UTILIZATION OF SEAWATER AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR FUEL

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For ordinary people, seawater is only considered salt water that may only produce salt. However, for scientists who pursue marine science, sea water turned out to have terrible power as an alternative energy substitute fuel oil such as diesel or premium.

Alternative energy is a term used for all energy that can be used to replace conventional fuels. This refers to technology to produce fossil fuels/petroleum because petroleum is a non-renewable energy source.

The alternative energy criteria are repetitive, the amount is abundant, the processing does not harm the natural harmless, safe, while not causing various diseases due to the processing/use and environmentally friendly

Development of seawater into alternative fuels is not only environmentally friendly because it does not cause pollution like fuel oil. Utilization of seawater as an alternative fuel is also strongly supported by the condition landscape that has a wider ocean than the mainland.

The area of the archipelago and the coast in the Earth Equator is very suitable for the development of seawater as fuel. The distillation of sea water into biodiesel is an alternative fuel that has been tested. Seawater suitable to be used as fuel for fishing vessels to replace diesel.

NRL currently is scaling up its process to create larger amounts of fuel, although it’s still a long way from being able to power, say, a boat or a plane. “Building on the success of the first exchange module, we have scaled-up the carbon capture process to improve efficiency and substantially increase feedstock production,” said Dr. Heather Willauer, NRL research chemist. “Using a scaled-up, second-generation E-CEM prototype, we will substantially increase CO2 and H2 production capable of producing up to one gallon of fuel per day, an increase nearly 40 times greater than with the earlier generation E-CE. source

Testing the use of seawater for ships, just waiting for the adjustment of the engine so it can be modified to use these alternative fuels. This is an effort to reduce dependence on petroleum as well as to alleviate the complaints of oil scarcity by the fishermen. Fishermen are not educated even though they can take advantage of this technology because the way it works is quite simple.

The salt solution (H2O-NaCl with concentration 1 - 30%) will produce hydrogen and oxygen gas which can cause flame when subjected to radio waves of 13.56 MHz at room temperature

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According to a jargon-rich NRL press release, the process goes something like this: An innovative and proprietary NRL electrolytic cation exchange module (E-CEM), both dissolved and bound CO2 are removed from seawater at 92 percent efficiency by re-equilibrating carbonate and bicarbonate to CO2 and simultaneously producing H2. The gases are then converted to liquid hydrocarbons by a metal catalyst in a reactor system. In other words, seawater goes in the tank and the motor cranks up and the airplane flies. “In close collaboration with the Office of Naval Research P38 Naval Reserve program, NRL has developed a game-changing technology for extracting, simultaneously, CO2 and H2 from seawater,” said Dr. Heather Willauer, NRL research chemist. “This is the first time technology of this nature has been demonstrated with the potential for transition, from the laboratory, to full-scale commercial implementation.
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How it works, sea water first precipitated before distilled in a shelter. After being distilled with a 0.1-micron distillation device, it will produce cell oil derived from marine biota.

The process of making seawater into fuel

Seawater is precipitated first
then distilled with 0.1-micron distillation equipment (plankton net).
The distilled water will produce cell oil
become biodiesel derived from biota-biota living in the sea
Utilization of alternative energy in the form of seawater is expected to reduce the dependence of Indonesia on BBM in the future, let alone BBM is a natural resource that cannot be renewed and will be exhausted as the times progress.

What is the reason sea water can burn?

because it is related to hydrogen. Under normal circumstances, seawater has a stable composition of sodium chloride (salt), hydrogen, and oxygen (water).

The saltwater phenomenon happened by accident when an assistant was bombarding a saline-filled test tube with radio waves and bumped the tube, causing a small flash. Curious, Kanzius struck a match. "The water lit like a propane flame. source

Radio waves from Kanzius's RFG disrupt the stability, severing the chemical bonds in the seawater. Use of weak electromagnetic radiation derived from RFG radio waves dissociates water into hydrogen and oxygen.

In addition, the Raman spectra of the salt solution indicate that structural changes in water structures occurring before and after combustion are carried out. This releases volatile hydrogen molecules, and the heat coming out of the RFG triggers and burns them rapidly.

In the United States, marine biodiesel technology has been used for industrial needs, as well as for fueling fishing boats and public electricity on the islands. For electrical energy, the utilization of seawater currents is also suitable because the flow of seawater as in the Riau Islands is very strong to drive the turbine generator engine.

However, the transfer of fuel oil to alternative fuel in the form of seawater utilization must be supported and engine adjustment. Utilization of alternative energy in the form of seawater flow is expected to reduce Indonesia's dependence on fuel oil in the future, let alone fuel oil is a non-renewable natural resource and will be exhausted as the time's progress. One of them the use of seawater as a fuel is the solution.

Some people gush over the invention's potential for desalinization or cheap energy. Briny seawater, after all, sloshes over most of the planet's surface, and harnessing its heat energy could power all sorts of things. The researcher from the USA named John Kanzius, who has managed to create an alternative fuel from seawater. Incidentally, this broadcast technician found something amazing. source

With the vast oceans larger than the land, it is appropriate that maximizes seawater as an alternative energy source. In addition, seawater energy is environmentally friendly because we purely harness the potential and kinetic energy that is owned by sea water. And no pollutants are produced. And its availability will not be exhausted because of the cycle.

Under the right conditions, sea water can be lit with extraordinary temperatures. With a little modification, do not close the possibility in the future, this can be used as an alternative fuel for motor vehicles.