Areas of Expertise:
Water, WindAdditional Areas of Expertise:
Wastewater filtration, desalination, CO2 sequestration, CO2 cracking, fracking.
Inventor and Patent Agent. My patents relating to mechanical separation of pollutants from air and water have evolved to parts drawings of equipment. I keep up with industry news and opportunities for the Vorsana toolbox to remediate pollution.
Recent Comments by Wilmot McCutchen
- "Burning is not necessary. Slow ablative pyrolysis uses friction to input energy, which preferably could come from wind. A simple axially fed double "
If a Tree Falls in the Forest…Should We Use It to Generate Electricity? - "Non-hydro renewables (wind, solar, geothermal, tidal) are intermittent by nature and so require redundant gas capacity. Few new gas wells are being "
Intermittent Renewables Can’t Favorably Transform Grid Electricity - "Post-combustion chemical capture of CO2 is not a realistic option. Quenching (evaporative cooling) of flue gas is necessary to get the temperature do"
Is Bioenergy with CCS Critical to the Paris Agreement? - "Instead of subsidies for failure, prizes for achievement. Put a bounty on captured and cracked CO2 big enough to stimulate interest in a pioneering e"
Should We Continue Tax Credits for Carbon Capture? - "In concept, ARPA-E sounds good, but in practice it's been disappointing to America's inventors. The 20% cost share requirement (the applicant must pa"
Can Additional Funding Boost ARPA-E’s Tolerance for Risk? - "Flywheels would be an example of a third method of energy storage, mechanical. A simple double disk mill comprising counter-rotating flywheels might "
Policies for Today’s Greenhouse Gains and Tomorrow’s Challenges? - "A radically new idea is needed for scalable clean energy. Biofuels, solar, and wind are not scalable and won't be enough to keep the air conditioning"
Policies for Today’s Greenhouse Gains and Tomorrow’s Challenges? - "Leachate from ash ponds need not be cause for concern if some beneficial use for coal ash could be found, so it would no longer be impounded. High-g "
House Coal Ash Bill is a Step Backwards in Public Health - "Leaders should have enough technical background to cross-examine expert opinions on the technical merits. A candid "for dummies" level summary of the"
Preparing the Next Generation of Energy Leaders - "Peak demand for petroleum looks likely and may be one of the reasons for cheap crude, along with the shale oil glut. Other than pumping refinery feed"
Will Demand for Oil Peak by 2035?