Production of synthetic methanol from air and water using controlled thermonuclear reactor power—I. technology and energy requirement

Steinberg, M.; Dang, Vi‐Duong

doi:10.1016/0013-7480(77)90080-8

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“…This strategy not only improves combustion efficiency and reduces CO 2 emission (about 45% as compared to gasoline), but also creates much more benefits and values in economics, environment and energy (Steinberg, 2000). The concept to synthesize methanol from the feedstock of CO 2 and water was firstly proposed by Steinberg and Dang (1977) and many similar proposals were proposed as well afterward (Steinberg, 1997;Joo et al, 1999Joo et al, , 2004Olah, 2005). The concept is further reinforced as the basis of an "anthropogenic chemical carbon cycle" which is also termed the "Methanol Economy" by Nobel Prize Winner George Olah and his coworkers (Olah, 2005).…”

Section: Methanolmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review: CO2 Utilization

Huang

Tan

2014

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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Global warming due to the accumulation of atmospheric CO 2 has received widespread attention in recent years. Although various CO 2 capture technologies have been proposed, using the captured CO 2 from power plants is increasingly popular because of concerns with regard to the safety of underground and ocean CO 2 storage. Various techniques related to utilization of CO 2 from the exhausted gas of power plants are discussed in this article. The existing and under-development technologies for CO 2 utilization in the world are briefly reviewed. Two categories, direct utilization of CO 2 and conversion of CO 2 to chemicals and energy products, are used to classify different forms of CO 2 utilization. Regarding the direct utilization of CO 2 , in addition to its use in soft drinks, welding, foaming, and propellants, as well as the use of supercritical CO 2 as a solvent, CO 2 capture via photosynthesis to directly fix carbon into microalgae has also attracted the attention of researchers. The conversion of CO 2 into chemicals and energy products via this approach is a promising way to not only reduce the CO 2 emissions, but also generate more economic value. Since CO 2 is just a source of carbon without hydrogen, a clean, sustainable and cheap source of hydrogen should be developed. This article reviews the literature on the production of biofuel from microalgae cultivated using captured CO 2 , the conversion of CO 2 with hydrogen to chemicals and energy products, and sustainable and clean sources of hydrogen, in order to demonstrate the potential of CO 2 utilization.

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Section: Methanolmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review: CO2 Utilization

Huang

Tan

2014

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

328

134

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“…Die Methanolwirtschaft [5,6,[22][23][24][25][26][27][28] ist ein exzellenter Vertreter für ein kohlenstoffbasiertes System. Hierbei wird Methanol aus CO 2 und Wasserstoff hergestellt und dient dann zur Energiespeicherung und -distribution.…”

Section: Die Methanolwirtschaftunclassified

“…Die Hydrierung von CO 2 zu CO (die Umkehrung der Wassergas-Shift-Reaktion) verbraucht zusätzlich 1mol H 2 pro 1mol C-Atome.DaH 2 aus Wasser gewonnen wird, ergibt sich der in (R1) dargestellte Gesamtprozess.H ieraus lässt sich zudem der Wasserbedarf ablesen. [5,27] Methanol kann ohne Zugabe von Additiven [6,29] oder im Gemisch (z. B. mit Benzin) verbrannt oder in Brennstoffzellen genutzt werden.…”

Section: Die Methanolwirtschaftunclassified

“…[67] Die Atmosphäre ist eine große, aber zugleich herausfordernde CO 2 -Quelle.S ie ermçglicht den Zugang zu den Emissionen aus allen großen und kleinen Quellen ("direct air capture"). [5,6,[65][66][67][68][69] Um die chemischen Speicher auf gleicher Basis zu vergleichen, betrachten wir hier vorrangig die Abtrennung von CO 2 und N 2 aus der Atmosphäre.D ie Abtrennung von CO 2 aus anthropogenen Quellen, d. h. aus Abgasen, wird aber auch kurz angesprochen werden.…”

Section: Die Methanolwirtschaftunclassified

“…Die großtechnische chemische Speicherung von Wasserstoff kann in Form von Kraftstoffen erfolgen, in denen Kohlenstoff oder Stickstoff als Tr äger für den Wasserstoff dienen. Kohlenstoff und Stickstoff lassen sich aus CO 2 [5,6] bzw. N 2 [7][8][9] aus der Atmosphäre herstellen.…”

Section: Introductionunclassified

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