Grant: Canada Research Chairs
École Polytechnique de Montréal
$200,000.00
High temperature, high pressure heterogeneous catalysis
EF 2023-24
Résumé
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.
Programme
Canada Research Chairs
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Quebec, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
CRC-2016-00103
Name nom
Patience, Gregory
Department département
Chemical Engineering - Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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
2023
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 RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR 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
10000
Research subject group en
The field of research available
Research subject group fr
The field of research available
Research subject en
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Research subject fr
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF20501;RDF20803
Field of research list names en
Chemical engineering;Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy
Field of research list names fr
Génie chimique;Génie des ressources et métallurgie extractive
Application title
High temperature, high pressure heterogeneous catalysis
Keyword
Wasted natural gas
syngas
Fischer-Tropsh fuels
catalysis
gas-solids fluidization
FeCralloy knitted fibres
process intensification
micro-refinery
methane
high pressure reactor
process safety management
heat transfer
core-shell catalyst
spray drying
catalyst supports and promoters
hydrodynamics
green house gases
sulphur emissions
deactivation
gas flaring
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.
