Re: NNG - "Green" (Synthetic) Coal for Jawn Henry 
| June 27, 2014 01:01PM |
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Skip Wrote:
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> Russo .... the thought occurred to me
> (they do that sometimes) that you should
> create "Green Coal..." the power companies
> and coal miners would be really appreciative!
Or maybe not the miners, Skip -
Since abundant synthetic coal would put them out of a job, as terrible as that job may be. And I rather doubt that Peabody et al would appreciate the competition.
Weird you should mention that idea, though - my dad actually developed - and patented - a method for creating very-long-chain humus-like molecules from ordinary trash (like paper and cardboard, corn husks, etc.), but was unable to find a way to concentrate the resultant friable powder enough to get it to burn. And since Jawn Henry had long since been scrapped, there was no way to test it as fuel for a powdered-coal turbine.
One problem that he had was the name he chose for his synthetic coal. Getting funding for something called Syn-Coal (sink-hole) proved more than a little difficult ...
- Russ
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> Russo .... the thought occurred to me
> (they do that sometimes) that you should
> create "Green Coal..." the power companies
> and coal miners would be really appreciative!
Or maybe not the miners, Skip -
Since abundant synthetic coal would put them out of a job, as terrible as that job may be. And I rather doubt that Peabody et al would appreciate the competition.
Weird you should mention that idea, though - my dad actually developed - and patented - a method for creating very-long-chain humus-like molecules from ordinary trash (like paper and cardboard, corn husks, etc.), but was unable to find a way to concentrate the resultant friable powder enough to get it to burn. And since Jawn Henry had long since been scrapped, there was no way to test it as fuel for a powdered-coal turbine.
One problem that he had was the name he chose for his synthetic coal. Getting funding for something called Syn-Coal (sink-hole) proved more than a little difficult ...
- Russ
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