Forming Synthetic Hydrocarbons (Methane) from CO2 and Hydrogen

MAGDAET, John Ruiz

MENDOZA, Chezka Leanne
PE BENITO, Sophia Marie

Research Adviser:
Mrs. Viola B. Donato

School:
Caloocan High School
 Project Cost:
The estimated cost of the project is around Php 5000. Incuding the materials, process cost, and
other expenses.

Significance of Study:
Today, hydrocarbons just like methane are used primarily as a fuel to make heat and light. It also
power homes and other buildings. The production of methane by burning of fossil fuels, release
very harmful products and chemicals into the environment. It also release enormous amount of
carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Synthetic Hydrocarbons are made out of carbon dioxide and
hydrogen from water.
Synthetic hydrocarbons can benefit the environment because we can reduce the burning of fossil
fuel to produce methane, and we can also reduce the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by mixing
it into water, resulting methane.
It can help the petroleum industry as well as the whole environment.

Review of Related Literature

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Date: January 25, 2016
Author: Vagif Akhmedov, Arif Ismailzadeh
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Mushrush, Jeffrey W. Baldwin, Dennis R. Hardy, Frederick W. Williams
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hydrocarbon production
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CanSamsunaRalfPetersaDetlefStoltenabc
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HosseinPanahbareSohrabZendehboudi
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236118320477
 Objective:
The objective of this research is to lessen the amount of carbon dioxide in the air and forming
synthetic hydrocarbon that can be used in energy production.

Hypothesis:
If we use carbon dioxide in a useful way, then the amount of carbon dioxide exists in earth
will decreases.

Methodology:
Gathering of Materials

II. Obtaining hydrogen from water (process of electrolysis)

A. Unbend and straighten the paperclips and interconnect one to each terminal of the 9V
battery. Place it to the other ends without touching the container of water.
B. The bubbles can be seen off both wires. The one with more bubbles is giving off pure
hydrogen. The other bubbles are impure oxygen.
C. Testing or finding which gas is a hydrogen. We can test which gas is hydrogen by
lighting a match or lighter over the container. The hydrogen bubbles will burn but the
oxygen bubbles will not burn.
D. Collect the hydrogen gas by reversing a water-filled tube or jar over the wire catalyzing
the hydrogen gas. For the same reason, don't collect the gas coming off both wires into the
same container, since the mixture could burn explosively upon ignition. Collect the oxygen
in the same way as the hydrogen.

III. Collecting Carbon dioxide by changing Dry Ice to gas form throught the process of sublimation.
IV. Addition of Carbon dioxide and hydrogen collected by performing a free radical reaction, in that
hydrogen gas is dissolved in a supercritical state carbon dioxide gas.

V. Combustion of Methane (CH4).The oxygen will combine with the carbon and the hydrogen in
the methane molecule to produce carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O). Carbon dioxide gas
turns limewater from colourless to white. The limewater in the boiling tube changes colour
indicating carbon dioxide is produced by combustion of the hydrocarbon fuel.

Duration and Schedule of Activities:

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