Air Fuel Synthesis has created a prototype system for producing gasoline from humid air.

It sounds a bit strange, but the system created by Air Fuel Synthesis really "knows" how to get fuel from the air. True, the air in this case should be humid. The system uses carbon dioxide and water vapor, passing these components through a series of chemical reactions. The result is really gasoline. Unfortunately, there are not many details about the work of the system, but they are still there.

The system itself has been operating since August; it is not a concept or a theoretical project. The installation is carried out the release of hydrogen from the air, and then this hydrogen is driven along with carbon dioxide through the catalyst. The output is methanol (CH3OH). then methanol also undergoes a series of reactions in the bioreactor (which is not such a bioreactor, not reported), and gasoline is obtained.
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Unfortunately, there are no many details about the operation of such an installation. For example, it is not known how much all this consumes energy (and as you can guess, energy consumption is considerable). Secondly, unknown and system performance. However, it is known that since August, developers have received about 5 liters of gasoline (I remind you that the installation is a trial).

Such a system, according to its creators, can be scaled; on its basis, it is realistic to create an entire production complex with high productivity. To ensure the production of energy is proposed to use alternative sources, such as wind and solar power plants.

In general, the idea is quite interesting, but so far it is difficult to understand how realistic the introduction of such a facility is on an industrial scale. Hopefully, the developers will soon provide a little more information.

Via DVICE