Synthetic carbonaceous fuels and feedstocks
- Huntington Station, NY
This invention relates to the use of a three compartment electrolytic cell in the production of synthetic carbonaceous fuels and chemical feedstocks such as gasoline, methane and methanol by electrolyzing an aqueous sodium carbonate/bicarbonate solution, obtained from scrubbing atmospheric carbon dioxide with an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, whereby the hydrogen generated at the cathode and the carbon dioxide liberated in the center compartment are combined thermocatalytically into methanol and gasoline blends. The oxygen generated at the anode is preferably vented into the atmosphere, and the regenerated sodium hydroxide produced at the cathode is reused for scrubbing the CO.sub.2 from the atmosphere.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY
- DOE Contract Number:
- E(30-1)-16
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4197421
- OSTI ID:
- 863555
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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