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Background
The BMBF funding measure "CO2 as a sustainable source of carbon - pathways to industrial application (CO2-WIN)" focuses on the areas of electrochemical conversion of CO2, chemical and biotechnological processes for the production of sustainable chemicals and fuels, and mineralization using CO2 to produce climate-friendly building materials. This technological diversity will be necessary for the industrial recycling of carbon to succeed in the future. The aim of CO2-WIN is to take these technologies a further step towards application.
Goals
The project “ProMet” focuses on the development of a direct synthesis of methanol from CO2 via electrolysis. The methanol-to-propylene process converts methanol to propylene, a basic chemical with a world-wide production volume of 100 Mt per year. By using electricity from renewable energies for the electrocatalytic conversion of CO2, a more sustainable production pathway for methanol and propylene could be developed.
The LTT focusses on the environmental assessment using the method Life Cycle Assessment and the process optimization with respect to environmental indicators.