Aluminum Extractor from Clay Concept - Revision history

ERos at 12:08, 13 June 2012

2012-06-13T12:08:33Z

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	This is a machine for processing clay, an abundant feedstock in many parts of the world (already in fine particles) into [[Aluminum]] - a high value, industrial metal. Note the energy requirement:		This is a machine for processing clay, an abundant feedstock in many parts of the world (already in fine particles) into [[Aluminum]] - a high value, industrial metal. Note the energy requirement:
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	*About 300kW energy requirement for 24 hours per day - huge		*About 300kW energy requirement for 24 hours per day - huge
	**Practical conversion: 2 acres of biomass fuel required to produce 1 ton of aluminum per year		**Practical conversion: 2 acres of biomass fuel required to produce 1 ton of aluminum per year
	**For 15MW-hours of energy per year - solar concentrator requres under 100 square meters of area to fuel this production (assuming 10% solar conversion efficiency). Less than 1/40th of an acre. 100 times as area efficient as biomass.		**For 15MW-hours of energy per year - solar concentrator requres under 100 square meters of area to fuel this production (assuming 10% solar conversion efficiency). Less than 1/40th of an acre. 100 times as area efficient as biomass. (btw 1t/day=5.5Gwh/a, typical solar radiation 1Mwh/m²/a at 10% efficiency ->55000m²)
	*About 100 grams of hydroflouric acid are required in a closed loop cycle to carry out the first hydrofluoric acid leaching process phase of aluminosilicate to alumina		*About 100 grams of hydroflouric acid are required in a closed loop cycle to carry out the first hydrofluoric acid leaching process phase of aluminosilicate to alumina (please add link or something, this part should merge alumina from clay page)
	*Second phase is standard [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall-H%C3%A9roult Hall-Héroult] electrolysis.		*Second phase is standard [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall-H%C3%A9roult Hall-Héroult] electrolysis.
	*Approximately a 6000 square foot facility is required for housing the above process.		*Approximately a 6000 square foot facility is required for housing the above process.

			** process should scale to 50kw range, suitable to feed 50kw windmill etc. so 80kg/24hrs size for single (stackable, like power cube?) unit.
			** So there should be ~50kw Hall cell unit and some separate units to generate alumina for such cell. Some people have bauxite, some only clay. There are no reason lock only to clays.

	Strategically speaking - lunar regolith and Mars settlers are quite interested in this. This process has been developed for extraterrestrial applications initially, where there may be no bauxite.		Strategically speaking - lunar regolith and Mars settlers are quite interested in this. This process has been developed for extraterrestrial applications initially, where there may be no bauxite.

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DavidCary: suggest merge to Aluminum Extractor

2011-09-13T02:26:21Z

suggest merge to Aluminum Extractor

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	This is a machine for processing clay, an abundant feedstock in many parts of the world (already in fine particles) into [[Aluminum]] - a high value, industrial metal. Note the energy requirement:		This is a machine for processing clay, an abundant feedstock in many parts of the world (already in fine particles) into [[Aluminum]] - a high value, industrial metal. Note the energy requirement:

Syk0 saje at 03:49, 2 May 2011

2011-05-02T03:49:54Z

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	**For 15MW-hours of energy per year - solar concentrator requres under 100 square meters of area to fuel this production (assuming 10% solar conversion efficiency). Less than 1/40th of an acre. 100 times as area efficient as biomass.		**For 15MW-hours of energy per year - solar concentrator requres under 100 square meters of area to fuel this production (assuming 10% solar conversion efficiency). Less than 1/40th of an acre. 100 times as area efficient as biomass.
	*About 100 grams of hydroflouric acid are required in a closed loop cycle to carry out the first hydrofluoric acid leaching process phase of aluminosilicate to alumina		*About 100 grams of hydroflouric acid are required in a closed loop cycle to carry out the first hydrofluoric acid leaching process phase of aluminosilicate to alumina
	*Second phase is standard [[Hall-~~Heroult]~~] electrolysis.		*Second phase is standard [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall-H%C3%A9roult Hall-Héroult] electrolysis.
	*Approximately a 6000 square foot facility is required for housing the above process.		*Approximately a 6000 square foot facility is required for housing the above process.

Conor at 18:53, 18 April 2011

2011-04-18T18:53:51Z

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	This is a machine for processing clay, an abundant feedstock in many parts of the world (already in fine particles) into [[Aluminum]] - a high value, industrial metal. Note the energy requirement:		This is a machine for processing clay, an abundant feedstock in many parts of the world (already in fine particles) into [[Aluminum]] - a high value, industrial metal. Note the energy requirement:

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	Strategically speaking - lunar regolith and Mars settlers are quite interested in this. This process has been developed for extraterrestrial applications initially, where there may be no bauxite.		Strategically speaking - lunar regolith and Mars settlers are quite interested in this. This process has been developed for extraterrestrial applications initially, where there may be no bauxite.

	Subject Matter Experts		Subject Matter Experts

	~~[[Category:Design Rationale]]~~

Marcin at 02:16, 18 April 2011

2011-04-18T02:16:32Z

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	This is a machine for processing clay, an abundant feedstock in many parts of the world (already in fine particles) into [[Aluminum]] - a high value, industrial metal. Note the energy requirement: *About 15kW-hours requirement for 1 kg aluminum produced (1.5 kg diesel energy equivalent at 100% conversion). About 1 gallon fuel consumption per kilogram of aluminum produced assuming 30% conversion of diesel to electrolysis current- super energy intensive ~~indeed~~ if done with traditional fuels		This is a machine for processing clay, an abundant feedstock in many parts of the world (already in fine particles) into [[Aluminum]] - a high value, industrial metal. Note the energy requirement:

			*About 15kW-hours requirement for 1 kg aluminum produced (1.5 kg diesel energy equivalent at 100% conversion). About 1 gallon fuel consumption per kilogram of aluminum produced assuming 30% conversion of diesel to electrolysis current- super energy intensive if done with traditional fuels
	*Process design for producing 1 ton of aluminum per day		*Process design for producing 1 ton of aluminum per day
	*Fueled by [[Solar Concentrator]] electrical power, and [[Modern Steam Engine]] as backup only for economic sense		*Fueled by [[Solar Concentrator]] electrical power, and [[Modern Steam Engine]] as backup only, for economic sense on a micro-scale
	*About 300kW energy requirement for 24 hours per day - huge		*About 300kW energy requirement for 24 hours per day - huge
	**Practical conversion: 2 acres of biomass fuel required to produce 1 ton of aluminum per year		**Practical conversion: 2 acres of biomass fuel required to produce 1 ton of aluminum per year
	**For 15MW-hours of energy per year - solar concentrator requres under 100 square meters of area to fuel this production (assuming 10% solar conversion efficiency). Less than 1/40th of an acre. 100 times as area efficient as biomass.		**For 15MW-hours of energy per year - solar concentrator requres under 100 square meters of area to fuel this production (assuming 10% solar conversion efficiency). Less than 1/40th of an acre. 100 times as area efficient as biomass.
	*About 100 grams of hydroflouric acid are required in a closed loop cycle to carry out the first hydrofluoric acid leaching process phase of aluminosilicate to alumina		*About 100 grams of hydroflouric acid are required in a closed loop cycle to carry out the first hydrofluoric acid leaching process phase of aluminosilicate to alumina
	*Second phase is standard [[Hall-Heroult]] electrolysis		*Second phase is standard [[Hall-Heroult]] electrolysis.
			*Approximately a 6000 square foot facility is required for housing the above process.

			Strategically speaking - lunar regolith and Mars settlers are quite interested in this. This process has been developed for extraterrestrial applications initially, where there may be no bauxite.

			Subject Matter Experts

	[[Category:Design Rationale]]		[[Category:Design Rationale]]

Marcin at 02:11, 18 April 2011

2011-04-18T02:11:09Z

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	**For 15MW-hours of energy per year - solar concentrator requres under 100 square meters of area to fuel this production (assuming 10% solar conversion efficiency). Less than 1/40th of an acre. 100 times as area efficient as biomass.		**For 15MW-hours of energy per year - solar concentrator requres under 100 square meters of area to fuel this production (assuming 10% solar conversion efficiency). Less than 1/40th of an acre. 100 times as area efficient as biomass.
	*About 100 grams of hydroflouric acid are required in a closed loop cycle to carry out the first hydrofluoric acid leaching process phase of aluminosilicate to alumina		*About 100 grams of hydroflouric acid are required in a closed loop cycle to carry out the first hydrofluoric acid leaching process phase of aluminosilicate to alumina
	*Second phase is standard Hall-~~Herault~~ electrolysis		*Second phase is standard [[Hall-Heroult]] electrolysis


	[[Category:Design Rationale]]		[[Category:Design Rationale]]

Marcin at 02:09, 18 April 2011

2011-04-18T02:09:26Z

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	This is a machine for processing clay, an abundant feedstock in many parts of the world (already in fine particles) into [[Aluminum]] - a high value, industrial metal.		This is a machine for processing clay, an abundant feedstock in many parts of the world (already in fine particles) into [[Aluminum]] - a high value, industrial metal. Note the energy requirement: *About 15kW-hours requirement for 1 kg aluminum produced (1.5 kg diesel energy equivalent at 100% conversion). About 1 gallon fuel consumption per kilogram of aluminum produced assuming 30% conversion of diesel to electrolysis current- super energy intensive indeed if done with traditional fuels
	*Process design for producing 1 ton of aluminum per day		*Process design for producing 1 ton of aluminum per day
	*Fueled by [[Solar Concentrator]] electrical power, and [[Modern Steam Engine]] as backup		*Fueled by [[Solar Concentrator]] electrical power, and [[Modern Steam Engine]] as backup only for economic sense
	*About ~~200kW~~ energy requirement for 4 hours per day		*About 300kW energy requirement for 24 hours per day - huge
	*~~About 15kW~~-hours ~~requirement for~~ 1 ~~kg aluminum produced~~		**Practical conversion: 2 acres of biomass fuel required to produce 1 ton of aluminum per year
	*		**For 15MW-hours of energy per year - solar concentrator requres under 100 square meters of area to fuel this production (assuming 10% solar conversion efficiency). Less than 1/40th of an acre. 100 times as area efficient as biomass.
			*About 100 grams of hydroflouric acid are required in a closed loop cycle to carry out the first hydrofluoric acid leaching process phase of aluminosilicate to alumina
			*Second phase is standard Hall-Herault electrolysis


			[[Category:Design Rationale]]

Marcin at 01:40, 18 April 2011

2011-04-18T01:40:47Z

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	This is a machine for processing clay, an abundant feedstock in many parts of the world (already in fine particles) into ~~aluminum~~ - a high value, industrial metal.		This is a machine for processing clay, an abundant feedstock in many parts of the world (already in fine particles) into [[Aluminum]] - a high value, industrial metal.
	*Process design for producing 1 ton of aluminum per day		*Process design for producing 1 ton of aluminum per day
	*Fueled by [[Solar Concentrator]] electrical power, and [[Modern Steam Engine]] as backup		*Fueled by [[Solar Concentrator]] electrical power, and [[Modern Steam Engine]] as backup
	*About 200kW energy requirement		*About 200kW energy requirement for 4 hours per day
			*About 15kW-hours requirement for 1 kg aluminum produced
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This is a machine for processing clay, an abundant feedstock in many parts of the world (already in fine particles) into aluminum - a high value, industrial metal.
*Process design for producing 1 ton of aluminum per day
*Fueled by [[Solar Concentrator]] electrical power, and [[Modern Steam Engine]] as backup
*About 200kW energy requirement