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A four-step thermocatalytic route for converting CO2 into high-purity oxalic acid

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Hao Feng
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Muhammad Kashif Khan
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Lei Li
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Hongyan Ma
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Xinhua Liang *
DOI:10.1002/aic.70505delete
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This research outlines a four-step methodology for transforming CO2 into high-purity oxalic acid. CO2 was first sequestered as KHCO3 through its reaction with aqueous KOH, followed by hydrogenation using a supported AgPd/CNT catalyst in a batch reactor at an initial H2 pressure of 60 bar and a temperature of 150°C. The formate yield reached 91.8% at optimum conditions. Potassium formate in the solid state was thermally coupled in the presence of KOH at 400°C under N2 flow, yielding potassium oxalate of up to 76% yield. The final step was the selective precipitation of potassium oxalate with ferrous ions to produce FeC2O4·2H2O, with approximately 99% recovery efficiency, and then ferrous oxalate was acidified with HCl to get crystalline oxalic acid (H2C2O4·2H2O) with a yield of about 85% with a product purity of 99%. After integrating all four steps, the overall yield of oxalic acid from CO2 was about 57%.
Keywords:
AgPd/CNT catalyst
catalytic hydrogenation
CO2 conversion
oxalic acid synthesis
potassium oxalate
thermal coupling reaction

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Washington University in St. Louis
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missouri university of science and technology
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