20140024726 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE CARBON DIOXIDE BASED METHANOL SYNTHESIS - A plant for the generation of methanol and for providing output power, preferably in the form of heat and/or electric energy. The plant comprises: (1) a water electrolysis facility which can be supplied by electric energy and water and which is designed in order to produce hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. The water electrolysis facility comprises a hydrogen gas outlet and an oxygen gas outlet; (2) a thermal engine with at least one combustion chamber designed for maintaining an oxygen-based combustion process in order to provide output power. The plant further comprises: (1) a gas connection for feeding the oxygen gas from the oxygen gas outlet to the input side of the combustion chamber; (2) a gas connection for feeding a combustion gas composition (CGC) comprising a hydrocarbon gas and carbon dioxide to the input side of the combustion chamber; (3) a gas mixer for providing a gas mixture: and (4) a catalytic reactor for carrying out a catalytic process which processes said gas mixture in order to provide said methanol. | 01-23-2014 |