Objetivo
The project addresses from one site the most critical and costly step to produce liquid fuel from natural gas using conventional routes, e.g. the stage of syngas production, and from the other side explores alternative routes to convert natural gas to liquid transportable products. The general objective is to explore novel and innovative (precompetitive) routes for transformation of natural gas to liquid products, particularly suited for remote areas to facilitate the transport. The aim is an integrated multi-disciplinary approach to develop in a long term vision the next-stage catalysts and related precompetitive technologies for gas to liquid conversion, in fully consistence with the indications of the call. For this reason, we have excluded to consider as part of the project catalytic technologies, such as FT synthesis and hydrocracking. In addition, we have excluded to investigate coal to liquid, both due to environmental impact of the use of coal, and to focus R&D. We have thus focused the project on three cluster lines: 1. new, not conventional routes for catalytic syngas formation from natural gas which include steps of separation by membrane and eventual reuse of byproducts; 2. direct catalytic conversion of methane to methanol/DME; 3. direct catalytic conversion of methane to aromatics under non-oxidative conditions followed by upgrading of the products by alkylation with ethane/propane.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuels
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energycoal
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energynatural gas
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryalcohols
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaliphatic compounds
Convocatoria de propuestas
FP7-NMP-2008-LARGE-2
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Régimen de financiación
CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectCoordinador
50121 Firenze
Italia
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60486 Frankfurt
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75007 Paris
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67063 Ludwigshafen Am Rhein
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51368 LEVERKUSEN
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00144 Roma
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82000 Kiryat
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EN1 3PN London
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7034 Trondheim
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75794 Paris
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28006 Madrid
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182 23 Praha
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70174 Stuttgart
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30167 Hannover
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15341 Agia Paraskevi
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5612 AE Eindhoven
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80333 Muenchen
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9000 Gent
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2628 CN Delft
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30239 Krakow
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17122 Nea Smyrnh
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17564 N.FALIRO
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00148 Roma
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