METHOD FOR IN-SITU CONVERSION OF CHEMICALLY FIXED CARBON DIOXIDE INTO LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT HYDROCARBONS

摘要

The invention relates to a method for in-situ conversion of chemically fixed carbon dioxide into low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons by direct heterogeneous catalytic or electrochemical hydration. To this end, carbon dioxide is chemically fixed to an organic washing reagent containing CO2-binding components and hydrated directly and catalytically or electrochemically in the presence of a copper-based catalyst or a transition-metal-containing catalyst that comprises metals of the eighth, ninth or tenth group of the periodic table of the elements. Then the low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons are separated from the organic washing reagent containing CO2-binding components. The organic washing reagent containing CO2-binding components is advantageously regenerated thereby and after hydration is still present in its original structure and is not impaired irreversibly in its function.