This is a bit outside my area of expertise (diesel emission catalysts), but if you want to dive deeper into this, start with these topics:
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis Bosch reaction Sabatier process
All have decent Wikipedia entries.
Chemically, I think the proposed process would be possible (i.e., you can do it in the lab.) Economically, it's probably a non-starter for this type of application. The biggest challenge in these areas is making it small, mobile, low to zero maintence, yet still inexpensive.
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This is a bit outside my area of expertise (diesel emission catalysts), but if you want to dive deeper into this, start with these topics:
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
Bosch reaction
Sabatier process
All have decent Wikipedia entries.
Chemically, I think the proposed process would be possible (i.e., you can do it in the lab.) Economically, it's probably a non-starter for this type of application. The biggest challenge in these areas is making it small, mobile, low to zero maintence, yet still inexpensive.