Carbon Dioxide as Chemical Feedstock by Michele Aresta

Carbon Dioxide as Chemical Feedstock Michele Aresta ebook
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ISBN: 3527324755, 9783527324750
Page: 417
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But the use of biomass for energy generation combined with carbon capture and storage is less costly than chemical options, as long as sufficient biomass feedstock is available, the scientists point out. The modified bacteria are highly efficient to set up colonies near to industrial plants. Though the work is ongoing, Olah and Prakash hope to find a low-cost/low-energy method of turning the captured carbon dioxide into methanol - which can be burned as a fuel source and used as a chemical feed-stock. What if the chemical industry could use the carbon dioxide produced by power plants to create these and many other products? The company envisages using the methanol as a feedstock for olefins and aromatics. The team demonstrated or carbonate," says Rau. Can plants and wood be broken down into useful chemicals for the production of the consumer and an ethic of sustainability in the chemical sciences. This would allow greenhouse gases to be recycled into useful chemical feedstock – supplying several hydrocarbons that are typically obtained from petroleum. Using carbon dioxide as a feedstock can make an excellent contribution to the environment. "We not only found a way to remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while producing valuable H2, we also suggest that we can help save marine ecosystems with this new technique," says Greg Rau, a visiting scientist at Lawrence Livermore and senior scientist at UC Santa Cruz. One part of the center's research will focus on carbon dioxide as a feedstock, instead of a non-renewable resource such as petroleum. US researchers have genetically modified bacteria to eat carbon dioxide and produce isobutyraldehyde – a precursor to several useful chemicals, including isobutanol, which has great potential as a fuel alternative to petrol. Japan's Mitsui Chemicals will build a demonstration plant for a new technology to synthesize methanol from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The chemical process requires very little physical space.