Mitsui Chemicals to Establish a Pilot Facility to Study a Methanol Synthesis Process from CO2

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (“MCI”) has decided to begin construction of a pilot facility which will be used to continue the company’s efforts to develop a methanol synthetic process from CO2.
MCI has formulated a new Mid-term Business Plan (08MTP), in which the company, operating under the concept of “Creating Innovative Values,” aims to create new values through the completion of the three dimensional strategy consisting of Economy, Environment and Society and the generation of new technologies.
In the Environment area of the plan, the company’s basic strategy is “the development of innovative process contributing to significant reduction of GHG.” As a part of its efforts, MCI has been pushing forward the development of “Chemical immobilization of CO2,” which synthesizes methanol, later used in the production of olefins and aromatics, using the CO2 emitted from factories and hydrogen obtained from water photolysis.
from Mitsui Chemicals Inc.：　http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2008/080825e.htm

September 25, 2008 8:59 PM by chemist(China / Taiwan)