CO<sub>2</sub> Hydrogenation for Ethanol Production: A Thermodynamic Analysis

Xinyi He

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CO₂ Hydrogenation for Ethanol Production: A Thermodynamic Analysis

Xinyi He

Published in International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 6)

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Abstract

The thermodynamics of CO₂ hydrogenation to ethanol synthesis was analyzed by using the principle of Gibbs free energy minimization. According to the reaction mechanism, the product components of the reaction system were determined. The effects of reaction temperature, pressure and the molar ratio of hydrogen to carbon on the equilibrium products were investigated. The results show that methane has a high selectivity in equilibrium products. In order to analyze the influence of reaction conditions on the target product of ethanol, the thermodynamics of CO₂ hydrogenation was studied in methane free products. Since the process of CO₂ hydrogenation is accompanied by the CO hydrogenation reaction (FT synthesis), the CO hydrogenation process was also analyzed and compared with CO₂ hydrogenation. The results show that the CO hydrogenation has more advantages than the CO₂ hydrogenation, and that low temperature and high pressure can improve CO₂/CO conversion and the selectivity of ethanol. The suitable H₂/CO₂ molar ratio in the CO₂ hydrogenation is 3.0-5.0, while the suitable H₂/CO molar ratio in the CO hydrogenation is 0.5-2.0. The comparison of the simulation results with the related experimental results shows that the hydrogenation catalyst needs to be developed continuously to improve the conversion of raw materials and the selectivity to the target product.

Published in	International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ogce.20170506.14
Page(s)	145-152
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Thermodynamics, CO₂ Hydrogenation, CO Hydrogenation, Ethanol, Methanol, Dimethyl Ether

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