This report is written during the CO2UTIL research project titled “Towards utilization of
CO2 as a green and versatile commodity chemical: Clean synthesis of Methanol and
Dimethyl Carbonate”. The project studies the use of CO2 in dry reforming to synthesis
gas, as well as methanol and dimethylcarbonate (DMC) synthesis processes, with the aim
of developing a sustainable production process for the synthesis of methanol and DMC.
The possibilities of management and optimization of individual processes as well as the
whole production chain are evaluated through modelling and simulation. The data for the
modelling are provided through the laboratory experiments. The project is funded by the
KETJU (Sustainable Production and Products) Research Programme of the Academy of
Finland. It is carried out in co-operation between the Department of Process and
Environmental Engineering at the University of Oulu, the Process Chemistry Centre at
Åbo Akademi University, and the Institute of Molecular Chemistry at CNRS-University
of Bourgogne, Dijon, France.