Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0346391

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0346391

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Novel Metal Carbide Catalysts For Gas-To-Liquid Conversion Processes. The development of efficient gas-to-liquid fuels processes is driven by the availability of abundant natural gas reserves and environmental advantages of synthetic liquid fuels. In this study, a new molybdenum-tungsten carbide catalyst that with excellent performance but 80 times cheaper than noble metal catalysts is proposed. It is especially attractive for industrial applications because it can be used for steam reforming of natural gas to synthesis gas, and subsequent conversion to gasoline. This represents huge cost savings in catalyst and energetically-efficient reactors in the global petrochemical industry where millions of dollars are spent annually on catalyst improvement and rehabilitation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2003

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $145,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Chemistry Of Catalysis | Chemical Engineering Design

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Organic industrial chemicals not classified elsewhere | Oil and gas | Gas—conversion to liquid fuels |

Other Keywords

Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering Design | Chemical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Chemistry Of Catalysis | Gas—conversion to liquid fuels | Oil and gas | Organic industrial chemicals not classified elsewhere

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