Liquid fuels production from biomass. Final report, for period ending June 30, 1980

Electrochemical cross-coupling of biogenic di-acids for sustainable fuel production

“…[66][67][68] Particularly interesting is the idea of using H 2 and CO 2 as gaseous mixture in a molten carbonate fuel cell. Levy et al 69 reported in the report of the Department of Energy (DoE, USA) of 1980 that almost 50% of the necessary energy consumption of Kolbe electrolysis could be regained by applying this technique. In addition, two major advantages of molten fuel cell lie in the flexibility towards the used fuel (natural gas, hydrogen and CO) and that no Pt metal catalyst has to be employed.…”

“…In this regard, a molten carbonate cell might be used to recover parts of the energy for the Kolbe electrolysis but in case of a lower demand of biofuels the cell can produce electrical energy with alternative fuels. 69,70…”