Posted on 04/21/2006 7:03:48 PM PDT by Copernicus
| Anything into Oil(solution to dependence on foregn oil?) ^ |
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| Posted by honway On 04/21/2003 7:57 AM CDT with 141 comments DISCOVER Vol. 24 No. 5 ^ | May 2003 | Brad Lemley In an industrial park in Philadelphia sits a new machine that can change almost anything into oil. Really. "This is a solution to three of the biggest problems facing mankind," says Brian Appel, chairman and CEO of Changing World Technologies, the company that built this pilot plant and has just completed its first industrial-size installation in Missouri. "This process can deal with the world's waste. It can supplement our dwindling supplies of oil. And it can slow down global warming." Pardon me, says a reporter, shivering in the frigid dawn, but that sounds too good to be true. "Everybody says... |
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| Anything into Oil (Change trash & sewage to oil for $15@barrel) ^ |
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| Posted by ckilmer On 08/20/2003 8:34 AM CDT with 44 comments DISCOVER Vol. 24 No. 5 ^ | May 2003 | Brad Lemley DISCOVER Vol. 24 No. 5 (May 2003) Table of Contents Anything into Oil Technological savvy could turn 600 million tons of turkey guts and other waste into 4 billion barrels of light Texas crude each year By Brad Lemley Photography by Tony Law Gory refuse, from a Butterball Turkey plant in Carthage, Missouri, will no longer go to waste. Each day 200 tons of turkey offal will be carted to the first industrial-scale thermal depolymerization plant, recently completed in an adjacent lot, and be transformed into various useful products, including 600 barrels of light oil. In an industrial park in... |
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| Anything into oil! ^ |
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| Posted by AlextheWise1 On 04/21/2003 10:40 PM CDT with 24 comments Discover magazine online ^ | May 2003 | Brad Lemley Anything into Oil Technological savvy could turn 600 million tons of turkey guts and other waste into 4 billion barrels of light Texas crude each year By Brad Lemley Photography by Tony Law Gory refuse, from a Butterball Turkey plant in Carthage, Missouri, will no longer go to waste. Each day 200 tons of turkey offal will be carted to the first industrial-scale thermal depolymerization plant, recently completed in an adjacent lot, and be transformed into various useful products, including 600 barrels of light oil. In an industrial park in Philadelphia sits a new machine that can change almost... |
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| Anything into Oil ^ |
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| Posted by Bobber58 On 04/23/2003 9:20 PM CDT with 13 comments discovery magazine ^ | May 2003 | Brad Lemley DISCOVER Vol. 24 No. 5 (May 2003) Table of Contents Anything into Oil Technological savvy could turn 600 million tons of turkey guts and other waste into 4 billion barrels of light Texas crude each year By Brad Lemley Photography by Tony Law Gory refuse, from a Butterball Turkey plant in Carthage, Missouri, will no longer go to waste. Each day 200 tons of turkey offal will be carted to the first industrial-scale thermal depolymerization plant, recently completed in an adjacent lot, and be transformed into various useful products, including 600 barrels of light oil. In an industrial park... |
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| Anything Into Oil ^ |
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| Posted by zarf On 04/25/2003 12:20 AM CDT with 6 comments Discover ^ | May 2003 | Brad Lemley Technological savvy could turn 600 million tons of turkey guts and other waste into 4 billion barrels of light Texas crude each year Gory refuse, from a Butterball Turkey plant in Carthage, Missouri, will no longer go to waste. Each day 200 tons of turkey offal will be carted to the first industrial-scale thermal depolymerization plant, recently completed in an adjacent lot, and be transformed into various useful products, including 600 barrels of light oil. In an industrial park in Philadelphia sits a new machine that can change almost anything into oil. Really. "This is a solution to three of... |
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| Anything into oil. ^ |
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| Posted by pcx99 On 09/22/2003 5:33 PM CDT with 32 comments Discover ^ | May 2003 | Brad Lemley DISCOVER Vol. 24 No. 5 (May 2003) Table of Contents Anything into Oil Technological savvy could turn 600 million tons of turkey guts and other waste into 4 billion barrels of light Texas crude each year By Brad Lemley Photography by Tony Law Gory refuse, from a Butterball Turkey plant in Carthage, Missouri, will no longer go to waste. Each day 200 tons of turkey offal will be carted to the first industrial-scale thermal depolymerization plant, recently completed in an adjacent lot, and be transformed into various useful products, including 600 barrels of light oil. In an industrial park... |
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If thermal depolymerization produces methane as a byproduct, does that get used to increase the energy efficiency of the process?
Most hydrocarbon polymerization technologies are exothermic; that is, they generate heat. Depolymerization requires the addition of heat, but if you can take garbage with zero raw material cost (not likely) and can convert to WTI-quality oil for less than, say, $40/bbl of operating expense and capital recovery at about 20% per year (again, not likely), you've got the potential of an economic project. Otherwise, you'll need substantial subsidies (or tax preferences ala ethanol) from taxpayers. Personally, I wouldn't invest a nickel in it.
*While no one plans to put people into a thermal depolymerization machine*
Hey, you might be onto something...I wonder how many gallons of BioWillie I could get if I put Ted Kennedy into the vat?
Best regards,
Best regards,
Hm, the break-even point may be just around the corner.
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