New Green Methanol Production

Completed

Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of transport biofuels (incl. Production from wastes))

Basic and strategic applied research

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry)

Not Cross-cutting

Professor GJ Hutchings
Chemistry
Cardiff University

Standard

EPSRC

01 January 2012

31 December 2012

12 months

£193,290

Catalysis & surfaces

Wales

Non Theme Specific

Professor GJ Hutchings, Chemistry, Cardiff University

Dr JK Bartley, Chemistry, Cardiff University
Dr NF Dummer, Chemistry, Cardiff University
Professor DW Knight, Chemistry, Cardiff University
Dr S Taylor, Chemistry, Cardiff University

Mr M Haider, Cardiff University

Project Contact, Sasol Technology Research Laboratory
Project Contact, Johnson Matthey Technology Centre
Project Contact, Dow Benelux B.V., The Netherlands
Project Contact, Fusion IP, plc

The aim is to exploit a recent discovery concerning a new catalytic route for methanol production based on using bio-renewable feedstocks as starting materials. This new process and associated catalysts has been protected by a patent filing. The key feature is that the process opens up a wholly new route for the manufacture of methanol which is a key commodity chemical. Funding is requested to complete patent exemplification and to ensure commercial exploitation can be achieved

16/02/12