http://www.cheric.org/PDF/JIEC/IE07/IE07-6-0410.pdf
We had intended to submit this report, documenting the Korean development of "tri-reforming" technology, similar to that we have earlier documented to be under development by Song and Grimes, et. al., at Penn State University, wherein Carbon Dioxide is reacted, recycled, with Methane, which itself can be synthesized from Carbon Dioxide via Sabatier-type technology, to synthesize higher hydrocarbons, at a later date.
However, based on a discovery of developments we just made, this report has taken on additional significance for us, as it well might for others, and we elected to transmit it immediately, with only minimal comment appended.
As follows, the excerpts from:
"The Methane Reforming with Carbon Dioxide
October 2001
Suk-Won Hong, et. al.; Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Inha University, Korea
Abstract: CO2 reforming of CH4 to the synthesis gas was investigated ... . It was established that the corona discharge could effectively lower the reaction temperature range of optimum catalytic performance for reforming. The synergy effect could be found in the ... conversion of Methane and Carbon Dioxide. ... The obtained synthesis gas was used to produce DME."
We remind you that "DME" - dimethyl ether - is a dehydrated form of Methanol. It can be used as the basis for additional liquid hydrocarbon synthesis and can itself be used as a quite serviceable, even preferred, diesel engine fuel.
Again, this report seems to mirror the invention of similar technology at Penn State University; and, it has led to "administrative" developments similar to others we've reported, wherein China is seeking international patents on a technology to convert Coal into hydrocarbon liquids; a technology we perceive to be very similar to, or exactly the same as, WVU's "West Virginia Process" for the direct liquefaction of Coal.
Additional information will be reported in a later dispatch.
