Project description
Multiscale models will enhance our ability to get valuable hydrocarbons from methanol
Methanol is a manufactured fuel that is also a precursor of valuable chemicals. It can be made from a variety of feedstocks including coal, biomass, biogas and even CO2 from industrial emissions. Methanol can replace fossil fuels as the precursor to valuable hydrocarbons, offering a route to more sustainable fuels and chemicals. The methanol-to-hydrocarbons (MTH) process has been around since the 1970s but has only been industrially implemented during the last decade. It still faces technical challenges among which is the formation of coke, a solid residue that inhibits reaction processes. The EU-funded EMPaTHY project will use computational multiscale modelling to better understand the mechanism of coke formation in the MTH process to minimise or eliminate its occurrence.
Fields of science
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryhydrocarbons
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesclassical mechanicsfluid mechanicsfluid dynamicscomputational fluid dynamics
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputational sciencemultiphysics
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencecomputational intelligence
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EFCoordinator
20133 Milano
Italy
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