Ford Motor of the US announced on September 14, 2015 that it will invest 3.5 million euros in a research project for making automotive fuels from airborne CO2.
The project studies the use of natural gas, biogas, and CO2 extracted from air as a material, and uses photovoltaic and wind power to generate dimethyl ether (DME) and Oxymethylene Ether (OME1) for use as engine fuels. Ford will use "Mondeo" as a prototype to develop vehicles powered by DME and OME1. The German government will also jointly invest in the driving test of the project within three years.
DME is generally used as a non-toxic propellant such as an aerosol spray, and OME1 is used as a solvent in a chemical factory or the like. DME and OME1 have less particulate matter emissions and have the potential to improve fuel economy.
Vehicles using this DME fuel have the same performance as diesel vehicles, and CO2 emissions are allegedly only 3g/km, which is equivalent to a marathon runner. DME hardly produces black smoke (carbon ash) due to combustion, and it is expected to achieve excellent thermal efficiency and cold startability, but it must be stored in a pressurized tank. This is not a problem: OME1 was originally installed in a storage tank system.
The project is led by the Ford Center for Research and Innovation in Europe, and is cooperating with Aachen University of Technology, Munich University of Technology, Denso, FVV, TUEV, IAV Automotive Engineering, and Oberon Fuels. In addition, judging from the aspects of conversion efficiency, inferred fuel prices, and infrastructure, it will be used as a parallel project to study the feasibility of other DME generation methods with Aachen University of Technology. (Reporter: Shibuya Shajiangzi)
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