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CO2 + H2 Reactions

CO2 + H2 Reactions

CO2 + H2 Reactions

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Are there any commercial processes where CO2 and H2 are used directly to produce a useful hydrocarbon product, such as methanol, ethanol, or possibly all the way to paraffins?

RE: CO2 + H2 Reactions

You can run the water gas shift reaction in reverse to reform CO2 and H2 to CO and H2O, then do Fischer-Tropsch style reactions using CO and H2.  But if you're starting with a carbonaceous feedstock in the first place to make your hydrogen, it would be energetically foolish to go this route.

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