Researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories at the US Department of Energy have obtained the first isolations of synthetic molecules called “fulemycins” that contain the contents of a new and potential fuel. According to calculations, it will surpass the energy density of gasoline, and even jet fuel, yes. But the main thing is that for its use only the energy of the sun and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
The basis of the new fuel is methyl esters of polycyclopropanated fatty acids. They are sets of cyclopropane rings, where instead of “rings” there are compounds of three atoms in the form of a triangle with internal angles of 60 degrees. Their deformation during combustion should be high.
Cyclopropane infections of the Streptomyces type, found by preservation from their genome simultaneously with clusters and built in other infections, are more productive and safer to operate. Now it is enough to carry out just one chemical test with the products of their consumption in order to obtain a finished fuel with an energy consumption of up to 50 MJ/l. For comparison, for gasoline this figure is 32 MJ / l, for most types of rocket fuel MDdlo 32
Bacteria feed on plant matter, which requires carbon dioxide to grow, so we can say that emissions in the estimation of such fuel are absorbed during its creation. However, fuel, as such, has not yet been obtained and tested. First, research is refining multiplicity for the search for “yield.” Secondly, there are questions about the composition of chains of cyclopropane rings. Just engines.
Source: Tech Cult
