Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/F068379/1 | |
| Title | Low temperature selective methane oxidation in confined spaces | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Other bio-energy) 5%; Not Energy Related 85%; Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Oil and gas conversion) 5%; Energy Efficiency(Industry) 5%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor GJ Hutchings No email address given Chemistry Cardiff University |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2008 | |
| End Date | 31 March 2011 | |
| Duration | 36 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £278,124 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Chemicals; Environment | |
| Region | Wales | |
| Programme | NC : Physical Sciences | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor GJ Hutchings , Chemistry, Cardiff University (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | Oxidation using heterogeneous catalysts with molecular oxygen as the oxidant represents an important step in the industrial utilisation of hydrocarbons. There remain many grand challenges in the field of oxidation chemistry which tantalise scientists, yet their solution always seems just out of reach. One in particular are the selective oxidation of methane to methanol and this will be addressed in this proposal. At present, most oxidation processes require activated hydrocarbon molecules, such as alkenes, to be effective. However, methane is abundant and the identification of a catalyst for the direct selective oxidation of methane would revolutionalise industry. Unfortunately, indirect utilization via synthesis gas is the only commercially viable possibility at present. This proposal aims to investigate the direct oxidation of methane to methanol using a novel low temperature approach in which the activation is induced within micropores of zeolitic materials. Methanol can then beutilized as a precursor for ethene and propene formation using well known Methanol-to-Olefins processes | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 07/02/08 | |
