US Navy turn seawater into fuel

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Goodbye, Oil: US Navy Cracks New Renewable Energy Technology To Turn Seawater Into Fuel, Allowing Ships To Stay At Sea Longer

By Christopher Harress@Charress
on April 08 2014 6:00 AM


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 development of a liquid hydrocarbon fuel could one day relieve the military’s dependence on oil-based fuels and is being heralded as a “game changer” because it could allow military ships to develop their own fuel and stay operational 100 percent of the time, rather than having to refuel at sea.
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.
The Navy’s 289 vessels all rely on oil-based fuel, with the exception of some aircraft carriers and 72 submarines that rely on nuclear propulsion. Moving away from that reliance would free the military from fuel shortages and fluctuations in price.
"It's a huge milestone for us," said Vice Adm. Philip Cullom. "We are in very challenging times where we really do have to think in pretty innovative ways to look at how we create energy, how we value energy and how we consume it. We need to challenge the results of the assumptions that are the result of the last six decades of constant access to cheap, unlimited amounts of fuel."
The breakthrough came after scientists developed a way to extract carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas from seawater. The gasses are then turned into a fuel by a gas-to-liquids process with the help of catalytic converters.
"For us in the military, in the Navy, we have some pretty unusual and different kinds of challenges," said Cullom. "We don't necessarily go to a gas station to get our fuel. Our gas station comes to us in terms of an oiler, a replenishment ship. Developing a game-changing technology like this, seawater to fuel, really is something that reinvents a lot of the way we can do business when you think about logistics, readiness."
The next challenge for the Navy is to produce the fuel in industrial quantities. It will also partner with universities to maximize the amount of CO2 and carbon they can recapture.
”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," said Dr. Heather Willauer, a research chemist who has spent nearly a decade on the project, adding that the fuel "doesn't look or smell very different."
“We've demonstrated the feasibility, we want to improve the process efficiency," explained Willauer.

Source: Goodbye, Oil: US Navy Cracks New Renewable Energy Technology To Turn Seawater Into Fuel, Allowing Ships To Stay At Sea Longer

- maglaway na pud mga instik ani.. am sure kopyahon napud ni nila pero murag maglisud sila ani unless kung naa cla'y spy sa pentagon or hack na pud nla..


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If mahitabo man gani ni am sure 90% population sa earth dli na oil dependent.. og kato mga countries nga nagdepend ang economy nla sa Natural Oil.. naa'y possibly mo collapse?like dubai, KSA,Kuwait Qatar, etc.What you think guys?

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Goodbye, Oil: US Navy Cracks New Renewable Energy Technology To Turn Seawater Into Fuel, Allowing Ships To Stay At Sea Longer

By Christopher Harress@Charress
on April 08 2014 6:00 AM


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 development of a liquid hydrocarbon fuel could one day relieve the military’s dependence on oil-based fuels and is being heralded as a “game changer” because it could allow military ships to develop their own fuel and stay operational 100 percent of the time, rather than having to refuel at sea.
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.
The Navy’s 289 vessels all rely on oil-based fuel, with the exception of some aircraft carriers and 72 submarines that rely on nuclear propulsion. Moving away from that reliance would free the military from fuel shortages and fluctuations in price.
"It's a huge milestone for us," said Vice Adm. Philip Cullom. "We are in very challenging times where we really do have to think in pretty innovative ways to look at how we create energy, how we value energy and how we consume it. We need to challenge the results of the assumptions that are the result of the last six decades of constant access to cheap, unlimited amounts of fuel."
The breakthrough came after scientists developed a way to extract carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas from seawater. The gasses are then turned into a fuel by a gas-to-liquids process with the help of catalytic converters.
"For us in the military, in the Navy, we have some pretty unusual and different kinds of challenges," said Cullom. "We don't necessarily go to a gas station to get our fuel. Our gas station comes to us in terms of an oiler, a replenishment ship. Developing a game-changing technology like this, seawater to fuel, really is something that reinvents a lot of the way we can do business when you think about logistics, readiness."
The next challenge for the Navy is to produce the fuel in industrial quantities. It will also partner with universities to maximize the amount of CO2 and carbon they can recapture.
”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," said Dr. Heather Willauer, a research chemist who has spent nearly a decade on the project, adding that the fuel "doesn't look or smell very different."
“We've demonstrated the feasibility, we want to improve the process efficiency," explained Willauer.

Source: Goodbye, Oil: US Navy Cracks New Renewable Energy Technology To Turn Seawater Into Fuel, Allowing Ships To Stay At Sea Longer

- maglaway na pud mga instik ani.. am sure kopyahon napud ni nila pero murag maglisud sila ani unless kung naa cla'y spy sa pentagon or hack na pud nla..

maglaway jd...macopy ra jd ni nila puhon...

[Ronzkie23]

nindot ni kay basin ma solbad napud ang global warming og climate change ani..?looya sah mga countries nga ila economy nagdepende sa natural oil noh?mo collapse jud cgro. daghan mawad-an trbaho gyud og magkabarato na tanan paliton since dagat naman itubil plus dli na kuyaw nga puhon daw mawala sa mapa ang pilipinas if grabeh na global warming tungod sa mahilis na ice berg sa north og south pole!

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It's possible considering that the mass percentage of hydrogen in seawater is around 10.82%,
the important component is the catalytic converter bonding CO2 with Hydrogen to form hydrocarbon fuel compounds.
This a notable breakthrough, maayo unta kung mo-prosper ni be fully developed and feasible for domestic use,
mokabo na lang unya tas dagat kung mahutdan na ug sulod ang tangke sa sakyanan.

[ieaiaio]

nindot ni magamit sa mga awto, ug magpatubil na kay adto sa beach

[Temptasyon Ayaw]

Basta US army na, sure na gyud ne.. same sa tong ge enjoy na internet ron, sila man nag start ani diba?

Maayo pud para de ne maka patuyang og presyo ang mga fuel/oil company.

[7DMM]

Kawaton na pud ni sa mga tsekwa.

[raissah]

Choya gud ani. Kuyawan na mga arabo ani.

[yans311]

great news! para dili na angkonon sa tsina ang halos tanan part sa south china sea.

[Remington]

wow cool. maayu unta ma develop pod ni para sa ubang vihicles