BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260326T171101Z UID:E76E10E2-B915-45C4-A7AE-F3517122974B DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260324T190000 DESCRIPTION:“Storing Sunlight in Waste-Derived Syngas”\n\nwith Keith He nson\, electrical engineer and writer\n\nDate/Time: Tuesday\, March 24\, 6 pm – 7 pm Pacific Time\n\nThis talk explores making synthetic fuel from municipal waste using renewable energy (solar). The key reaction\, dating back to the 1860s\, involves heating carbon in steam to produce hydrogen a nd carbon monoxide. This endothermic reaction requires heating\, tradition ally done by alternately burning coke and injecting steam. Using intermitt ent renewable electricity for heating is now feasible.\n\nA metric ton of carbon requires 4 MWh of heat to produce 13.1 MWh of syngas\; a 3 to 1 ene rgy gain. The gas can be stored\, burned to make power\, or converted into methanol\, methane\, jet fuel\, or diesel. The water-gas shift reaction c an be used to increase the hydrogen at the expense of CO. The resultant CO 2 (about half) can be sorted out of the gas stream and sequestered.\n\nFol lowing the water-gas shift\, the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process converts syn gas into hydrocarbons\, with water as a byproduct.\n\nAn example design us es 9\,000 tons of trash daily from the Sylmar\, CA landfill supplemented w ith coal\, brush or tires to produce syngas. The project would need signif icant power and infrastructure\, including large gasifiers and GW scale PV .\n\nThe project addresses landfill overuse and methane leakage\, and prov ides a renewable energy solution for synthetic fuel production\, though it requires substantial investment and the development of large gasifiers.\n \nSpeaker(s): Keith Henson\, \n\nAgenda: \n06:00 pm Introduction of speake r\n\n07:00 pm Adjourn\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/546025 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/546025 ORGANIZER:e.perkins@ieee.org SEQUENCE:246 SUMMARY:SusTech Talk March 2026 – Storing Sunlight in Waste-Derived Synga s URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/546025 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><h2 style="text-align: center\;">&ldquo\;Stor ing Sunlight in Waste-Derived Syngas&rdquo\;</h2>\n<p style="text-align: c enter\;"><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">with <strong>Keith Henson\, </str ong>electrical engineer and writer</span></p>\n<p style="text-align: cente r\;"><span style="font-size: 14pt\;"><strong>Date/Time:</strong> Tuesday\, March 24\, 6pm &ndash\; 7 pm Pacific Time</span></p>\n<p style="text-alig n: justify\;">This talk explores making synthetic fuel from municipal wast e using renewable energy (solar).&nbsp\; The key reaction\, dating back to the 1860s\, involves heating carbon in steam to produce hydrogen and carb on monoxide. This endothermic reaction requires heating\, traditionally do ne by alternately burning coke and injecting steam. Using intermittent ren ewable electricity for heating is now feasible.</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">A metric ton of carbon requires 4 MWh of heat to produce 13.1 MWh of syngas\; a 3 to 1 energy gain. The gas can be stored\, burned to ma ke power\, or converted into methanol\, methane\, jet fuel\, or diesel. Th e water-gas shift reaction can be used to increase the hydrogen at the exp ense of CO. The resultant CO2 (about half) can be sorted out of the gas st ream and sequestered.</p>\n<p>Following the water-gas shift\, the Fischer- Tropsch (FT) process converts syngas into hydrocarbons\, with water as a b yproduct.</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">An example design uses 9\, 000 tons of trash daily from the Sylmar\, CA landfill supplemented with co al\, brush or tires to produce syngas. The project would need significant power and infrastructure\, including large gasifiers and GW scale PV.</p>\ n<p style="text-align: justify\;">The project addresses landfill overuse a nd methane leakage\, and provides a renewable energy solution for syntheti c fuel production\, though it requires substantial investment and the deve lopment of large gasifiers.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br />< p>06:00 pm Introduction of speaker</p>\n<p>07:00 pm Adjourn</p>\n<p>&nbsp\ ;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR