EFFICIENT AND SELECTIVE CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO METHANOL, DIMETHYL ETHER AND DERIVED PRODUCTS

摘要

An environmentally beneficial method of producing methanol from varied sources of carbon dioxide including flue gases of fossil fuel burning power plants, industrial exhaust gases or the atmosphere itself. Converting carbon dioxide by electrochemical reduction produces formic acid and some formaldehyde and methanol mixtures. The formic acid can be used as a source of carbon as well as hydrogen to produce methanol, dimethyl ether and other products.