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Researchers at Audi are making synthetic diesel fuel using only water and air. Miracle? No. Science. http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/28/technology/audi-diesel-air
by unusximmortalis 11y ago
Researchers at Audi are making synthetic diesel fuel using only water and air. Miracle? No. Science.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/28/technology/audi-diesel-air-water/ http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/28/technology/audi-diesel-air-w...
- jobu 11y agoNeat! It looks like "e-diesel" may not be price competitive yet, but hopefully it goes somewhere. "Audi and Sunfire claim that the process to make e-diesel is 70 percent efficient. They estimate that once production is ramped up, the cost to consumers in Europe would be comparable to traditional diesel, at 1.00 to 1.50 euro per liter (approximately $4.00 to $6.00 per gallon)." http://blog.caranddriver.com/powering-your-car-with-water-audi-realizes-the-green-dream-synthesizes-diesel-from-h20/ http://blog.caranddriver.com/powering-your-car-with-water-au...
- Toast_ 11y agoHydrocarbon production from seawater. https://www.google.com/patents/US20110281959 https://www.google.com/patents/US20110281959
- rtb 11y agoUsing water, air and large amounts of heat. (Where does that heat come from? Many possibilities, but currently from fossil fuels.)
- meric 11y agoNot for e-diesel: First, the researchers heat up steam to very high temperatures to break it down into hydrogen and oxygen. This process requires temperatures of over 800 degrees Celsius (1,472 Fahrenheit) and is powered by green energy such as solar or wind power.
- ableal 11y agoSynthetic fuel is not exactly new, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer–Tropsch_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer–Tropsch_process