Catalyst design and optimisation by fast combinatorial analysis (COMBICAT)

Objective

Global market pressures are driving European chemical industry to reduce R&D cycle times and costs to provide high quality products or new production technologies. The development of new efficient solid catalyst for heterogeneously catalyzed reactions often contradicts these requirements as it involves expensive, time consuming steps. In the COMBICAT project the combinatorial approach is used to overcome these obstacles. The set targets are to develop innovative methods for high-speed catalyst preparation, testing and selection. Then these methods are to be used to discover new compound combinations as new and highly performing catalysts for industrially relevant reactions. Better catalysts would result in reduction of energy consumption and undesired side-products. The developed technological concepts and apparatus will be sold as a spin-off through high-tech SME.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › chemical sciences › catalysis

Keywords

• Nanotechnology

Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-5. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : materials and their technologies for production and transformation and new and improved materials and production technologies in the steel field

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

GROUPEMENT EUROPÉEN DE RECHERCHES TECHNOLOGIQUES SUR LES HYDROCARBURES

Address

Avenue Napoléon Bonaparte 232
92500 Rueil Malmaison
France

Participants (9)

Amtec GmbH - Advanced Machinery and Technology for Experimental Chemistry

Germany

Address

Annaberger Strasse 240, Chemnitz
09125 Sachsen

Links

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

Address

Avenue Albert Einstein 2
69626 Villeurbanne

DSM RESEARCH B.V.

Netherlands

Address

1,koestraat 3
6167 RA Geleen

ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS

Netherlands

Address

3,westerduinweg 3
1755 ZG Petten

ENGELHARD DE MEERN BV

Netherlands

Address

67,strijkviertel 67
3454 PK De Meern

ENITECNOLOGIE S.P.A.

Italy

Address

Via Felice Maritano 26
20097 San Donato Milanese

INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED CHEMISTRY BERLIN-ADLERSHOF E.V.

Germany

Address

5g 9.9,richard-willstaetter-str. 12
12489 Berlin

MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTD

United Kingdom

Address

Rosemary Lane
CB1 3LQ Cambridge

UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA

Spain

Address

S/n,avenida De Los Naranjos S/n
46022 Valencia