The time required to convert a unit of raw material to products in a fixed biochemical reactor is called the reaction time. In the case of CO2 to fuel, a slow reaction time translates to a major reactor size for holding and processing a continuous stream of CO2 from a large emitter, such as a coal-fired power plant.
In previously designed biocatalytic process, CO2 was transformed into fuel in approximately 10 hours, but presently the transforming process from CO2 into fuel takes 10 to 30 minutes.
Byron Elton, the company’s CEO, said, “We estimate that with less than half of the CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants alone, we can produce 30% of the world’s liquid fuel supply.”
