Mini lightning bolts help chemists turn methane into clean-burning fuel

Tiny bolts of plasma, flickering inside a submerged glass tube, may have opened a new route for turning methane into liquid ...
Hydrocarbon Processing

Bottled lightning makes a cleaner fuel: Research shows how bursts of plasma convert methane into methanol without high heat and pressures

Enhancing with argon. To further enhance the process, the team diluted methane with argon, which is typically an inert noble ...
C&EN

Can methanol decarbonize fuels?

Start-ups often dream big, but few are as ambitious as HIF Global. The company has massive low-carbon methanol projects in the works in Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, the US, and Tasmania. The cost of ...
ZME Science

Researchers Use “Bottled Lightning” to Turn Methane Into Liquid Fuel

Inside a submerged glass tube, tiny bolts of plasma pulse through bubbling methane gas. It looks like miniature lightning, ...