tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847368.post2036172619763401205..comments2024-01-29T10:04:23.986-08:00Comments on Al Fin Energy: Award Winning Microchannel Fischer Tropsch BTL and GTLal finhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13739269791915017382noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847368.post-24814934469591514232010-06-09T04:10:58.237-07:002010-06-09T04:10:58.237-07:00That's neat; but I'd prefer dimethyl ether...That's neat; but I'd prefer dimethyl ether, which can also be made from syngas. It's the stuff they use as propellant/solvent in hair-spray.<br /><br />It is a gas at STP, but the pressures needed to liquify it at room temperature are very modest(just think of how thin the shell of a canister of hairspray is). This is not like natural gas or hydrogen, which need enormous pressures and still remain gaseous.<br /><br />It supports higher compression ratios than diesel and is therefor a bit more efficient. <br /><br />It has no carbon-carbon bonds and therefor forms very little soot. Particulate matter is nasty stuff, doubly so because cities tend to be jam packed with both cars and people who are exposed to their exhaust.Soylenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125903130939473555noreply@blogger.com