Carbon Monoxide Electrolyzers used with Reverse Water Gas Shift Reactors for the Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Added-Value Products

A system comprising:

• a reverse water gas shift reactor;
• a carbon dioxide source connection fluidly connecting a carbon dioxide source to the reverse water gas shift reactor;
• an electrolyzer having an anode area and a cathode area;
• a carbon monoxide source connection fluidly connecting the reverse water gas shift reactor to the cathode area;
• wherein the reverse water gas shift reactor is configured to generate, using a volume of carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source connection, a volume of carbon monoxide in a reverse water gas shift reaction;
• wherein the electrolyzer is configured to generate, using a reduction of the volume of carbon monoxide from the carbon monoxide source connection and an oxidation of an oxidation substrate, a volume of generated chemicals;
• and
• 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.

The system of claim 1415, further comprising:

• a separator unit on the carbon monoxide source connection;
• and
• a dihydrogen connection fluidly connecting the separator unit to the reverse water gas shift reactor;
• wherein the dihydrogen connection is configured to provide the volume of dihydrogen gas from the separator unit to the reverse water gas shift reactor as a feedstock.

A system comprising:

• a reverse water gas shift reactor;
• an electrolyzer having an anode area and a cathode area;
• a means for supplying a volume of carbon dioxide to the reverse water gas shift reactor;
• a means for 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;
• a means for supplying the volume of carbon monoxide to a cathode area of the electrolyzer;
• and
• a means for 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;
• 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.