Descrizione del progetto
Un nuovo modo di trasformare i gas serra per i minerali porosi
La storia della scienza della zeolite risale al XVIII secolo, quando il mineralogista e chimico svedese Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt riscaldò la stilbite con un cannello a fiamma. Oggi gli scienziati stanno studiando in che modo le rocce altamente porose chiamate zeoliti possono contribuire a ridurre i livelli di anidride carbonica dalle ciminiere di fabbrica. Facendo un ulteriore passo avanti, il progetto ZeoMemRx, finanziato dall’UE, utilizzerà pellicole sottili ZSM-5 di zeolite cataliticamente attive e fortemente orientate per creare un prototipo di reattore a membrana per la conversione di gas serra (biossido di carbonio e metano) in prodotti chimici liquidi di base, in particolare aromatici, riducendo allo stesso tempo le emissioni in atmosfera. Il progetto cercherà di ottenere la copertura della proprietà intellettuale attraverso una domanda di brevetto.
Obiettivo
Both methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are greenhouse gases, but are available in large supply, and are often flared or vented. A promising strategy to efficiently utilize these abundant molecules is their transformation to easily transported liquid chemicals, which is particularly attractive because this conversion not only reduces emissions of the greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but also produces commodity chemicals that can be either used as fuels or as precursors for many industrial processes. We propose the fabrication of a prototype membrane reactor, containing catalytically active, highly oriented zeolite ZSM-5 thin-films for the conversion of CO2 and CH4. We have recently demonstrated a method for fabricating catalytically active, highly oriented thin-films of zeolite ZSM-5 on various dense substrates. In this Proof of Concept proposal, we will develop the fabrication of zeolite ZSM-5 thin-films on porous substrates to serve as membranes for catalysis and to convert CH4 and CO2 into liquid commodity chemicals, especially aromatics. The membranes will be incorporated into a prototype reactor, to be designed and implemented as part of the proposal, for reaction testing and optimization. Along with the experimental work we will create a market analysis and seek potential industrial partners, key to this will be pursuing intellectual property coverage through a patent application.
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Meccanismo di finanziamento
ERC-POC-LS - ERC Proof of Concept Lump Sum PilotIstituzione ospitante
3584 CS Utrecht
Paesi Bassi