Methanol production via CO2 hydrogenation is an important representative among the chemical
conversions of CO2 and offers challenging opportunities for sustainable development.
As a raw material, methanol constitutes the basis for the production of hundreds of
chemicals, such as formaldehyde, methyl tertbutyl ether (MTBE), acetic acid, methyl methacrylate,
dimethyl terephthalate, and olefins (ethylene and propylene), all basic chemical building blocks
for a number of common products [1]. Methanol can also be used as transportation fuel, as a fuel
cell hydrogen carrier, as well as in wastewater treatment or in electricity production. It is then an
excellent fuel and a key starting material of important industrial reactions [2]. In the recent years, also,
methanol is suggested as alternative for chemical energy carrier [3,4].
Generally, in industrial applications, methanol can be produced from syngas, a mixture of CO,
CO2 and H2 at 50–100 bar and 250 ◦C–300 ◦C, using copper and zinc-based catalyst [5,6]. These catalysts
are already active at 200 ◦C and selective towards the formation of H2 and CO2. Alternative routes
and its use as fuel and chemical are the core of methanol economy [4,7]. Pontzen et al. [8]
experimentally show that methanol can be produced from CO2 and H2 using conventional catalysts as
CuO/Al2O3/ZnO. However, studies show that the equilibrium yield of methanol from CO2 at 200 ◦C
and 50 bar is slightly less than 40%, whereas the yield from a mixture of CO2 and CO at the same
conditions is greater than 80% [9].
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What kind of apparatus would you use to do this on a small scale?
probably would have killed me as a vodka guzzling youngster, fortunately I grew out of that sort of idiocy before moving to OR.
EDIT: I do recall a short stint on the DPW ranch outside of Gerlach. When I got there, the two residents on site where adding grape kool-aide (powder) to 190proof. “when in Rome…:”. terrible idea!!
I’m thinking the best method for an infused dish using terpshine would be to dissolve a tiny bit of RSO/distillate in the shine prior to adding it to your dish. @Demontrich I love the idea of a canna banana flambe as a dessert though if you could retain some of the aroma of the shine.