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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2014
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
George A. Olah, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
G. K. Surya Prakash, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of producing methanol from shale gas and COby the exclusive dry COfracking of shale rock by injection of gaseous COat a pressure between 10 and 100 atm to extract shale gas and recover it together with used CO; combining and admixing produced shale gas containing COand steam to produce a mixture of methane:carbon dioxide:water having a molar ratio of 3:1:2 for conducting the bi-reforming reaction to form a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide having a molar ratio of 2:1 to 2.1:1; and converting the hydrogen and carbon monoxide under conditions sufficient to exclusively form methanol.