Tampa-based MagneGas Corp., a company which converts liquid waste into MagneGas2 fuel, has announced that through the identification of a specific engineered fuel, it has achieved significant reductions of coal flue gas with a dramatic increase in heat without a corresponding increase in carbon footprint. The company has also filed provisional patents related to proprietary characteristics this new MagneGas fuel, as part of its ongoing development of a co-combustion technology to substantially reduce coal emissions and improve coal burning efficiency.
MagneGas says it is currently working with its partner, FuturEnergy Australia and a confidential partner in Michigan to advance the technology and obtain independent verification of significant coal emission reductions using its proprietary fuel and co-combustion technology. The company says it identified previously unknown fuel characteristics required to achieve superior co-combustion results. In response, provisional patents covering those characteristics have been filed. In addition, internal testing continues to demonstrate a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions with a dramatic increase in fuel stack temperatures, according to the company. The company is working towards obtaining independent validation of these results from a leading coal technology research center. The company anticipates this validation will be received in early 2016.
Selected results from latest round of internal testing with new proprietary co-combustion gas:
- Sulfur Dioxide (SOx) 20 percent reduction;
- Nitrogen Dioxin (NOx) 30 percent reduction;
- Carbon Monoxide was reduced 99 percent; and
- Co-Combustion temperatures were increased over 200 percent with no corresponding increase in CO2.
"MagneGas is pleased to announce that our co-combustion verification is stronger than ever with new results, new applications and new intellectual property,” says Ermanno Santilli, CEO, MagneGas. “Using this new fuel, we were able to again see dramatic reductions in many pollutants each with strong value in the energy market and were able to more than double flue gas temperatures through the combustion of coal flue gas with no increase in CO2 emission. We have put our independent power company lab on notice for final verification testing. I believe the COP21 agreement is the start of a more robust market for renewable technologies such as our co-combustion solution and we look forward to continued advancements throughout 2016."
