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 engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuelsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energycoalengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energynatural gasnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryalcoholsnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaliphatic 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 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project Coordinator CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO NAZIONALE PER LA SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI Address Via giusti 9 50121 Firenze Italy See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Firenze Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Gabriele Centi (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 760 030,47 Participants (22) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DECHEMA GESELLSCHAFT FUR CHEMISCHETECHNIK UND BIOTECHNOLOGIE Germany EU contribution € 409 560,00 Address Theodor heuss allee 25 60486 Frankfurt See on map Region Hessen Darmstadt Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Roberta Jablonski (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window L AIR LIQUIDE SA France EU contribution € 76 290,00 Address Quai d orsay 75 75007 Paris 07 See on map 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.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window BASF SE Germany EU contribution € 133 689,50 Address Carl bosch strasse 38 67063 Ludwigshafen am rhein See on map 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.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window BAYER TECHNOLOGY SERVICES GMBH Germany EU contribution € 498 326,00 Address Kaiser-wilhelm-allee 51368 Leverkusen See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jürgen Makarowski (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ENI SPA Italy EU contribution € 358 883,00 Address Piazzale mattei enrico 1 00144 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Mario Piccoli (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ACKTAR LTD. Israel EU contribution € 286 377,00 Address Leshem st. 1, entrance a 82000 Kiryat See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Dina Katsir (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Parametric Optimization Solutions Limited Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 85 481,00 Address Great cambridge road, 758 EN1 3PN London See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Markos Markou (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window STIFTELSEN SINTEF Norway EU contribution € 435 500,00 Address Strindveien 4 7034 Trondheim See on map Region Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Michael Stöcker (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 281 120,00 Address Rue michel ange 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Nadine Brochet (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution € 316 478,00 Address Calle serrano 117 28006 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Carios Manuel Abad Ruie (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window USTAV FYZIKALNI CHEMIE J. HEYROVSKEHO AV CR, v. v. i. Czechia EU contribution € 344 479,20 Address Dolejskova 2155/3 182 23 Praha See on map Region Česko Praha Hlavní město Praha Activity type Other Administrative Contact Zdenek Sobalik (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART Germany EU contribution € 325 003,00 Address Keplerstrasse 7 70174 Stuttgart See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Yvonne Traa (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER Germany EU contribution € 304 536,00 Address Welfengarten 1 30167 Hannover See on map Region Niedersachsen Hannover Region Hannover Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Juergen Caro (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window "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 See on map Region Αττική Aττική Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Nick Kanellopoulos (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN Netherlands EU contribution € 515 200,25 Address Groene loper 3 5612 AE Eindhoven See on map Region Zuid-Nederland Noord-Brabant Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Laurent Nelissen (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN Germany EU contribution € 646 456,00 Address Arcisstrasse 21 80333 Muenchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ulrike Ronchetti (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITEIT GENT Belgium EU contribution € 276 600,00 Address Sint pietersnieuwstraat 25 9000 Gent See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Arr. Gent Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Nathalie Vandepitte (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Netherlands EU contribution € 326 820,00 Address Stevinweg 1 2628 CN Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Rogier Van Loghem Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window INSTYTUT KATALIZY I FIZYKOCHEMII POWIERZCHNI IM. JERZEGO HABERA POLSKA AKADEMIA NAUK Poland EU contribution € 352 860,00 Address Ul. niezapominajek 8 30239 Krakow See on map Region Makroregion południowy Małopolskie Miasto Kraków Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Malgorzata Ostafin (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window SYSTIMATA PROSTASIAS PERIVALLONTOSEPE Greece EU contribution € 162 600,00 Address Syngrou street 245 17122 Nea smyrnh See on map Region Αττική Aττική Νότιος Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Konstantinos Laoudis (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window IPEL SA Greece EU contribution € 195 600,00 Address Iasonos 14 17564 N.faliro See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Nick Kleisiotis (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window KT - KINETICS TECHNOLOGY SPA Italy EU contribution € 829 436,50 Address Viale castello della magliana 27 00148 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Gaetano Iaquaniello (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window