Conversion of carbon dioxide into methanol – a potential liquid fuel: Fundamental challenges and opportunities (a review)

Ganesh, Ibram

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2013.11.045

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“…Figure 1 shows the trend of global carbon emission from year 1900 to 2012. To estimate the carbon dioxide, multiply the carbon emission estimates by 3.667. International Energy Agency (IEA)-World Energy Outlook (WEO) in November 2013 revealed that by 2030 the emission of CO 2 in the atmosphere will attain 63 % from today's level, which is roundabout 90 % higher than those of 1980s (Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center 2012; Ganesh 2013).…”

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Feasibility of CO2 adsorption by solid adsorbents: a review on low-temperature systems

Younas

Sohail

Leong

et al. 2016

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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In the last few decades of industrialization, the concentration of CO 2 in the atmosphere had increased rapidly. Different organizations have invested considerable funds in research activities worldwide for CO 2 capture and storage. To date, significant work has been done and various technologies have been proposed for CO 2 capture and storage. Both adsorption and absorption are promising techniques for CO 2 capture, but low-temperature adsorption processes using solid adsorbents are the prevailing technique nowadays. In this review paper, a variety of adsorbents such as carbonaceous materials, dry alkali metal-based sorbents, zeolites, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and microporous organic polymers (MOPs) have been studied. Various methods of chemical or physical modification and the effects of supporting materials have been discussed to enhance CO 2 capture capacity of these adsorbents. Low-temperature (\100°C) adsorption processes for CO 2 capture are critically analyzed and concluded on the basis of information available so far in the literature. All the information in CO 2 adsorption using different routes has been discussed, summarized and thoroughly presented in this review article. The most important comparative study of relatively new material MOFs and MOPs is carried out between the groups and with other sorbent as well.

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confidence: 99%

Feasibility of CO2 adsorption by solid adsorbents: a review on low-temperature systems

Younas

Sohail

Leong

et al. 2016

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

200

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“…For example, TiO 2 -supported Ru nanoparticles are a very promising catalysts for CO 2 methanation (Abe et al, 2009). CO 2 reduction may also be achieved photochemically and/or electrochemically either with H 2 or with H 2 O (Roy et al, 2010;Hoffmann et al, 2011;Habisreutinger et al, 2013;Ganesh, 2014;Jadhav et al, 2014;Puga, 2016). The photochemical reduction is also called "energy-to-power" (P2G) technology or even "artificial photosynthesis" in which H 2 produced via a solardriven water splitting system by means of electrolysis can drive CO 2 hydrogenation to yield biomethane or liquid biofuels.…”

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“…Progress, challenges and perspectives have been documented in a number of comprehensive reviews, such as those by Wang et al (2011b), Ganesh (2014), Roy et al (2010), Saeidi et al (2014), Hoffmann et al (2011).…”

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Biogas Management: Advanced Utilization for Production of Renewable Energy and Added-value Chemicals

Yentekakis

Goula

2017

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Biogas is widely available as a product of anaerobic digestion of urban, industrial, animal and agricultural wastes. Its indigenous local-base production offers the promise of a dispersed renewable energy source that can significantly contribute to regional economic growth. Biogas composition typically consists of 35-75% methane, 25-65% carbon dioxide, 1-5% hydrogen along with minor quantities of water vapor, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and halides. Current utilization for heating and lighting is inefficient and polluting, and, in the case of poor quality biogas (CH 4 /CO 2 < 1), exacerbated by detrimental venting to the atmosphere. Accordingly, innovative and efficient strategies for improving the management and utilization of biogas for the production of sustainable electrical power or high added-value chemicals are highly desirable. Utilization is the focus of the present review in which the scientific and technological basis underlying alternative routes to the efficient and eco-friendly exploitation of biogas are described and discussed. After concisely reviewing state-of-the-art purification and upgrading methods, in-depth consideration is given to the exploitation of biogas in the renewable energy, liquid fuels, transport and chemicals sectors along with an account of potential impediments to further progress.Keywords: biogas, upgrading, purification, utilization, SOFC, ethylene, reforming, siloxanes BIOGAS Efficient management of ever-increasing amounts of municipal, industrial and agricultural wastes in order to minimize their environmental impact is an urgent necessity. Biological treatment of wastes, which can be carried out either aerobically or anaerobically, is widely applied in this area. Due to their several advantages the anaerobic processes are to be preferred because they require considerably smaller installations, produce less sludge, operate at lower temperatures and are suited to periodic operation. Much more importantly, they generate biogas, which is an attractive potential source of renewable energy and/or added-value chemicals due to its high content of methane and CO 2 . Anaerobic digestion (AD) can proceed over a wide temperature range, from phychrophilic (ca. 10-20 • C) and mesophilic (ca. 20-45 • C) up to thermophilic (ca. 45-65 • C) and hyperthermophilic (ca. ∼70 • C) levels, by means of cooperation between anaerobes and facultative anaerobe microorganisms, which successively promote a sequence of hydrolysis-acidogenesis,

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“…Nowadays, carbon dioxide is perhaps the target molecule of mankind, and different technologies to perform the CO 2 -methanol cycle have been developed, including chemical (Ganesh 2014) and enzymatic routes (Sultana et al 2016). The growing interest on CO 2 transformation into important starting feedstock in the chemical industries has arisen due to the negative environmental prospects of fossil fuels use (Liu et al 2015).…”

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Carbon dioxide/methanol conversion cycle based on cascade enzymatic reactions supported on superparamagnetic nanoparticles

Netto

Andrade

Toma

2017

An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.

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The conversion of carbon dioxide into important industrial feedstock is a subject of growing interest in modern society. A possible way to achieve this goal is by carrying out the CO 2 /methanol cascade reaction, allowing the recycle of CO 2 using either chemical catalysts or enzymes. Efficient and selective reactions can be performed by enzymes; however, due to their low stability, immobilization protocols are required to improve their performance. The cascade reaction to reduce carbon dioxide into methanol has been explored by the authors, using, sequentially, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), formaldehyde dehydrogenase (FalDH), and formate dehydrogenase (FDH), powered by NAD + /NADH and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) as the co-enzyme regenerating system. All the enzymes have been immobilized on functionalized magnetite nanoparticles, and their reactions investigated separately in order to establish the best performance conditions. Although the stepwise scheme led to only 2.3% yield of methanol per NADH; in a batch system under CO 2 pressure, the combination of the four immobilized enzymes increased the methanol yield by 64 fold. The studies indicated a successful regeneration of NADH in situ, envisaging a real possibility of using immobilized enzymes to perform the cascade CO 2 -methanol reaction.

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Conversion of carbon dioxide into methanol – a potential liquid fuel: Fundamental challenges and opportunities (a review)

Cited by 482 publications

References 289 publications

Feasibility of CO2 adsorption by solid adsorbents: a review on low-temperature systems

Feasibility of CO2 adsorption by solid adsorbents: a review on low-temperature systems

Biogas Management: Advanced Utilization for Production of Renewable Energy and Added-value Chemicals

Carbon dioxide/methanol conversion cycle based on cascade enzymatic reactions supported on superparamagnetic nanoparticles

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