Integrated catalyst/adsorbent manufacturing process free of coemissions

Abstract

An integrated catalyst/adsorbent manufacturing process. The process includes generating electrical energy from a green energy source and providing the electrical energy to operate an electrolyzer, a steam generation unit, and a catalyst/adsorbent manufacturing unit. The electrolyzer operates to generate a hydrogen stream and an oxygen stream from electrolysis of a first stream of water and the steam generation unit operates by burning the hydrogen in the steam generation unit to generate heat to convert a second stream of water into steam. The catalyst/adsorbent manufacturing unit operates to produce the catalyst/adsorbent from the electrical energy, the steam, the hydrogen, the oxygen, and catalyst/adsorbent precursor chemicals provided to the catalyst/adsorbent manufacturing unit. Finally, the process includes capturing a carbon dioxide stream generated as a by-product of production of the catalyst/adsorbent in the catalyst/adsorbent manufacturing unit to generate the catalyst/adsorbent without COemissions.