THE STORY SO FAR
The natural process of humic acid transformation to kerogen, bitumen, asphalt, shale oil, petroleum, and coal tar can now be mimicked in the laboratory, but with better control and precision. Further, new chemicals unknown in nature can be prepared easily and cheaply, and farm, industrial, and household rubbish could be the raw materials. Already the Chemicals division of the Australian CSIRO has evaluated the project as commercially viable.
Products with the greatest potential include lubricants and oils more robust than those presently available. For example, a prime cause of spacecraft failures are the failures of lubricants in the hostile environment of space.
WHAT IS REQUIRED
To develop the commercial applications of the discoveries requires an entrepreneurial organization or company with moderate financial backing to fund the future of the project. I have done all the basic, but expensive research. Now a modest laboratory with access to HPLC, FT-IR and NMR equipment is needed. Suites of the new chemicals need to be prepared, and then tested for their properties. The raw materials are cheap and plentiful, and the chemical reactions are relatively simple. This would require just general laboratory materials and equipment. However, testing could be outsourced to laboratories that have specialized equipment to test the properties of the new chemicals. It is envisaged that the work would lead to patents and/ or trade secrets with high returns from commercial marketing.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PURSUING THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF THIS PROJECT, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT (+617) 5477 0358 OR EMAIL AT biogon@mail2me.com.au.
