This Solar Tower Can Transform Water, Sunlight, and Carbon Dioxide Into Jet Fuel

Summary

Tim Newcomb writing in Popular Mechanics, makes the following points:

• Carbon dioxide (CO2) and water are extracted from the air and split using solar energy.
• Produces syngas, a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which is then made into kerosene.
• The solar reactor is the critical component.
•  Swiss Air Lines will use solar kerosene.
• Aviation fuel was selected as it’s a significant carbon emitter.

References

Recent Runway Posts related to this topic:

• Night-time solar' technology can now deliver power in the dark- The Runway (airforce.gov.au)

References from the Web:

• JUL 2022 Solar jet fuel production from CO2 and water scaled up in field demo-ChemistryWorld
• JUL 2022 Scientists use solar power to create jet fuel from water and carbon dioxide-9 News
• JUL 2022 How to make jet fuel from sunlight, air and water vapor-Science News

Source Information: Popular Mechanics

• Article Source:  Popular Mechanics
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