{"id":1073,"date":"2012-10-21T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/wordpress\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2026-06-07T20:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:15:10","slug":"des-ingenieurs-britanniques-transforment-lair-en-petrole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/des-ingenieurs-britanniques-transforment-lair-en-petrole\/","title":{"rendered":"Des ing\u00e9nieurs britanniques transforment l&rsquo;air en p\u00e9trole"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"1665f18d14f35dd9e7566e1a8ac9a3e9\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2860849627502538\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3019501113\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"380\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/un-monde-de-chocs-petroliers-a-repetition-solutions-en-vue\/petrole\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/petrole.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"petrole\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/petrole.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-380\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/petrole.jpg?w=120\" border=\"0\" alt=\"baril\"  style=\"float: left;\" \/>L&rsquo;information qui suit pourrait para\u00eetre comment une \u00e9norme plaisanterie. Et pourtant, un vieux r\u00eave pourrait devenir r\u00e9alit\u00e9.\u00a0\u00abC\u2019est trop beau pour \u00eatre vrai, mais c\u2019est vrai\u00bb, s\u2019enthousiasme Tim Fox, chef du d\u00e9partement \u00e9nergie et environnement \u00e0 l\u2019Institution of Mechanical Engineers de Londres. Des ing\u00e9nieurs ont r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 produire du p\u00e9trole de synth\u00e8se en utilisant uniquement l\u2019air et l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9, rapporte The Independent.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Telegraph explique le fonctionnement de ce nouveau proc\u00e9d\u00e9. Cette technologie capte le dioxyde de carbone se trouvant dans l\u2019air avant de le m\u00e9langer \u00e0 de l\u2019hydroxyde de sodium. Ce m\u00e9lange cr\u00e9e du carbonate de sodium qui apr\u00e8s un proc\u00e9d\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9lectrolyse se transforme en dioxyde de carbone pur. De l\u2019hydrog\u00e8ne est produit gr\u00e2ce au m\u00eame proc\u00e9d\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9lectrolyse appliqu\u00e9 \u00e0 de l\u2019eau capt\u00e9e gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un d\u00e9shumidificateur. L\u2019hydrog\u00e8ne et le dioxyde de carbone sont ensuite m\u00e9lang\u00e9s pour produire du m\u00e9thanol qui une fois pass\u00e9 dans un catalyseur se transforme en essence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Cette essence de synth\u00e8se est compatible avec n\u2019importe quelle voiture sans qu\u2019il y ait besoin d\u2019effectuer la moindre modification du moteur. De plus, cette essence pourrait \u00eatre produite sans la moindre \u00e9mission de carbone \u00absi des \u00e9nergies renouvelables sont utilis\u00e9es pour fournir l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9\u00bb, note The Telegraph.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Une fois le proc\u00e9d\u00e9 adapt\u00e9 \u00e0 une cadence de production industrielle, les b\u00e9n\u00e9fices pour l\u2019\u00e9conomie britannique pourraient s\u2019av\u00e9rer \u00e9normes, d\u00e9clare Peter Harrison, le chef de l\u2019entreprise ayant cr\u00e9\u00e9 le nouveau carburant, \u00e0 The Independent:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00abNous devons avoir comme objectif une op\u00e9ration \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle d\u2019une raffinerie d\u2019ici quinze ans. Le d\u00e9fi est de s\u2019assurer que le Royaume-Uni est en bonne position pour mettre en place et \u00e9tablir toutes les proc\u00e9dures de fabrication que cette technologie requiert. Vous avez de quoi changer l\u2019\u00e9conomie d\u2019un pays si vous pouvez produire votre propre essence.\u00bb<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script> <!-- TDF2 --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"      style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"      data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2860849627502538\"      data-ad-slot=\"1340140919\"><\/ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); <\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">M\u00eame si les co\u00fbts de production sont pour l\u2019instant trop importants pour concurrencer ceux du p\u00e9trole, The Independent rappelle que les prix des nouvelles technologies sont toujours exorbitants \u00e0 leur lancement puis finissent par \u00abchuter radicalement\u00bb apr\u00e8s plusieurs ann\u00e9es d\u2019exploitation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Peter Harrison est confiant quant \u00e0 la comp\u00e9titivit\u00e9 de son produit face \u00e0 un p\u00e9trole traditionnel qui finira par devenir inabordable:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00abVous \u00eates sur un march\u00e9 o\u00f9 la seule perspective est la mont\u00e9e des prix du p\u00e9trole fossile. A un certain point, les courbes se croiseront et notre essence deviendra moins cher.\u00bb<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">source :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slate.fr\/\">http:\/\/www.slate.fr\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bawpvc-ajax-counter\" data-id=\"1073\">(288)<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/petrole.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"baril\" width=\"120\" style=\"float: left;\" \/>L&rsquo;information qui suit pourrait para\u00eetre comment une \u00e9norme plaisanterie. Et pourtant, un vieux r\u00eave pourrait devenir r\u00e9alit\u00e9.\u00a0\u00abC\u2019est trop beau pour \u00eatre vrai, mais c\u2019est vrai\u00bb, s\u2019enthousiasme Tim Fox, chef du d\u00e9partement \u00e9nergie et environnement \u00e0 l\u2019Institution of Mechanical Engineers de Londres. Des ing\u00e9nieurs ont r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 produire du p\u00e9trole de synth\u00e8se en utilisant uniquement l\u2019air et l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9, rapporte The Independent.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[285,102,566,1410,524,464,822,88,38,135,1411],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solutions","tag-air","tag-economie","tag-essence","tag-invention","tag-marche","tag-oil","tag-pays","tag-petrole","tag-solutions","tag-technologie","tag-the-independant","wpcat-26-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/petrole.jpg?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p631RN-hj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1490,"url":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/des-trottoirs-qui-nettoie-lair-de-la-pollution\/","url_meta":{"origin":1073,"position":0},"title":"Des trottoirs qui nettoient l&rsquo;air de la pollution","author":"Admin","date":"1 septembre 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Des scientifiques n\u00e9erlandais ont trouv\u00e9 une mani\u00e8re de r\u00e9duire de moiti\u00e9 la pollution dans les rues des grandes villes: installer des trottoirs qui nettoient l\u2019air. 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