In principle it is possible to convert CO2 into methane / natural gas.
You build a furnace where you extract Carbon and Oxygen, Water and Hydrogen
at the same time. Each CO2 molecule needs two H2O molecules.
CO2 + 2 x H2O --> CH4 + O2 + 2O
In order to get 2O into O2 you should not need anything
special. Free oxygen atom always automatically searches a companion to
itself.
The methane facility is much like combustion engine. You feed Carbon
Dioxide and Water vapors into closed chamber. Then you use spark plug like
system for splitting the molecules into atoms. Chamber must be pressurized
for keeping the atoms close to each other.
You can get cheap electricity from hydro and vacuum plants.
After chamber you lead the gases into distiller tower. Methane's weight
of volume 0.72 kg / m3, Carbon dioxide and monoxide are heavier. Water can
be extracted with other methods. It is possible to convert methane gas into
liquid oil.
? Formula and estimated creation method suits well into known methane
sources. Swamps produces methane all the time. Gas fields are usually near
water. Methanol is the most power fuel with 32% hydrogen level, methane and
booze comes 2nd with 25% hydrogen level. Common petrol's hydrogen level is
14%. Methane doesn't have oxygen like methanol and ethanol-booze.
Calculated solar energy plants uses for the conversion. One oil barrel
has around 6 000 MJ energy. During the growth time plants gets only around
600 MJ energy from solar beams. Possible that plants uses sun beams to ignite
chain reaction for collected CO2 reserves. During the reaction, plants uses
freed single oxygen atoms for running the reaction. Loose oxygen atoms,
which searches a companion, causes all kinds of movements and internal
pressure systems in the mixture.
When so
- First you detonate one H2O molecule : H2 + O
- Free oxygen atom detonates next water molecule : 2 H2 + O2
- The free hydrogen atoms detonates two CO2 molecules : CH2 + CH2
+ O2 + O2
- Eventually CxHx compounds gets together : C2H4
2 x H2O + 2 CO2 ===> C2H4
+ 3 O2
The resulting gas is no longer methane, it is ground oil's gas form alias
ethene. Methanol is the only CxHx compound with only one Carbon atom. In
methanol another H2 divides into one loose oxygen atom : CH3OH.
- - - -
Plants reaction needs around 10% external energy for the produced energy
contents. The chain reaction doesn't take easily place in atmosphere.
Nitrogen keeps carbon dioxide and water molecules so far from each other.
Then the creation of ethene needs higher temperature-pressure systems.
In principle it is possible to build small electric converters to busy
street sides and rooms. At busy street or indoors the converter adds oxygen
and removes carbon from the air. Handy apparatus in sub marines and smaller
spacecrafts.
Converter is an option for trash plants. Efficient converter needs lots
of greenhouse gases. The reaction is ideal for CO2. The methane
conversion obviously takes place without electricity and high
temperature-pressure system and also with all CxHx
compounds, but it is slow.
Converter downgrades air humidity. Converter can use river or ocean water
for process.
Converter can be upgraded to efficient air cleaner-oxidizer for enclosed
spaces.
Both processes are physical, natural reactions. They are safe and takes
place in our world all the time.
- - Running out of time and resources - -
Methane-ethane converter allows you to "burn" good soil, convert
ocean water and good soil into gas and oil. Basic elements for life.
This form of converter can bring lots of humidity from oceans to
on-ground recycling system. As bonus you get electricity from the process.
Primary purposes of space exploration and ocean bottom mappings is to
find carbon and later also water. Just like people in Maxwell Thunderbird
stories does.
- Exhaust gases rotting to methane, oxygen and hydrogen always recycles CO2
to O2 and CxHx. Planet doesn't need life for the cycle.
- Carbon dioxide cannot easily born without hydrogen, oxygen and carbon.
This means, that planet with CO2 in it's atmosphere, should
have corresponding amount of water in somewhere.
- Oceans fill 71% from earth's surface. Their area is around 360
million km2. Average depth is 3,8 km, which makes 1 400 km3.
! Ammo with liquid or solid explosives uses vaporizing for creating
pressure-explosion system.
! Explosion of an ammo with embedded oxygen follows these reactions and
calculations.
Oxygen extractor fire is short chain reaction, one molecule event.
Perfect fire has four possible results.
Fire forwards with self-ignition. Heat from previous events detonates new
molecules all the time.
C2H4 + 4 x O2 = 2 x H2O +
2 x CO2
C2H4 + 3 x O2 = 2
x H2O + CO2 + CO
C2H4 + 2 x O2 = 2 x H2O +
2 x CO
C2H4 + 1 x O2 = 2 x H2O + 2 x C
- C + C can also be C2
Nuclear fire
In carbon-hydrogen fire hydrogen is the active component. Fire should
always create two water molecules.
Carbon-particle pollution comes from lack of oxygen. Black carbon-smoke is
typical for diesel engine.
First oxygen breaks the compound : C2H4 + O2
=> H2O + O
Second oxygen breaks the remaining compound : C2H2 + O2
=> H2O + O + O
- loose oxygen atoms can form new O2 molecule.
- carbon dioxide creation does not necessarily take place.
Loose carbon grabs one oxygen : C2 + O2 => CO2
+ C
Second oxygen breaks the compound : C2H4 + O2
=> H2O + O
Another carbon grabs one oxygen : C + O2 => CO2
Weighed volume with optimal mixture
In common 1/14 air-fuel mixture, the CxHx / Oxygen ratio is 1/3.
In perfect fire ratio is 1/4, but petrol doesn't burn well with this ratio.
One gas form C2H4 weighs 28 --> 28 / 1.26 = 22.22
One liquid form C2H4 weighs 28 --> 28 / 760 = 0.04
Three O2 weighs 3 * 32 = 96 --> 96 / 1.43 = 67.13
- This makes totals of 89.35 and 67.17
Two H2O weighs 2 * 18 = 36 --> 36 / 0.6 = 60.00
One CO2 weighs 1 * (12 + 32) = 44 / 1.9 = 23.16
One CO weighs 1 * (12 + 16) = 28 / 1.25 = 22.40
- This makes total of 105.56
Gas expansion volume is 16.21, liquid is 38.39.
Liquid expansion is 2.37 times bigger and better than gas.
Water Booster
When you boost engine with water conversion :
One liquid form H2O weighs 18 --> 18 / 1000 = 0.02
One gas form H2O weighs 18 --> 18 / 0.6 = 30.00
With one water molecule initial volume is 89.37 or 67.19 and resulting
volume is 135.56
- gas form expansion is 2.85 times bigger
- liquid form expansion is 1.78 times bigger.
Roughly saying this water booster consumes as much water as fuel.
- possible to build steamer-like cycling system for water.
Heating of water
- fuel vaporizes and burns before water.
- first you warm water to boiling point, could be around 150C
- pressure creation comes from nominal heat of vaporization
- then you warm the vapor to fires temperature.
When you burn one liter fuel, you get around 30 000 kJ net energy.
When you vaporize and pressurize water, you need around 800 J per liter.
- warming to boiling point takes around 100 J.
- conversion from liquid to gas is said to take around 600 J.
- after conversion you need around 100 J for warming.
Maximum secure fuel-water ratio is around 1 to 20. In engine hot cylinder walls
raises secure ratio from ammo ( 1 / 10 ).
- with gas welder like nozzle system you can burn fuel with water.
- Petrol needs around 100 J per liter for liquid to gas conversion. This
conversion does not reduce energy contents of burned fuel.
One liter vapors weigh 0.6 grams. For 1C hike vapors need around 0.0003 J / liter.
One liter air weigh 1.2 grams. For 1C hike air needs around 0.0003 J / liter.
One liter oxygen weigh 1.4 grams. For 1C hike oxygen needs around 0.0003 J / liter.
When you look the energy demands for heating, water sucks lots of energy from fuel.
In principle, without water-booster you waste the produced heat energy. You
take advantage only from heat-gas expansion.
Volume with Carbon Monoxide
One gas form C2H4 weighs 28 --> 28 / 1.26 = 22.22, liquid is
0.04
Two O2 weighs 2 * 32 = 64 --> 64 / 1.43 = 44.76
- This makes totals of 66.73 and 44.78
Two H2O weighs 2 * 18 = 36 --> 36 / 0.6 = 60.00
Two CO weighs 2 * (12 + 16) = 56 / 1.25 = 22.40
- This makes total of 82.40
Gas expansion volume is 15.67, liquid is 37.62.
Liquid expansion is 2.40 times bigger than gas.
Carbon monoxide is fuel. In human body it can result into unwanted fires.
Then it consumes oxygen from the air.
Volume with perfect burn
One gas form C2H4 weighs 28 --> 28 / 1.26 = 22.22 and liquid 0.04
Four O2 weighs 4 * 32 = 128 --> 128 / 1.43 = 89.51
- This makes totals of 111.73 and 89.55
Two H2O weighs 2 * 18 = 36 --> 36 / 0.6 = 60.00
Two CO2 weighs 2 * (12 + 32) = 88 / 1.9 = 46.32
- This makes total of 106.32
Gas expansion volume is -5.41, liquid is 16.77.
- in common fire the volume of the active elements falls in fire.
- perfect liquid fire matches optimal gas fire.
- with water booster, you can move to perfect mixture.
With water booster initial volumes are 111.75 and 89.57 and result is
136.32
Gas expansion volume is 24.57, liquid is 46.75.
With double booster you get into optimal mixture gains.
Weighed volume with optimal air mixture
In this calculation you use 1/14 air-fuel mixture.
One gas form C2H4 weighs 28 --> 28 / 1.26 = 22.22
One liquid form C2H4 weighs 28 --> 28 / 760 = 0.04
Three O2 weighs 3 * 32 = 96 --> 96 / 1.43 = 67.13
The inactive air adds around 79% to O2 = 268.52.
- This makes totals of 357.87 and 335.69
- Resulting total is 105.56 + 268.52 = 371.08
Gas expansion volume is 13.21, liquid is 35,39.
Liquid expansion is 2.68 times bigger than gas.
In reality heat expansion doubles the filler gases volume.
Water booster expands it's own volume from 1 to 1500.