23
Revolutionary Electrolyzer Efficiently Converts CO2 into Renewable Propane Fuel
(scienceswitch.com)
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
23 points (96.0% liked)
Hacker News
3943 readers
3 users here now
This community serves to share top posts on Hacker News with the wider fediverse.
Rules
0. Keep it legal
- Keep it civil and SFW
- Keep it safe for members of marginalised groups
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
I was walking through canadain tire, while looking for "propane and propane accessories" and said just that. There was another person who I heard chuckle as we crossed paths, they knew whats up. Was it you by chance?
Negative, lo sorrio
I hope this can be a consumer product I could use to trickle charge my propane tanks. $33 to refill a 20lb tank is killing me.
I hope so, too, but I don't think that it will. Odds are that the process requires a higher concentration of CO₂ than just the 0.4% in atmospheric air, so this would be only viable in industrial plants - specially the ones producing steel and quicklime.
Another concern that I have is that the process likely requires hydrogen.