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Corncobs turned into methane storage briquettes for carbon.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)(University of California at Berkeley develops carbon briquettes)(Brief article)
Advanced Materials & Processes, April, 2007
Carbon briquettes with complex nanopores capable of storing natural gas at an unprecedented density of 180 times their own volume and at one seventh the pressure of conventional natural gas tanks have reportedly been developed at the University of California at Berkeley. Made of corncob waste as a starting material, the briquettes are the first technology to meet the 180 to 1 storage volume target set by the U.S.
Department of Energy in 2000. The carbon briquettes contain networks of pores and channels that can hold methane at a high density without the cost of extreme compression, ultimately storing the fuel at a pressure of only 500 pounds per square inch, the pressure found in natural gas pipelines. In addition to efforts to commercialize the technology, the...
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