Process and Apparatus for Converting Carbon Dioxide Into Methanol

A process for converting a starting material mixture comprising carbon dioxide and hydrogen into a first product, methanol, and a second product, water, the method comprising:

• providing a catalyst to a reactor;
• feeding carbon dioxide and hydrogen into the reactor, wherein the reactor is at a first pressure and a first temperature;
• feeding a first liquid component into the reactor as coolant and as an agent for removing the first product, wherein the first liquid component is fed at a second temperature lower than the first temperature;
• converting the carbon dioxide and hydrogen into the first product, and the second product, wherein, at the first temperature and the first pressure the methanol is in a gaseous state and the first component and the second product are in a liquid state;
• removing the methanol from a gas phase in at least one liquid phase comprising the first component and the second product;
• and
• discharging a first liquid material stream comprising the first component, the first product, and the second product from the reactor.