Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160102818

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160102818

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A novel route to produce olefin feedstock for Australia. This project aims to develop a new process to produce longer chain hydrocarbons usable in Australia's olefin and polymer industries. Besides their use as a fuel, hydrocarbons are major industrial chemicals used for the production of polymeric materials and as refrigerants. Olefins are precursors to polymers and conventionally are produced from saturated hydrocarbons through the process of steam cracking. The major precursors for monomers are present in significant quantities in only a few natural gas sources and these sources also undergo significant seasonal variation and are costly. The project aims to develop new catalysts and process conditions to convert low-value feedstock hydrocarbons into feedstock for conventional steam crackers.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-06-2016

End Date: 01-06-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $320,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Chemical Engineering | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy not elsewhere classified | Catalytic Process Engineering |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Organic Industrial Chemicals (excl. Resins, Rubber and Plastics) | Environmentally Sustainable Energy Activities not elsewhere classified

Other Keywords

Catalytic Process Engineering | Chemical Engineering | Environmentally Sustainable Energy Activities not elsewhere classified | Organic Industrial Chemicals (excl. Resins, Rubber and Plastics) | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy not elsewhere classified

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