METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A RENEWABLE DROP-IN FUELS PRODUCT

摘要

Methods and systems for utilizing renewable energy, including nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, geothermal, and solar, to power electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to various reduced compounds including methanol and/or glycols, which can be condensed to form drop-in fuel compounds. A method may include providing a divided electrochemical cell comprising an anode compartment, a cathode, and an electrolyte; providing an aqueous solution of a reducible sugar and an alkali metal salt as electrolyte into the cathode compartment; providing electrical energy from an energy source selected from the group consisting of nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, geothermal, and solar power to the electrochemical cell to reduce said sugar to a polyhydric alcohol; and contacting the polyhydric alcohol with a solid acid condensation catalyst.