Reactors and Methods to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Electric Arc Furnaces While Producing Sustainable Chemicals

A system comprising:

• an electric arc furnace;
• an off-gas port of the electric arc furnace for an off-gas including a volume of carbon monoxide;
• a separator configured to separate, using a non-oxidative separating process, the volume of carbon monoxide from a volume of carbon dioxide in the off-gas;
• a heat recovery unit configured to recover heat from the off-gas and cool the off-gas using a non-oxidative cooling process;
• a carbon dioxide capture system configured to capture a second volume of carbon dioxide;
• a media employed by the carbon dioxide capture system for the capture of the second volume of carbon dioxide, wherein the system is configured to regenerate the media using the heat recovered from the heat recovery unit;
• a carbon monoxide electrolyzer having an anode area and a cathode area;
• and
• at least one fluid connection;
• wherein:
• i) the volume of carbon monoxide is routed from the separator to the cathode area to be used as a reduction substrate using the at least one fluid connection;
• (ii) the carbon monoxide electrolyzer is configured to generate, using the reduction substrate and an oxidation substrate, a volume of generate chemicals;
• (iii) the off-gas is cooled prior to supplying the volume of carbon monoxide to the cathode area of the carbon monoxide electrolyzer;
• and (iv) 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.