Invention Application
- Patent Title: Production of Propanol, Propionaldehyde, and/or Propionic Acid From Carbon Dioxide, Water, and Electrical Energy
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Application No.: US16333814Application Date: 2017-08-21
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Publication No.: US20190249317A1Publication Date: 2019-08-15
- Inventor: Bernhard Schmid , Günter Schmid
- Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Applicant Address: DE München
- Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Current Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Current Assignee Address: DE München
- Priority: DE102016218235.8 20160922
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/070991 WO 20170821
- Main IPC: C25B3/04
- IPC: C25B3/04 ; C25B1/10 ; C07C45/50 ; C07C29/16 ; C07C51/12 ; C07C51/235 ; C07C51/285 ; C25B11/04 ; C25B15/02

Abstract:
Various embodiments include a method for preparing propanol, propionaldehyde, and/or propionic acid comprising: electrolyzing CO2 to give CO and C2H4; and reacting the CO and C2H4 with H2 to produce propanol and/or propionaldehyde, and/or reacting the CO and C2H4 with H2O to produce propionic acid.
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