Descripción del proyecto
Productos petroquímicos sin petróleo y con emisiones significativamente menores
El petróleo, o crudo, no es solo el hidrocarburo líquido de origen natural que se convierte en combustible. También es el punto de partida de muchos otros productos químicos basados en el carbono que son importantes a escala industrial y social, denominados en conjunto productos petroquímicos. Los petroquímicos incluyen compuestos comunes como el etileno, el propileno y el benceno utilizados para fabricar productos electrónicos, adhesivos, pinturas, textiles, productos farmacéuticos y envases de alimentos. En el proyecto BIZEOLCAT, financiado con fondos europeos, se desarrolla un proceso sostenible y rentable para incorporar el uso de alcanos ligeros (metano, propano y butano) en los productos petroquímicos. El consorcio multinacional, que incluye expertos en investigación y desarrollo, industria y normalización, ya está planificando una empresa conjunta para garantizar que el trabajo continúe después de que el proyecto finalice.
Objetivo
In the past there have been a number of semi-industrial trials and even commercial processes to obtain on-purpose petrochemical feedstocks from methane and/or propane (more generally, C1-C4 hydrocarbons). However, their commercial success has been limited due to several reasons: from technical drawbacks (low conversions and selectivity) to economics (high capital investment and high operation costs are often obtained). Furthermore there is a need for lowering the carbon footprint of gas and oil industry, i.e. refining industry, contributing to an evolving scenario of sustainable economy in such field. BIZEOLCAT is addressing the use of light alkanes as raw material for specialty chemical industry and not as feedstock for fuels in the current oil refining process, becoming part of this transition.
BIZEOLCAT will aim developing 4 new processes of light alkanes (methane, propane and butane) conversion to olefins (propylene, butadiene) and to aromatics demonstrating higher performance, cost efficiency and environmental sustainability, using innovative methodologies for catalysts preparation and membrane reactor design. A refining company, TUPRAS, will run the pilot unit experiments. One large companies, CEPSA will validate propylene and benzene as part of TR5 validation.
sLCA have demonstrated that the expected reduction in the greenhouse emissions related to the manufacturing of propane dehydrogenation developed within the project and also the Aromatization process in comparison to current Oleflex® and benzene production from a reformate plant is far over the target value of 20%.
A joint venture creation is part of BIZEOLCAT exploitation plan.
The BIZEOLCAT consortium comprises 12 partners: 2 technology centres, 2 research institutes, 2 universities, 1 Standardization body, 1 international association and finally 3 large industries and 1 SME from 8 countries (6 EU members, 2 associated countries to H2020)
Ámbito científico
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryhydrocarbons
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaliphatic compounds
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
Palabras clave
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-NMBP-ST-IND-2018
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
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