Sea-based Fuel Synthesis Work at NRL from FY02 to FY07 (October 2001 - October 2006)

摘要

This report includes the development of the core ideas behind the making of liquid hydrocarbons at sea from environmental sources such as carbon dioxide and water as early as the fall of 2001. It also details the formal NRL documents that established projects specifically dealing with this topic beginning in the spring of 2004. Finally, it includes some of the unpublished results of work done on recovering carbon dioxide from seawater as a source of carbon for fuel synthesis beginning in the fall of 2004. These results are interpreted in the light of current understanding of the total carbon burden of the ocean and the exchange over time between atmosphere and ocean. The status of the project as of the fall of 2006 and plans for 2007 are also included. All subsequent NRL work beginning in FY07 on this topic will be published separately in a timely fashion as it is completed.