Chemistry and uses of carbon dioxide. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5699274

Wender, I; Sayari, A

Carbon dioxide, CO/sub 2/, long considered a compound of large but limited uses, mostly as a chemical in the manufacture of the fertilizer, urea, has additional great values derived from a combination of its physical and chemical properties. Its greatest use at present is for enhanced oil recovery, an application that is demanding more CO/sub 2/ than is now available. This report delineates a number of other present and potential uses of CO/sub 2/ such as in supercritical separations, methanol and higher alcohol synthesis, refrigeration and the manufacture of polymers. A future usage of CO/sub 2/ will be an outgrowth of research on its catalytic and stoichiometric reactions with transition metals. The isolation and purification of CO/sub 2/ from coal and other fossil fuel gasifiers (possibly even from stack gases) is an area that promises visibly great rewards as a result of intensive research and development. 256 refs., 19 figs., 7 tabs.

• Research Organization: Pittsburgh Univ., PA (USA). Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
• OSTI ID: 5699274
• Report Number(s): EPRI-AP-4631; ON: TI86920322
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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