Carbon–CO2 Gasification to CO by Microwave Heating

Renewable energies such as solar or wind energy are highly unreliable, owing to uncertain energy intensity and discontinuity. This shortcoming could be overcome by converting renewable energies to a form such as chemical fuel storage. In the present study, we created an energy conversion system that uses microwave heating and a carbon receptor to transform CO2, a greenhouse gas, into CO chemical fuel. The parametric investigation found that increasing the gasification temperature and feed gas temperature decreased the gas feed rate. In addition, the use of a carbon or charcoal receptor enhanced CO2 conversion and heating values. Under ideal operating circumstances, CO2 conversion was 83%, indicating that steady functioning was maintained consistently.