Innovative Catalytic Technologies & Materials for Next Gas to Liquid Processes

Project Information

NEXT-GTL

Grant agreement ID: 229183

Project closed

Start date 1 November 2009

End date 31 October 2013

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

Total cost € 12 214 925,87

EU contribution € 8 242 925,92

Coordinated by

CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO NAZIONALE PER LA SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI
Italy

Objective

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.

Fields of science

Not validated

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › liquid fuels
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › fossil energy › coal
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › fossil energy › natural gas
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › organic chemistry › alcohols
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › organic chemistry › aliphatic compounds

Programme(s)

• FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

Topic(s)

• NMP-2008-4.0-2 - Catalysts and sustainable processes to produce liquid fuels from coal and natural gas

Call for proposal

FP7-NMP-2008-LARGE-2
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Funding Scheme

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinator

CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO NAZIONALE PER LA SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI

• EU contribution: € 760 030,47
• Address: VIA GIUSTI 9 ; 50121 Firenze ; Italy
• Region: Centro (IT) › Toscana › Firenze
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Gabriele Centi (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (22)

DECHEMA GESELLSCHAFT FUR CHEMISCHETECHNIK UND BIOTECHNOLOGIE

Germany

• EU contribution: € 409 560,00
• Address: THEODOR HEUSS ALLEE 25 ; 60486 Frankfurt
• Region: Hessen › Darmstadt › Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Roberta Jablonski (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

L AIR LIQUIDE SA

France

• EU contribution: € 76 290,00
• Address: QUAI D ORSAY 75 ; 75007 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Vincent Kowalczyk (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

BASF SE

Germany

• EU contribution: € 133 689,50
• Address: CARL BOSCH STRASSE 38 ; 67063 Ludwigshafen Am Rhein
• Region: Rheinland-Pfalz › Rheinhessen-Pfalz › Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Michael Roeper (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

BAYER TECHNOLOGY SERVICES GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 498 326,00
• Address: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee ; 51368 LEVERKUSEN
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Jürgen Makarowski (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

ENI SPA

Italy

• EU contribution: € 358 883,00
• Address: PIAZZALE MATTEI ENRICO 1 ; 00144 Roma
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Mario Piccoli (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

ACKTAR LTD.

Israel

• EU contribution: € 286 377,00
• Address: LESHEM ST. 1, ENTRANCE A ; 82000 Kiryat
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Dina Katsir (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

Parametric Optimization Solutions Limited

Participation ended

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 85 481,00
• Address: GREAT CAMBRIDGE ROAD, 758 ; EN1 3PN London
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Markos Markou (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

STIFTELSEN SINTEF

Norway

• EU contribution: € 435 500,00
• Address: STRINDVEIEN 4 ; 7034 Trondheim
• Region: Norge › Trøndelag › Trøndelag
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Michael Stöcker (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

France

• EU contribution: € 281 120,00
• Address: RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 ; 75794 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Nadine Brochet (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

• EU contribution: € 316 478,00
• Address: CALLE SERRANO 117 ; 28006 Madrid
• Region: Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Carios Manuel Abad Ruie (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

USTAV FYZIKALNI CHEMIE J. HEYROVSKEHO AV CR, v. v. i.

Czechia

• EU contribution: € 344 479,20
• Address: DOLEJSKOVA 2155/3 ; 182 23 Praha
• Region: Česko › Praha › Hlavní město Praha
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Zdenek Sobalik (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART

Germany

• EU contribution: € 325 003,00
• Address: KEPLERSTRASSE 7 ; 70174 Stuttgart
• Region: Baden-Württemberg › Stuttgart › Stuttgart, Stadtkreis
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Yvonne Traa (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER

Germany

• EU contribution: € 304 536,00
• Address: WELFENGARTEN 1 ; 30167 Hannover
• Region: Niedersachsen › Hannover › Region Hannover
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Juergen Caro (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

"NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ""DEMOKRITOS"""

Greece

• EU contribution: € 321 600,00
• Address: END OF PATRIARCHOU GRIGORIOU E AND 27 NEAPOLEOS STREET ; 15341 Agia Paraskevi
• Region: Αττική › Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Nick Kanellopoulos (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 515 200,25
• Address: GROENE LOPER 3 ; 5612 AE Eindhoven
• Region: Zuid-Nederland › Noord-Brabant › Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Laurent Nelissen (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN

Germany

• EU contribution: € 646 456,00
• Address: Arcisstrasse 21 ; 80333 Muenchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Ulrike Ronchetti (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITEIT GENT

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 276 600,00
• Address: SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 ; 9000 Gent
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen › Arr. Gent
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Nathalie Vandepitte (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 326 820,00
• Address: STEVINWEG 1 ; 2628 CN Delft
• Region: West-Nederland › Zuid-Holland › Delft en Westland
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Rogier Van Loghem
• Total cost: No data

INSTYTUT KATALIZY I FIZYKOCHEMII POWIERZCHNI IM. JERZEGO HABERA POLSKA AKADEMIA NAUK

Poland

• EU contribution: € 352 860,00
• Address: UL. NIEZAPOMINAJEK 8 ; 30239 Krakow
• Region: Makroregion południowy › Małopolskie › Miasto Kraków
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Malgorzata Ostafin (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

SYSTIMATA PROSTASIAS PERIVALLONTOSEPE

Greece

• EU contribution: € 162 600,00
• Address: SYNGROU STREET 245 ; 17122 Nea Smyrnh
• Region: Αττική › Aττική › Νότιος Τομέας Αθηνών
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Konstantinos Laoudis (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

IPEL SA

Greece

• EU contribution: € 195 600,00
• Address: IASONOS 14 ; 17564 N.FALIRO
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Nick Kleisiotis (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

KT - KINETICS TECHNOLOGY SPA

Italy

• EU contribution: € 829 436,50
• Address: VIALE CASTELLO DELLA MAGLIANA 27 ; 00148 Roma
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Gaetano Iaquaniello (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data