Carbon monoxide electrolyzers used with reverse water gas shift reactors for the conversion of carbon dioxide into added-value products

A method comprising:

• supplying a volume of carbon dioxide to a reverse water gas shift reactor;
• generating, using the volume of carbon dioxide and the reverse water gas shift reactor, a volume of carbon monoxide in a reverse water gas shift reaction;
• separating the volume of carbon monoxide and a second volume of carbon dioxide from an output volume of the reverse water gas shift reactor using a separator;
• supplying the volume of carbon monoxide, after the volume of carbon monoxide and the volume of carbon dioxide have been separated, to a cathode area of an electrolyzer;
• generating, using the electrolyzer and a reduction of the volume of carbon monoxide and an oxidation of an oxidation substrate, a volume of generated chemicals;
• and
• providing a volume of dihydrogen from the cathode area of the electrolyzer to the reverse water gas shift reactor as a feedstock, wherein the volume of dihydrogen is controlled based on at least one of:
• (i) a decrease in the volume of carbon monoxide provisioned to the electrolyzer by the reverse water gas shift reactor;
• and (ii) an increase in a current density enforced at the electrolyzer;
• wherein the volume of generated chemicals is at least one of:
• a volume of hydrocarbons, a volume of organic acids, a volume of alcohol, a volume of olefins and a volume of N-rich organic compounds.