Objective Natural gas utilisation has become an important research area in the last decade. The conversion of natural gas, mainly methane, into transportation fuels and added value chemicals is considered to be a promising alternative to make the use of this gas economically viable.This project is divided into two parts. Part 1 (outgoing phase at the University of California, Berkeley) explores the conversion of methane to synthesis gas by using Group VIII metal and Ni. We intend to focus on the reaction mechanisms and kinetics to improve in that way the catalytic performance and to control the relative rates of exothermic (combustion, partial oxidation) and endothermic reactions (reforming) so as to maximise their concurrent occurrence in space and time and thus minimise undesired hot spots. Part 2 (Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry, Madrid) is related to the partial oxidation of methane into C1-oxygenates (methanol and formaldehyde) through a single catalytic step.This process is of tremendous chemical and technological importance because it overcomes the synthesis gas generation, which is known to be a very expensive step. MoO3/SiO2 and V2O5/SiO2 materials will be used as a catalyst in our investigation. Our main goal is to increase the catalytic yield high enough to make this process economical and industrially feasible. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaldehydesnatural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectrolysisnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryalcoholsnatural scienceschemical sciencescatalysisnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaliphatic compounds Programme(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) MOBILITY-2.2 - Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowships (OIF) Call for proposal FP6-2002-MOBILITY-6 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme OIF - Marie Curie actions-Outgoing International Fellowships Coordinator CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENT¿ICAS EU contribution No data Address Serrano 117 MADRID Spain See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA United States EU contribution No data Address University of California BERKELEY See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
