CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol

Ғылым және технология

Dr. A. Urakawa's research group has developed a productive process for the synthesis of methanol (an excellent fuel and a key starting material) via continuous catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 under high-pressure conditions.

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  • @brendoncloete5961
    @brendoncloete59616 жыл бұрын

    Wow! My mind is totally blown. Combining this with a direct methanol fuel cell is an insane possibility.

  • @AlanAlan-pb9vl

    @AlanAlan-pb9vl

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can make green hydrogen ( Co2 stays undergroung) in old oil well then covert to methonal 1 403 830 4124

  • @Will-ql5db

    @Will-ql5db

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. Carbon is a RENEWABLE BATTERY!

  • @OffGridInvestor

    @OffGridInvestor

    2 ай бұрын

    Why bother with all that crap. A few seal changes and a fuel filter change a month later and it will run in a normal car.

  • @toddberkely6791

    @toddberkely6791

    2 ай бұрын

    @@OffGridInvestor since methanol only makes co2 and water emissions, you could send that pure co2 back into the hydrogenation process.

  • @subhankarmaity6666
    @subhankarmaity66663 жыл бұрын

    This is the really interested and big invention. Congratulations for getting this idea.

  • @science-y9209
    @science-y92094 жыл бұрын

    I am just so impressed

  • @stage274
    @stage2749 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your work Dr. Urakawa's. I always knew this was possible, ever since I took chem 101, early on in my engineering education. I was always interested in this technology, and have been always thinking about this as the way we can move forward. Very impressive results, and its a very feasible technology. This can be used today. However, its not the technology as we know, its more of the political will to implement the technology. Brilliant set up as well. Thank you again, and I look forward to mass use of such technology in the future.

  • @filipenegreiros9557

    @filipenegreiros9557

    4 жыл бұрын

    How is it today?

  • @gautamgiri4991

    @gautamgiri4991

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@filipenegreiros9557 takr carbon mix it with water and store it under the earth for few years and u have the fuel of tomo

  • @bigbrushthor5509
    @bigbrushthor55097 жыл бұрын

    That is interesting to me, i've been brainstorming about this for a while now. Finding an effective medium to store hydrogen and reducing the co2 in the atmosphere. Thanks for your research!

  • @MathewZ788

    @MathewZ788

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well yea you are technically right we are reducing the co2 levels but once you burn that methanol as fuel it's going back into the air nothing on earth will ever reduce the weight on earth or increase it. It's kinda awesome thinking about this and the technology we may have in the future.

  • @topsecret1837

    @topsecret1837

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mathew Zacharia Just because you’re burning the methanol doesn’t mean the waste products have to go back into the environment. It’s a matter of reducing the co2 levels and isolating the total mass of it to a level the environment can handle, while taking the excess and circulating it by electrolyzing water for hydrogen and using that to convert back into methanol. Of course this can not produce infinite energy as even if the cycle can be rapidly done mass losses due to mass-energy conversion during combustion would require more fuel sources (fortunately earth accumulates millions of tons of mass every year from space, so that isn’t a problem).

  • @MathewZ788

    @MathewZ788

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@topsecret1837 That is true but I didnt say that you cant capture the co2 back into water and reutilise to make it back into methanol. This reconversion/ capture of co2 cannot be done in an automobile as it wouldnt be able to handle the weight of the car as well as the capture tank.

  • @shahroozazimi9150
    @shahroozazimi91504 жыл бұрын

    Very good ,Thank you

  • @pgnandi3878
    @pgnandi38786 жыл бұрын

    Thaknk you sir. Good idea

  • @reyganado6728
    @reyganado67287 жыл бұрын

    hi, where i can find the research paper or journal about this research? i want to present it in our class discussion

  • @jhyland87
    @jhyland874 жыл бұрын

    What did you use as the catalyst? Palladium? (If you said it and I didn't hear then I apologize)

  • @simonslocombe5942
    @simonslocombe59422 жыл бұрын

    catalysts membranes and graphite coated fine 1000 nanometer copper wire using fast switching potential divider circuits c02 removal UK... York University... turn c02 into a thick white paste with very little power consumed... amazing... excellent video.

  • @danear2
    @danear29 ай бұрын

    Very impressive! Can you please recommend where to buy a mini compressor as you have?

  • @forscience4939
    @forscience49396 жыл бұрын

    Are you using Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 as catalyst? Is this still the default / best catalyst for this reaction?

  • @shubhrajit2117

    @shubhrajit2117

    3 жыл бұрын

    At 6:10

  • @dantefrigerio1076
    @dantefrigerio10767 жыл бұрын

    Do you have a research paper I could read?

  • @SnoozeTheRecluse
    @SnoozeTheRecluse6 жыл бұрын

    What would be the chemical equation for this reaction

  • @prasantamedhi
    @prasantamedhi2 жыл бұрын

    keep up the good work sir.. 🤗

  • @GBOtech-ukraine
    @GBOtech-ukraine3 жыл бұрын

    We are preparing a test program for automotive dme-lpg blend applications... this technology looks very promising

  • @riel4064
    @riel40643 жыл бұрын

    Amazing,..

  • @zuneid375
    @zuneid3758 жыл бұрын

    congratulation

  • @amvkarthik
    @amvkarthik4 жыл бұрын

    As for the catalist have the researchers tried cuprous oxide under sunlight, I am referring to the solar leaf experiment.

  • @troygrover6441
    @troygrover64418 ай бұрын

    This is a great approach. Where are they at with it?

  • @dalsenov
    @dalsenov5 жыл бұрын

    It seems to me that everything revolves against the same problems over and over again.In order to convert an energy depleted compound (such as CO2 or water) one has to give back that energy (or a little more) somehow.This solutions usually mean either high temperatures,high pressures,expensive catalysts (platinum,paladium, group etc. that cost at least 36 millions USD/tonne).Yes we need to find a truly revolutionary catalist or to link the catalyst realm with the nanotechnology field and hope for a miracle discovery.Many advocate that the "hydrogen economy" is complicated and needs high infrastructure and thick pressure tanks (350-700 bars) and advocate instead "the methanol economy" but we arrive at the same issues (400 bar pressure).Not to mention that methanol has about half specific energy (20 MJ/kg) comparing to gasoline (44) and far from hydrogen (142).Also we talk about mixing methanol with gasoline but in EU there is a maximum 3 % limit concerning methanol mixing with gasoline.I listen to the same well known introductive parts about pretty well known things ,over and over again, hoping for a breakthrough.Unfortunately, no news so far.

  • @dutchtulip1258

    @dutchtulip1258

    5 жыл бұрын

    Methanol could be converted to DME. Dimethyl ether is as substitute for propane and is also a promising fuel in diesel engines, and gas turbines. For diesel engines, an advantage is the high cetane number of 55, compared to that of diesel fuel from petroleum, which is 40-53. Short carbon chains lead to very low emissions of particulate matter.

  • @dalsenov

    @dalsenov

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@dutchtulip1258 Yes but DME is a gas and needs pressurization (around 5 bars).All costs will increase comparing to Diesel (2x lower specific energy means shorter car range,more costly fuel transportation and storage ,pressurization equipment needed,safety issues,etc.And the CO2 problem still remain.

  • @MasterIvo

    @MasterIvo

    Жыл бұрын

    what about using excessive solar power, to produce hydrogen (from electrolysis) and convert it into methane or methanol, for storage?

  • @mamapienyu7342
    @mamapienyu73425 жыл бұрын

    can we use this technology to clean the pollution(smog) in our roads while producing methanol.

  • @surendersingal9122
    @surendersingal91222 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, awesome explanation J surender singal

  • @abbaskheirkhah3099
    @abbaskheirkhah30994 жыл бұрын

    If I have hydrogen and co2 capsule . I can make methanol ? Please help me

  • @trs4u
    @trs4u7 ай бұрын

    Did Dr Urakawa get to scale up as he wished?

  • @danielheckel2755

    @danielheckel2755

    13 күн бұрын

    No

  • @goldenretriever6440
    @goldenretriever64406 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been thinking about methonal and other fuels being an alternative to gasoline I’d like to see it used along with electric cars in order to reduce emissions I would also like to save V8 internal combustion cars from being completely killed because clearly there’s a market for them in America

  • @bbence86

    @bbence86

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dogs don't drive cars. This is fishy.

  • @firstboy5479
    @firstboy54796 жыл бұрын

    Можно подробнее описать сам процесс. Спасибо.

  • @TheCerberusInferno
    @TheCerberusInferno7 жыл бұрын

    Methanol is a very precious product

  • @lifeonfire2390

    @lifeonfire2390

    4 жыл бұрын

    A drink

  • @amvkarthik

    @amvkarthik

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lifeonfire2390 people die or worse go blind drinking such moonshine.

  • @ahmedace4911
    @ahmedace49112 жыл бұрын

    Where are the texts ?? I hope they are available in pdf

  • @kartikeyrawatgoldy
    @kartikeyrawatgoldy5 жыл бұрын

    Any research on plants how they can take co2 and release oxigen in atmosphere same thing any vechile can take co2 from atmosphere and use it as a fuel and release oxigen...no pollution 🙂

  • @esquire9445
    @esquire9445 Жыл бұрын

    5800psi is no joke… not exactly going to the home market with this one.

  • @theinquisition7
    @theinquisition79 ай бұрын

    I have no idea why I was brought to this video but it was interesting

  • @alienfauxpasjaded7585
    @alienfauxpasjaded75853 жыл бұрын

    Why not a CO2/H2 fuel cell? CO2 as oxidant, H2 as reductant?

  • @NwoDispatcher

    @NwoDispatcher

    2 жыл бұрын

    Co2 needs high temperature

  • @laansoufyan5913
    @laansoufyan5913 Жыл бұрын

    Hello I am looking forward to buy a hydrogen carbon dioxide to methane converter

  • @christiansk1523
    @christiansk1523 Жыл бұрын

    this guys cool af

  • @ahmedaqeel839
    @ahmedaqeel8393 жыл бұрын

    Hope against hope, keep up the good job

  • @sMASHsound
    @sMASHsound4 жыл бұрын

    what is ur source of hydrogen gas?

  • @gautamgiri4991

    @gautamgiri4991

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ha ha.. Are u drinking water now..?

  • @zzz5824
    @zzz5824 Жыл бұрын

    Hello can you set this up with me?

  • @stage274
    @stage2749 жыл бұрын

    We can also use methanol directly in fuel cell technology.

  • @steadmanis6251

    @steadmanis6251

    6 жыл бұрын

    How?,it seems interesting.

  • @daviddreyer5817

    @daviddreyer5817

    5 жыл бұрын

    But what do with the carbo dioxide or stored hydro carbon? Is the best way to store carbon is by photo synthesis? Some Redwood trees can live for two thousand years. Food, Fiber, Fuel might be a better choice.

  • @elfillari

    @elfillari

    3 жыл бұрын

    As we now (2021) know, the methanol used as fuel cell via reformer, will contamined the system useless in about fiew thousand hour/km later. Then re-installation the new system to the vehicle will be over expensive! That is why for.ex. Nissan gave up their fuel cell NV200 projects in the year 2019.

  • @stage274

    @stage274

    3 жыл бұрын

    Olli Pyynönen I know. I am hopeful we develop tech which makes membranes impervious to cross contamination. I am researching the subject and there is hope.

  • @CUBETechie
    @CUBETechie5 жыл бұрын

    So it could be possible to make closed system. Methanol run a turbine and at the exhaust we use the hydrasation to make methanol.

  • @topsecret1837
    @topsecret18374 жыл бұрын

    The PACER test song...

  • @abalakrishnan6888
    @abalakrishnan68886 жыл бұрын

    At what ratio co2 react with H2

  • @sMASHsound

    @sMASHsound

    4 жыл бұрын

    ch3oh+h2o= co2+h2 so it looks like 3H2+CO2=CH3OH+H2O

  • @Humbulla93

    @Humbulla93

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sMASHsound you have on the left side 6H and on the right side 4H it has to be the same so 2H2 + CO2 = CH3OH + H2O

  • @moeron9172

    @moeron9172

    4 жыл бұрын

    No he's right, CH3OH has 4 hydrogen and water has 2 hydrogen, he's right

  • @ralfvk.4571
    @ralfvk.45714 жыл бұрын

    I want a cell! Where to buy it?

  • @scottyg4605

    @scottyg4605

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you buy it you will never recoup your money as it cost much More to make the fuel than the Fuel is worth ???? 1 gallon to make is maybe about $450 ????

  • @elfillari

    @elfillari

    3 жыл бұрын

    The methanol will ruin the reformer before the hydrogen fuel cell (reformer combines the hydrogen out of the methanol, then feeds the Pure hydrogen to the fuel cell). This reformer last only fiew thousand hours, then it needs to be replaced! Cost a fortune run with methanol fuel cell vehicle! That is why Nissan stopped their NV200 methanol project in 2019.

  • @eriknielsen1849
    @eriknielsen18495 жыл бұрын

    To mutch money in the CO2 hysteria when they are wasted like this... Grow som desert instead the world have plenty

  • @timecode37
    @timecode373 жыл бұрын

    Great spoken english!

  • @riel4064

    @riel4064

    3 жыл бұрын

    Very unique..😆👌

  • @virginiasurrett5576
    @virginiasurrett55763 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Asian family .we are blood and I'm proud to be super sonic flow for all.where can I find som kryptonite

  • @Resologist
    @Resologist2 жыл бұрын

    Like far too many research efforts, converting carbon dioxide into a fuel that will be oxidized again, (a net-zero fuel), requires an energy input. Catalysts, high pressures, very low temperatures, and hydrogen gas generation would undoubtedly require an industrial plant; but, what is your alternative energy source? Nuclear, solar, wind, hydro dams, geothermal...? The reason that fossil fuels are used is their abundance and cheap production; thus, your process needs to be more economical than drilling an oil or gas well, or mining coal. If your methanol costs more than fossil fuels, it's not a worthwhile technology.

  • @grancapoEstiqaatsi
    @grancapoEstiqaatsi2 жыл бұрын

    well, the process is interesting, but I hardly see it as a viable way to convert CO2 from fossil fuels combustion into a useful product. here CO2 is pure and already compressed and liquefied. in real world conditions CO2 is a lot, diluted and at ambient pressure. CO2 capture (by means of amine absorption for example) and compression is very energy-intesive.

  • @ktmfour1007
    @ktmfour10072 жыл бұрын

    Run that in nyc

  • @kabijoshi5949
    @kabijoshi59492 жыл бұрын

    Are you working for government? If so, please let me know.

  • @saatee100
    @saatee1008 ай бұрын

    What is the cost of compression 😂

  • @AnonYmous-spyonmepls

    @AnonYmous-spyonmepls

    8 ай бұрын

    The energy you get from making co2 sounds about right lmao

  • @kenrowe167
    @kenrowe1677 ай бұрын

    But what is the point of this process? Firstly, you need liquid co2 (produced by an industrial, energy-consuming process). Then you need (hopefully green) hydrogen, produced by electrolysis - which, with present technology, is an inefficent and non-cost-effective process. And then there is the energy consumed by your own process. All to produce methanol to burn and release co2. Why not just burn the hydrogen? The only exhaust products are heat and water!

  • @trs4u

    @trs4u

    7 ай бұрын

    The most important reason is the most mundane one - we don't have "hydrogen burners". Everything works on carbon chemistry, and even if we (for example) banned carbon (I think this is a ridiculous idea) chemistry - all those things will continue to exist and people will want to use them for *decades*. Changing everything is an affront to reason and people's pockets. If we changed just how we supply carbon chemistry, it's only an affront to people's pockets, and a slowly-building one at that. Sliding over slowly gains us at-scale hydrogen production and carbon capture. If people start buying hydrogen burners, the supply will be there ready for them.

  • @sahinyasar9119
    @sahinyasar91194 жыл бұрын

    Man you should use this to terraform venus

  • @anomamos9095
    @anomamos90952 ай бұрын

    Where do you get the hydrogen for this process? Oh we just use high pressure high temperature steam to reform it from methane. Er? Why not just use the methane? How dare you question our green energy!

  • @mattweger437
    @mattweger4373 ай бұрын

    Hawt

  • @cml2492
    @cml24927 жыл бұрын

    1. How much energy is needed to obtain H gas? 2. The atmosphere contains only about 400 ppm of CO2, so how much energy is needed to obtain CO2? 3. Plants need CO2 for photosynthesis to give us O gas and food. Chemically speaking and in practice, higher CO2 levels lead to more plant growth. The pitiful level of 400ppm (0.04%) plays little impact on 'global warming'. The activities of the SUN and water vapour/clouds play a HUGE role in regulating our climate. THINK!!

  • @dutchtulip1258

    @dutchtulip1258

    5 жыл бұрын

    Using biologically inspired membranes, the energy to capture CO2 can be greatly reduced. Storing energy from solar is going to be a priority as more people switch to this free form of energy.

  • @llanlydia

    @llanlydia

    5 ай бұрын

    1. Very little. 2. CO2 isn't/won't be obtained from the atmosphere only, although there process doesn't require that much energy as it's a side product in most gas manufacturers. I reckon it will also be taken straight from the factories where CO2 is produced. 3. Go to school for once, silly. 400 ppm (parts per million) is equivalent to 0.0004% and that is almost DOUBLE the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere before the industrial revolution. Also, you can't blame water vapors and the sun on the earth heating up at an unnatural rate. It is very artificial, thus caused by humans and, not only because of CO2 emissions. Also, we're producing more CO2 than plants can consume PLUS the deforestation. THINK!

  • @franciscoothonielaraujorib7543

    @franciscoothonielaraujorib7543

    3 ай бұрын

    Climate change denialist spotted

  • @lebsirabdellah3068

    @lebsirabdellah3068

    25 күн бұрын

    @@llanlydia plus more co² means more acidity in oceans which leads to shells fragilisation.

  • @fmdj
    @fmdj4 ай бұрын

    Sorry but you make it sound as if you had a solution to CO2 emissions... your methanol production thing might have great efficiency, but if you don't run it on green energy it is not helping the situation much...

  • @adarshartist.indian
    @adarshartist.indian8 ай бұрын

    Anybody from India.

  • @geetugupta7244
    @geetugupta7244 Жыл бұрын

    Just luks like a boring lecture where's the fun experiment?

  • @filipenegreiros9557
    @filipenegreiros95574 жыл бұрын

    Is the guy talking a Chinese? I need to know if he speaking BS.