Abstract: A process for producing energy from sulphur containing carbonaceous fuels comprises partially oxidizing the carbonaceous fuel to produce off gasses including carbon monoxide, hydrogen and hydrogen sulphide; removing hydrogen sulphide from the off gasses and combusting the off gasses from which the hydrogen sulphide has been removed to produce energy.

Abstract: A synergistic process for the production of methanol comprises electrolysing water to produce hydrogen and oxygen; providing a feed stream of an organic combustible fuel; feeding at least a portion of the oxygen together with a stoichiometric amount of the organic combustible fuel to a partial oxidation reactor to produce off gases including carbon monoxide and hydrogen; feeding a stoichiometric amount of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a methanol synthesizer to produce methanol. Further, the process utilizes the methanol and off gases and supplies of hydrocarbons and ethanol to produce MTBE and/or ETBE.

Abstract: A synergistic process for the production of carbon dioxide comprises preparing a feed stream comprising an organic combustible fuel and hydrogen; introducing the feed stream and air into a cogeneration reactor for combusting the feed stream and producing steam, electricity and stack gases containing carbon dioxide; using at least a portion of said electricity to electrolyze water to produce hydrogen and oxygen; recovering the hydrogen and oxygen and recycling at least a portion of the hydrogen for preparation of the feed stream; and, recovering the carbon dioxide from the stack gases.