Combustion fuels: density, ignition temperature and flame speed?
…start up ammonia burners. Clean methanol is suggested as a better blending alternative to ammonia, as it has a flash point closer to 10ºC and a flame speed similar to…
BrightLoop: clean hydrogen breakthrough?
…components that are locked up with patents. Future variants of BrightLoop are also suggested by the patents, which could produce both CO and H2, for clean methanol or Fischer-Tropsch fuels….
Global energy demand by end use?
…chlor-alkali, coal production, commercial heat, cooking, copper, desalination, electric motors, electrical appliances, glass, graphite, heavy trucks, hydrogen, industrial acids, internet, lighting, lithium batteries, LNG liquefaction, manufacturing, methanol, oil & gas…
Market concentration by industry in the energy transition?
…and mining Materials and manufacturing sectors covered in the data-file include ASUs, autos, battery binders, carbon fiber, gas turbines, glass fiber, hydrogen, methanol, mining equipment, polyurethanes, vacuum pumps, VFDs, wind…
Renewable diesel: the economics?
…tax rates and other reagents (e.g., hydrogen, methanol, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, etc).. Capex costs are estimated on both a top-down and a bottom-up basis. The average greenfield is costing…
Commodity prices: metals, materials and chemicals?
…prices, Manganese Oxide prices, Methanol prices, NaCN prices, Nickel prices, Nitric Acid prices, Paint prices, Palladium prices, PET prices, Phosphoric Acid prices, Platinum prices, Polyethylene prices, Polysilicon prices, Polyurethane prices,…
Propylene oxide: production costs?
…a 10% IRR at a plant costing $1,500/Tpa. Specifically we have modeled the HPPO process, forming propylene oxide via the exothermic condensation reaction between propylene and hydrogen peroxide, in methanol…
Polyurethane: production costs?
…chains, naphtha cracking, air separation, hydrogen production, chemical separations, CO2 separation, ammonia synthesis, nitric acid, methanol, formaldehyde, chlor-alkali, acetylene et al. Can you use green hydrogen to decarbonize polyurethane? Substituting…
Hydrogen reformers: SMR versus ATR?
…ammonia, blue steel, methanol and other chemicals, as re-capped on pages 2-3. The thermodynamic advantages of producing hydrogen from methane versus water are not well appreciated. If you start with…
Organic Rankine Cycles: the energy economics?
…sources. For example propane boils at -42°C, methanol boils at 65°C and ethanol at 78°C. Past systems have historically also used fluorocarbons. Organic Rankine Cycles can be useful for waste…