Science - Making gasoline from greenhouse gases moves into testing phase.

Carbon Sciences Begins Performance Testing of Breakthrough Catalyst in Commercial Facility

Company’s Catalyst is Key to Solution for Replacing Petroleum as a Source of Transportation Fuels

Santa Barbara, CA - March , 2011 - Carbon Sciences, Inc. (CABN),
the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform greenhouse gases into gasoline and other portable fuels, today announced the commencement of the testing of its dry reforming of methane technology in a commercial facility.

Byron Elton, Carbon Sciences’ CEO, commented, “We recently announced an aggressive 2011 development plan. The first step is the performance testing of our breakthrough catalyst in a commercial facility with multiple reactors using protocols required by the oil and gas industry. We have recently engaged a commercial testing firm to perform this task. The equipment build out is underway and actual testing will commence shortly. The results from this exercise will provide us with valuable data for starting the design of a commercial grade catalyst.”

Carbon Sciences GTL Technology

Carbon Sciences Accelerates Development of Breakthrough CO2 to Fuel Technology
Company Energized by Solid Technology Foundation

Santa Barbara, CA - February 8, 2011 - Carbon Sciences, Inc. (CABN), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform greenhouse gases into gasoline and other portable fuels, today announced details of its plan to accelerate the development of its breakthrough CO2 to fuel technology.

Carbon Sciences’ technology is based on a high performance catalyst for the efficient transformation of CO2 and methane gas into a synthesis gas, which can then be processed into gasoline and other fuels. The fundamental reaction being catalyzed is known as CO2 reforming of methane.

Carbon Sciences breakthrough "gas to liquids" technology - Turning CO2 into gasoline!

Carbon Sciences Secures Worldwide Exclusive License to Breakthrough Greenhouse Gas Transformation Technology
License for Dry Reforming of Methane Technology Eliminates Major Development Hurdle for Company

Carbon Sciences Announces Successful Performance Testing of Company’s Proprietary Catalyst , for transforming greenhouse gases into pure gasoline.

Novel Catalyst Is Key to Transforming Greenhouse Gases into Gasoline

Santa Barbara, CA - November 22, 2010 - Carbon Sciences, Inc. (CABN), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform greenhouse gases into gasoline and other portable fuels, today announced the successful performance testing of its novel catalyst.

“In August of this year, we successfully synthesized the raw catalyst, a vital step in the development process. Now, we have tested the catalyst and it works as planned. This performance validation is a major milestone for us in demonstrating the commercial feasibility of our breakthrough technology,” said CEO Byron Elton. “The results from our laboratory tests have been very encouraging and represent an important step forward in our quest to make gasoline without using crude oil,” he added.

“From literally thousands of options, we have narrowed down our choice to two catalyst designs. More importantly, our rigorous testing shows that the catalysts work in accordance with earlier computer simulations,” said Dr. Naveed Aslam, the company’s Chief Technology Officer.

Dr. Aslam continued, “The key features we have confirmed in our tests are high conversion efficiency and potential for catalyst longevity, which translates directly into commercial viability. High conversion efficiency means lower capital cost to produce substantial quantities of fuel. Longevity means that our systems will not require frequent shutdown for maintenance and catalyst cleaning. These are the primary challenges faced by previous industry attempts. Our initial laboratory results lead us to believe that we will be able to overcome these challenges at commercial scale. Lastly, unlike catalysts previously considered by others, our catalysts are designed using common metals that are plentiful and inexpensive.”
 

The United States consumes 140 billion gallons of gasoline each year and spends nearly a billion dollars per day on foreign oil. Carbon Sciences estimates that its technology, when commercialized, can be used to meet all the country’s gasoline requirements using just 23 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 586 million tons of CO2 without using a single drop of crude oil or competing with current natural gas consumption. 

“The successful commercialization of our technology will address the global fuel crisis, result in domestic energy independence and will create millions of green jobs to power America and revitalize our economy,” said Elton. “Because we are using significant amounts of CO2 in the process that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere, it is an environmentally friendly technology,” he added.

About Carbon Sciences, Inc.

Carbon Sciences Inc. is developing a breakthrough CO2 based gas-to-liquids technology to transform greenhouse gases into liquid portable fuels, such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Innovating at the forefront of chemical engineering, we are developing highly scalable clean-tech processes to produce liquid fuels from naturally occurring or human-made greenhouse gas emissions. From sources such as natural gas fields, refinery flare gas, landfill gas, municipal waste, algae and other biomass, there is an abundant supply of inexpensive feedstock available to produce large and sustainable quantities of liquid fuel to replace petroleum for global consumption, thereby eliminating our dependence on petroleum. To learn more about the Company, please visit our website at http://www.carbonsciences.com.

Subscribe to the Carbon Sciences Newsletter

To receive news about our industry and Carbon Sciences on a regular basis, please subscribe to our newsletter.

---

Safe Harbor Stmt: Matters discussed in this press release contain statements that look forward within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "may," "intend," "expect" and similar expressions identify such statements that look forward. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those contemplated, expressed or implied by the statements that look forward contained herein, and while expected, there is no guarantee that we will attain the aforementioned anticipated developmental milestones. These statements that look forward are based largely on the expectations of the Company and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. These include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with: the impact of economic, competitive and other factors affecting the Company and its operations, markets, product, and distributor performance, the impact on the national and local economies resulting from terrorist actions, and U.S. actions subsequently; and other factors detailed in reports filed by the Company.


Previous Articles:
Carbon Recycling will help power the future
Carbon Sciences files second patent in GTL technology

Related articles

• carbon gas recycling - Carbon Sciences' gas-to-liquids energy solution (alternativeconsumer.com)

Electric cars put lithium miners on fast track (1 hour ago by Thomson Reuters)

* Lithium demand seen doubling by 2020

* Push for fuel economy through hybrids, EVs boosts demand

* Battery makers, automakers buying stakes in miners

* Producers see benefits of diversifying production


By Julie Gordon
TORONTO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Lithium miners are reaping the benefits of a political and industry push to get more electric vehicles on the road, with shares in some Canadian-listed miners up more than 50 percent in the past two months.

 Four major producers have long dominated lithium output and demand is likely to double in the next 10 years as automakers roll out hybrid and electric cars using lithium-ion batteries.
That has opened the door to numerous exploration companies and junior miners looking to capitalize on the trend.

But while lithium is fairly abundant, it is not easy to find a cost-effective deposit and process the highly reactive metal. That points to increased M&A activity for companies with promising reserves but only a distant chance of production.

"Lithium is an extremely active area," Byron Capital Markets analyst Jon Hykawy said of deals in the sector, adding that most automakers and battery companies want to spread their lithium purchases over several miners. "No one major firm is going to stop with one small junior prospect," he said. "They can't put all their eggs in one basket that way."

Early this year, Magna International acquired a 13.3 percent stake in junior miner Lithium Americas in exchange for a guaranteed 25 percent share of production, even though the Toronto-based company doesn't plan on having a single ounce of lithium to sell before 2014.
Shares of the Lithium Americas have risen 60 percent in the past two months on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

"You always protect your supply chain," said Ted Robertson, president of Magna's E-Car Systems. "To mine lithium, and have it in the form we need for these batteries, there are only certain people doing that today."
Magna, the world's third-largest auto parts manufacturer, recently created an E-Car division, which will build parts for hybrid and electric cars, as well as full electric cars.

The company uses about 8.9 kilograms (19.6 pounds) of lithium for each battery pack, along with other elements such as cobalt, nickel and iron. "I would say that lithium, as the basic substance in batteries, will be the current technology being used over the next 10-20 years," Robertson said. After that: "My bet is we'll just refine the lithium compounds that are used in the batteries today."

For graphic on lithium demand: http://r.reuters.com/guk47p
Three diversified companies, SQM , Rockwood's Chemetall and FMC , account for 60 percent of global lithium carbonate production. 

The only pure-play producer is Australia's Talison Lithium  -TLH-TSX  with about 24 percent.
 Talison recently bought Salares Lithium and used the Vancouver-based company to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Looking ahead, companies with promising properties like Rodinia Lithium <RM.V>, Lithium One <LI.V> and Western Lithium <WLC.V> could become takeover targets, said Hykawy. And with demand soaring, there is space for two or three of the junior miners to grow into major players, analysts say.

Global lithium output doubled to 92,000 tonnes in 2008 from 45,000 tonnes in 1997, and one major producer says demand will be over 200,000 tonnes in 2020.

"That's a major, major step forward in terms of demand forecast by a major lithium producer," Hykawy said. "It strongly suggests that there's more than enough room for the juniors to come to the market, to become major players."

CURBING CARBON EMISSIONS
The main force driving growth is the push by U.S. and European governments to reduce carbon emissions, including a U.S. plan to increase fuel economy by 42 percent by 2016. "We think the only way they can do that is by doing the electrification of vehicles - so more use of hybrids," said Tom Astle, head of research for Dundee Capital Markets.

 The majority of the world's lithium supply is currently mined from giant salt lakes in Argentina and Chile that offer a low-cost, high-grade source of the reactive metal. But not all salt lakes contain lithium.

"People think that simply because you stake ground in a salt lake it means that you have lithium mine," said Lithium Americas Chief Executive Waldo Perez. "Well it's not." He added that production from brines takes at least two years, making responding to rapid changes in demand difficult.

Lithium can also be mined from hard rock, called spodumene, in a quicker but costlier process.

For Talison, a spodumene miner with projects in Australia, the decision to buy Salares for its Salares 7 brine project in Chile was easy. "The logic of combining a mineral producer and a brine producer is that it guarantees a secure supply," said Chief Executive Peter Oliver. "If you're looking at a car manufacturer that's putting $100 of lithium into a $50,000 car, the one thing they do want is to guarantee a high-quality, secure supply."

($1=$1.01 Canadian) (Reporting by Julie Gordon; Editing by Frank McGurty and Janet Guttsman)

Related Articles:

Talison Lithium reports strong year end. Stock up 37%

Investing in Lithium companies big and small
Electric Metals market is heating up 
Talison Lithium going public on TSX 
Goldman Sachs discloses ownership in Talison Lithium 
Lithium giant raises output to meet demand FP

 

Related articles by Zemanta

• Developments in Lithium-Air Battery Technology to Be Addressed at 6th Lithium Mobile Power Conference Next Month in Boston (prweb.com)
• Hitachi Power Tools Announces a Lifetime Lithium Ion Tool Warranty (eon.businesswire.com)
• Japan to offer financial, technical assistance to Bolivia's lithium operations (green.autoblog.com)
• LG Chem charms over Renault, agrees to largest lithium-ion deal to date (green.autoblog.com)
• Is America the Next Lithium Powerhouse? (greentechmedia.com)

Carbon Sciences Successfully Synthesizes Revolutionery Catalyst Needed to Make Gasoline Without Using Crude Oil

Carbon Sciences Successfully Synthesizes Revolutionery Catalyst Needed to Make Gasoline Without Using Crude Oil

Image via Wikipedia

Making Gasoline "without oil"!

Catalyst is Key to Demonstrating the Commercial Feasibility of the Company’s Breakthrough CO2 Based Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Technology

Santa Barbara, CA - August 9, 2010 - Carbon Sciences, Inc. (CABN), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform greenhouse gases into gasoline and other portable fuels, today announced the successful synthesis of a proprietary raw catalyst, an essential step toward demonstrating commercial feasibility of the technology.

“In June of this year, we filed a landmark patent application for our breakthrough CO2 based Gas-to-Liquids technology,” said CEO Byron Elton. “The production of this catalyst is the actual laboratory scale implementation of the catalyst formulation and its synthesis process disclosed in the patent. It is a major step forward for us,” he added.

The major challenge in CO2 based GTL reactions is the activation of stable carbon dioxide and methane molecules. This company’s novel and proprietary catalyst provides a simpler and cleaner route by activating these stable molecules and converting them to gasoline. Gas-to-liquid reactions are regulated through temperature, concentration, pressure and contact time. This catalyst accelerates these reactions, enabling them to be carried out under the most favorable thermodynamic regime and at much lower temperature and pressure. “Our catalyst, in conjunction with an optimized reactor and total plant design, will be the key factors in reducing both the capital and operating costs of our next generation GTL technology”, Elton said.

“A fully active and stable catalyst will be the key to our success,” said Dr. Naveed Aslam, inventor of the technology. “Synthesizing our proprietary raw catalyst is a vital step in a multi-stage catalyst synthesis and activation process,” he added.

Gas-to-liquids (GTL) is a complimentary refinery processes that converts natural gas and other gaseous hydrocarbons into longer chain hydrocarbons such as gasoline. Carbon Sciences estimates that they can produce 138 billion gallons of gasoline a year (the annual amount used in the U.S.) with 23 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 586 million tons of CO2 without using crude oil or competing with current natural gas consumption.

About Carbon Sciences, Inc.

Carbon Sciences Inc. is developing a breakthrough CO2 based gas-to-liquids technology to transform greenhouse gases into liquid portable fuels, such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Innovating at the forefront of chemical engineering, we are developing highly scalable clean-tech processes to produce liquid fuels from naturally occurring or human-made greenhouse gas emissions. From sources such as natural gas fields, refinery flare gas, landfill gas, municipal waste, algae and other biomass, there is an abundant supply of inexpensive feedstock available to produce large and sustainable quantities of liquid fuel to replace petroleum for global consumption, thereby eliminating our dependence on petroleum. 


Website
http://www.carbonsciences.com.

  To receive news about this industry and Carbon Sciences on a regular basis, you can
subscribe to their newsletter. 

Previous Articles about Carbon Sciences:
Oil Company exec jumps into Green Tech
Carbon Sciences files landmark patent application 
Carbon Sciences files second patent application 
Belief in energy independence drives Carbon Sciences 
Getting in on the ground floor of world changing green technology

CNN interviews Carbon Sciences CEO

Related articles by Zemanta

• Carbon Sciences Successfully Synthesizes Proprietary Raw Catalyst for CO2-Based Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) (greencarcongress.com)
• Carbon Sciences Names Scientific Adviser (greenbuildingelements.com)