Grant: Canada Research Chairs
École Polytechnique de Montréal
$200,000.00
High Temperature, High Pressure Heterogeneous Catalysis
FY 2021-22
Summary
Methane and other contaminants come out of solution when oil is pumped to the surface from high pressure reservoirs. These gases are flared/vented because gas pipeline infrastructure is too costly. The Chair¿s research program will develop economic micro-refinery technology to produce hydrocarbons through high temperature, high pressure catalysis from wasted natural gas thereby reducing the environmental footprint of oil and gas operations. It integrates multiple catalytic reactions in a single vessel and achieves economies through mass manufacturing rather than scale. Oxygen partially oxidizes methane at 1000oC over transition metals to syngas then reacts to C5+ hydrocarbons at 260oC over Fe/Co.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2016-00103
Name nom
Patience, Gregory
Department département
Chemical Engineering - École Polytechnique de Montréal
Organization id
64
Institution établissement
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2021
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
1800
Research subject group en
Chemical engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie chimique
Research subject en
Chemical engineering
Research subject fr
Génie chimique
Installment
inst:5-1
Partie
1
Nb partie
5
Application title
High Temperature, High Pressure Heterogeneous Catalysis
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Methane and other contaminants come out of solution when oil is pumped to the surface from high pressure reservoirs. These gases are flared/vented because gas pipeline infrastructure is too costly. The Chair¿s research program will develop economic micro-refinery technology to produce hydrocarbons through high temperature, high pressure catalysis from wasted natural gas thereby reducing the environmental footprint of oil and gas operations. It integrates multiple catalytic reactions in a single vessel and achieves economies through mass manufacturing rather than scale. Oxygen partially oxidizes methane at 1000oC over transition metals to syngas then reacts to C5+ hydrocarbons at 260oC over Fe/Co.
