GAS-L: Gasification to diesel and methanol

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I don't know where I have been the last year of so when I was supposedly 
reading the posts to this group but I totally missed the point I guess.  I 
just read on a DOE web page about gasification with O2 to produce Synthesis 
gas which can be converted to Methanol, Ethanol and Diesel fuel.  I think it 
said that the ethanol production was via a bacteria but I didn't see how the 
Methanol and Diesel are produced.

Up till now I was looking at gasification as a way to make a flammable gas to 
use to produce hot air, hot water, steam or even electricity.  Now I find 
that I have been missing the big ticket items.

I ran across a patent lately that even talks about producing a single source 
protein by feeding producer gas through a glass tube to feed bacteria with 
cooperation of sunlight.  This high protein product is human food grade.  
Amazing.

I apologize if this has been the topic of the last 200 postings but could 
somebody go over these again for me, be easy I am no engineer.  And if you 
already went over this with me before, keep in mind that I have the memory of 
a short order cook.

Neal Van Milligen

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