Descripción del proyecto
Conversión catalítica eficiente de glicerol en propileno
El objetivo del proyecto CatGTP, financiado por las Acciones Marie Skłodowska-Curie, es valorizar el glicerol crudo, que es un subproducto del proceso de fabricación de biodiésel. Su equipo desarrollará una ruta innovadora de hidrodesoxigenación catalítica (HDO) monopaso para convertir el glicerol en biopropileno (GTP, por sus siglas en inglés) y solventar así la escasez de materias primas alquénicas. Se hará hincapié en comprender mejor las funciones superficiales de los catalizadores de carburo de molibdeno para evaluar y ajustar sus propiedades de HDO mediante un método de diseño racional respaldado por espectroscopia de resolución temporal. También se llevarán a cabo experimentos de alto rendimiento para determinar con rapidez los principales parámetros que afectan a la eficacia catalítica del GTP, a saber: actividad, selectividad y estabilidad a largo plazo.
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The CatGTP project aims at valorising crude glycerol, which is a by-product of world-scale biodiesel industry. I will develop an innovative one-step catalytic hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) route for upgrading crude glycerol-to-biopropylene (GTP), thus contributing to overcome the challenge of olefins feedstock shortage and diversification in EU. At the University of Lille-ULille (France), I will focus the first part of project on better understanding the surface functions of MoCx≤1@OMS catalysts to assess and tune their HDO properties using a rational design approach backed-up by time-resolved spectroscopy (in situ µRaman and operando NAP-XPS techniques). This part will involve a secondment at the Max Planck Society-MPS (Germany) for elucidating the C-O catalytically active-sites and GTP pathways under near-practice HDO conditions. The second part of project will comprise high-throughput experimentations for quickly determining the main parameters affecting GTP catalytic efficiency (activity, selectivity and long-term stability), and thus, setting the optimisation-intensification bases for the GTP process.
The CatGTP’s training objectives are to develop all skills necessary to get established as a full independent scientist within the area of in situ/Operando analyses of catalysed reactions and their optimisation/intensification, and further grow a fruitful collaboration with industry and between these EU labs. Combining the high-level labs-facilities and host/partner supports, I will carry out synergic multi-tasks for successfully achieving the research and training objectives set, thereby, enhancing my professional career prospects in European Union (EU). The exploitation and dissemination of the as-obtained results expect to generate great benefits for the European research Area and industries, as well as, high socio-economical and environmental impacts on the EU society.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinador
59000 Lille
Francia