Patent ID: 11858819
Assignee: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B  H  Y | IPC B  C

Claim 19:
20. A method of producing methanol, the method comprising:
hydrolyzing a metal halide salt to form a hydrohalic acid and a hydroxide salt of the metal in the metal halide salt, the metal comprising an alkaline earth metal or an alkali metal;
reacting a bicarbonate salt from a water source comprising ocean water with the hydroxide salt, to form a carbonate salt of the metal in the metal halide salt;
reacting the hydrohalic acid with the carbonate salt, to form CO2, water, and the metal halide salt, wherein at least some of the metal halide salt formed from the reacting of the hydrohalic acid with the carbonate salt is recycled as at least some of the metal halide salt in the hydrolyzing of the metal halide salt to form the hydrohalic acid and the hydroxide salt;
electrolytically converting the CO2 and the water into a syngas composition comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen; and
reacting the carbon monoxide and the hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst to form the methanol.