[Netnews-action] 13 Dec: Tyndall Seminar: Carbon-neutral Flying for Conventional Aircraft

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> From: "Susan Stubbs" <S.Stubbs at manchester.ac.uk>
> Date: 6 December 2007 13:46:11 GMT
> Subject: Tyndall Seminar - Thurs 13/12/07 at 3pm
> Reply-To: "S.Stubbs at manchester.ac.uk" <S.Stubbs at manchester.ac.uk>
>
> Dear all
>
> Announcing the following Tyndall seminar to take place next week on  
> Thursday - 13th December 2007 at 3.00pm ( Light refreshments (tea/ 
> coffee) will be provided before the seminar at 2.45pm.
>
> Many apologies for cross-postings.  No need to book a place -  
> please just come along!
>
> Carbon-neutral Flying for Conventional Aircraft using Jet-fuel Re- 
> synthesised from Sequestrated CO2
>
> Speaker: Professor Reg Mann, IChemE - School of Chemical  
> Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester
>
> Venue: Room H18, the Pariser Building, University of Manchester,  
> Sackville St, Manchester.
>
>
> A chemical pathway which includes the reverse water gas shift  
> reaction, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and hydro-cracking was  
> considered to re-synthesise jet fuel from CO2 captured from a  
> typical coal-fired power station (Drax, UK).  The CO2 can be  
> conveniently captured at high purity via oxy-coal combustion.  The  
> oxygen for oxy-fuelling and hydrogen for the fuel re-synthesis  
> process are both sourced by electrolysis of water.  According to  
> the material and energy balances over the re-synthesis plant, 3.14  
> MT/year of jet fuel and 1.57 MT/year of both gas oil and naphtha  
> can be produced from the annual emissions from Drax power station  
> of 20 MT of CO2.  Overall the process would supply 23 % of the UK  
> jet fuel requirements.   The energy required for the re-synthesis  
> process was used to calculate an energy recycle penalty, η, which  
> was found to be 82 % ideally and 95 % on a practical basis.  With  
> the predicted cost of offshore wind power dropping as low as 2.0 p/ 
> kWh by 2020, the price of the re-syn jet fuel would be competitive  
> with conventional jet fuel at 36 p/l, especially if carbon taxes  
> are applied to jet fuel sourced from crude oil.
>
> Based upon this initial analysis, the re-synthesis of jet fuel from  
> the CO2 produced from coal power stations is a viable alternative  
> to conventional fuels and offers a more sustainable future for the  
> aviation industry based on renewable energy.
>
> Reg Mann has worked in the department since 1972 and prior to that  
> he worked at a university in Iran and as a Technical Officer for  
> ICI Research and Development Laboratory. His research specialises  
> in the field of chemical reaction engineering. Work is directed at  
> mixing in batch reactors, modelling of porous materials (especially  
> catalysts) and dynamics of chemical reactors.
>
>
> Contact Susan Stubbs for more information on this and other Tyndall  
> Manchester events. Telephone 0161-306-3700, e-mail  HYPERLINK  
> "mailto:s.stubbs at umist.ac.uk "s.stubbs at manchester.ac.uk
>
>
>
>
> Susan Stubbs - Programme 2 (Energy) Coordinator (part-time),
> Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research,
> Room H7, The Pariser Building,
> University of Manchester,
> Sackville Street,
> Manchester
> M60 1QD
>
> Tuesday - Thursday only (usually)
>
> Telephone: 0161-306-3700, Fax: 0161-306-3255
>  www.tyndall.manchester.ac.uk
> Tyndall Centre main website: www.tyndall.ac.uk/