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Advantage of shorter carbohydrates (like propane) is that they're made up of less carbon relative to the hydrogen (compared to longer chains), so for the same a
by ephbit 5y ago
Advantage of shorter carbohydrates (like propane) is that they're made up of less carbon relative to the hydrogen (compared to longer chains), so for the same amount of energy stored, you need to capture less CO2 from the atmosphere or from wherever you're taking it.
Propane can relatively easily be compressed to be liquefied at room temperature. Takes just a few bars of pressure.
- hollerith 5y agoLet us quantify your statement! By my calculation, you need to capture 0.9176 carbon atoms from the air to make propane whose energy content is the same as octane made from 1.0000 captured carbon atoms. I used the "Std enthalpy of combustion (ΔcH⦵298)" of the 2 fuels from Wikipedia in my calculation.