Biofuels production by biomass gasification: A review

A Molino, V Larocca, S Chianese, D Musmarra - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
The production of biofuels from renewable sources is a major challenge in research.
Methanol, ethanol, dimethyl ether (DME), synthetic natural gas (SNG), and hydrogen can be …

Recent development in catalytic technologies for methanol synthesis from renewable sources: A critical review

KA Ali, AZ Abdullah, AR Mohamed - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the current era of energy crises, alternative feedstock such as methanol are commonly
used as fuels and solvents in various industries. Methanol is commonly produced from non …

DFT Study of CO2 Adsorption and Hydrogenation on the In2O3 Surface

J Ye, C Liu, Q Ge - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012 - ACS Publications
Catalytic conversion of CO2 to liquid fuels or valuable chemicals is an attractive alternative
to geological sequestration. In the present study, we applied density functional theory slab …

Direct Synthesis of Dimethyl Ether from CO2: Recent Advances in Bifunctional/Hybrid Catalytic Systems

N Mota, E Millán Ordoñez, B Pawelec, JLG Fierro… - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dimethyl ether (DME) is a versatile raw material and an interesting alternative fuel that can
be produced by the catalytic direct hydrogenation of CO2. Recently, this process has …

Improving the Cu/ZnO-based catalysts for carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methanol, and the use of methanol as a renewable energy storage media

UJ Etim, Y Song, Z Zhong - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide (CO2) to methanol is a practical
approach to mitigating its greenhouse effect in the environment while generating good …

Recycling of carbon dioxide to renewable fuels by photocatalysis: Prospects and challenges

M Tahir, NAS Amin - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Energy crisis and threats of global warming has accelerated the thrust for new renewable
energy resources. Recycling greenhouse gases seems eminently potential to produce …

A comparative thermodynamic study on the CO2 conversion in the synthesis of methanol and of DME

A Ateka, P Pérez-Uriarte, M Gamero, J Ereña… - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
A thermodynamic approach of the synthesis processes of methanol and of DME from H 2+
CO+ CO 2 has been conducted, in order to compare the feasibility of incorporating CO 2 in …

Impact of K and Ba promoters on CO 2 hydrogenation over Cu/Al 2 O 3 catalysts at high pressure

A Bansode, B Tidona, PR von Rohr… - Catalysis Science & …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
CO2 hydrogenation over K and Ba promoted Cu/Al2O3 catalyst was systematically
investigated to study the promoter effects in a wide range of pressure conditions. The …

From synthesis gas production to methanol synthesis and potential upgrade to gasoline range hydrocarbons: A review

A Galadima, O Muraza - Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Methanol to gasoline (MTG) process is among the methanol to hydrocarbon (MTH)
technologies with industrial interest. The key sequential routes involved syngas (H 2, CO) …

[PDF][PDF] Methanol

J Ott, V Gronemann, F Pontzen, E Fiedler… - … encyclopedia of industrial …, 2000 - ugr.es
Methanol [67-56-1], CH3OH, Mr 32.042, also termed methyl alcohol or carbinol, is one of the
most important chemical raw materials. About 85% of the methanol produced is used in the …