportionated according to

2 CH2O ==> CH4 + CO2

(which is why biogas is half CO2). 

So lets not hear anymore nonsense about converting fats to biogas.

TOM REED               THE BIOMASS ENERGY 
FOUNDATION                               WOODGAS.COM