Patent ID: 9631284
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B01D,C01B,C10G,C10K,C25B,Y02C,Y02E,Y02P

Claim:
1. A method for producing liquid fuels, comprising: providing a feed stream comprising carbon dioxide and water; heating the feed stream to produce a heated feed stream; compressing an air stream to produce a pressurized air stream; heating the pressurized air stream to produce a heated air stream; reacting the heated feed stream and the heated air stream in a solid oxide electrolytic cell in the electrolysis mode to form a syngas and an oxygen-containing stream, wherein the electrolytic cell comprises a cathode and an anode and a power supply; treating the syngas stream to produce a treated syngas stream; and converting the syngas to produce the liquid fuels in a gas to liquid subsystem.