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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2014
Alstom Technology Ltd, Baden, CH;
Sanjay Kumar Dube, Knoxville, TN (US);
ALSTOM Technology Ltd, Baden, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus for producing formate from carbon dioxide includes a reactor () that is configured to receive carbon dioxide from a separation device () and a first reagent to form a formate and a bicarbonate material. The bicarbonate material is sent to a regeneration device () that also receives a second reagent from a source of the second reagent to form the first reagent and a carbonate material. The first reagent is recycled back to the reactor (). The carbonate material can be stored in a storage device () for subsequent sale or other use and/or sent to a process device () of a plant for processing flue gas to remove one or more acid gas elements from the flue gas by using the carbonate material received from the regeneration device (). A method for producing formate from carbon dioxide can include use of the apparatus.