SCOPE
Use of hydrogen as a raw material
Maturity Level
TRL 3-6
Development Level
Pilot plant
Protection Level
In process
Catalyst development and piloting of thermochemical processes
Entity:
The development and scale-up of catalysts for industrial decarbonisation is essential in the technology transfer from laboratory to commercial scale. EURECAT excels in the design and characterisation of innovative catalysts, including nanostructured materials and organometallic complexes. With a unique infrastructure in Catalonia, it offers tests in batch, semi-batch and continuous processes, with a diversity of temperatures, pressures and flow rates. These facilities support a wide range of catalytic processes, from synthetic fuel production to hydrogenation/dehydrogenation and green ammonia production.
Challenges met
Key to achieving the economic, energy and sustainability improvements to decarbonise industry with hydrogen are:
- The ability to develop innovative catalysts and scale-up their production, and
- The ability to scale up processes from laboratory to pre-commercial scale.
Scope of application
Impact on the industrial sector (e.g., replacing fossil fuel sources in the production of chemicals, petrochemicals, polymers, fertilizers) and the mobility and energy sector (e.g., production of synthetic fuels and hydrogen carriers to power fuel cells).
Main publications
- ACS Catalysis, 7 (4),p: 2791–2799, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b00391
- Topics in Catalysis, 56,p: 1208–1219, 2013 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-013-0087-1
Related projects
- Projecte H2020 BIZEOLCAT – Bifunctional Zeolite based Catalysts and Innovative process for Sustainable Hydrocarbon Transformation
- Project CDTi-PID KRYPCAT – R&D in versatile polyureas from polyols and polyether amines
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