Technology
Nature's own catalysts
There’s a hard way and an easy way…
There are two specific characteristics that natural catalyst conversion processes possess that make them eminently more desirable than traditional man-made processes:
- their ability to operate effectively at ambient temperature and pressure, and
- their capacity to do so without waste (consumption and re-use)
Nature’s design provides a blueprint for us to model more efficient catalyst-driven conversion systems.
Enzymes
Enzymes — nature’s catalysts — are essential for all living things. Without enzymes there would be no life anywhere. Enzymes convert inputs into new compounds without the need for high pressure and high temperature, meaning minimal activation energy is required and no unwanted waste products are produced.
The total amount of carbon on earth never changes — nature has simply developed highly efficient ways to convert it and re-use it in beneficial ways
In contrast, most of the catalyst-driven conversion processes we currently use in industry to produce more than two-thirds of the world’s products were discovered before WWII.
These processes require very high pressure & heat in order to operate and still produce far more waste products like CO2 and NOx than we would like.
What to do?
Abundance without waste
All BXD Cascade catalyst-driven processes operate effectively at atmospheric pressure and low-to-moderate temperatures. In fact they are designed to effectively consume, convert and re-use waste products like CO2, NOx and waste heat that are common to the vast majority the pre-WWII catalyst processes still in use.
For example, the Haber-Bosch process, dating from 1910, makes most of the world’s ammonia and fertilisers yet consumes more than 2% of global energy due to its high pressure and heat requirements. It also produces almost the same percentage of global CO2.
BXD Cascade can do much better.
The hard way is to keep doing what we’ve been doing. The easy way is to mimic nature. Abundance without waste is preferable for the planet and for each one of us.
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
DOING FAR MORE WORK WITH FAR LESS ENERGY
Every technological process strives to be effectively operational with the least effort and expense — on our planet the ideal parameters are therefore atmospheric pressure and ambient heat.
All BXD Cascade innovations in catalysis consist of generally two distinct parts:
- A quantum excitonic generator that harnesses massive amounts of naturally available energy contained within every atom of every element and compound (common core technology)
- An optimised elemental formula specific to each application purposefully designed to direct quantum energy to do certain work as quickly and efficiently as possible
BXD Cascade’s innovative, near-ambient catalyst technology is based upon actionable understandings in quantum modelling and design including the key roles of:
1 – nanostructures (specific sizes)
2 – quantum chemical structures
3 – surface concentrations of excitons
4 – channeling of excitonic condensate to do work
Cross-Industry
Catalysts enable most industrial manufacturing in the world. Our fundamental improvements in catalysis:
- Make existing manufacturing more efficient
- Save valuable resources by
replacing rare earth elements
- Reduce or eliminate waste & emissions
- Reduce production costs
- Facilitate real competition in the marketplace
- Enable predictive and confirmatory technology with detailed characterisation and high accuracy for global geophysical mineral and resource surveys
Activated Carbon Production
Typical Process Plant
For further reading, please see our recent scientific-technical paper published on the chemRxiv preprint server and downloadable here...
KEY MARKETS
Ammonia Fertiliser
Gas & Stranded Gas
Gas-to-Liquids (GTL)
Hydrogen Highway
Industrial Chemistry
Food Security
Energy Security
Bio Gas
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If we’ve managed to whet your appetite for EXCITONICS new generation catalysts.
If you want to be a part of the future of less wasteful and greener energy production.
If you want to contribute to sustainable farming and agriculture.
Or if you simply want the world to be a better place through more thoughtful and people-centric industrial processes.
