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1 Hubbert’s Peak and Beyond The Future of Liquid Fuels Richard J. McDonald, Ph.D. RJM5@sbcglobal.net Presented to: Department of Engineering U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis, MD. January 27, 2012

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3 USA Conventional Oil Production Dr. M. King Hubbert 1903-1989

4 USA Conventional Oil Production Dr. M. King Hubbert 1903-1989

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16 Beyond Hubbert’s Peak Synthetic Liquid Transportation Fuels Jet-A, JP-5, Diesel High Energy Density Existing Infrastructure Fuel Availability Better Performance Cleaner Burning Carbon-neutral

17 Fischer-Tropsch Process Synthesis gas ( CO + H 2 ) Production Fischer-Tropsch Process With Catalyst 150-300 C Natural Gas, Coal, Biomass Seawater + Air Upgrader Electricity Heat JP-5

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19 nuclear + water + air process to produce JP-5 Membrane Gas Absorber (TNO - Netherlands) NEL hydrogen electrolyser (Norway) Electrolysis H 2 O to H 2 + O 2 CO 2 Extraction Fischer- Tropsch Process JP-5

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22 Idaho National Laboratories Advanced Reactors Fischer Tropsch with Baard Energy Rentech Fischer-Tropsch Syntroleum Fischer-Tropsch Upgrading Westinghouse-Toshiba Small Modular Reactor AP1000 There is lots of help our there Shell GTL Sasol GTL & CTL Navy Reactors NRL

23 The Road Forward At a NAVY Base Build it!

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