MVTG released major news. They have an issued, enforceable patent on a system that converts carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse, global warming, climate change causing gas, into a liquid product, for fuel cells, Formic acid.
MVTG Mantra announced today that developmental work on an alternative approach to its technology has resulted in significant breakthroughs. These breakthroughs will reportedly translate to a greatly improved performance for Mantra's proprietary technology, the "Electro-Reduction of Carbon Dioxide" (ERC).
Results from this work, which is based on a novel cathode structure and material composition, show improvements in catalytic surface area, energy consumption, and pressure requirements. The new cathodes exhibit a catalytic surface area to volume ratio of more than ten times that of previous designs, and have the potential to reach much higher values. This dramatic increase in surface area will correspond to either a reduction in capital cost due to increased current density or a reduction in operating costs and energy consumption due to decreased voltage requirements. The cathodes further show excellent performance at atmospheric pressures and a significant reduction in pressure drop through the reactor. These reductions in pressure requirements will similarly ease design and operation and reduce corresponding costs......
Ambition with out knowledge is like ship in dry dock. Going nowhere fast!