eStructMR - Engineering Electrochemical Structured Membrane Reactor for Efficient Co-valorisation of Methane and Carbon Dioxide

eStructMR - 用于甲烷和二氧化碳高效共价的工程电化学结构膜反应器

• 批准号: EP/Y028228/1
• 负责人: Kang Li
• 金额: $ 25.55万
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FY028228%2F1
• 关键词: eStructMR; Engineering; Electrochemical; Structured; Membrane

Global climate change and Net-Zero mission are accelerating the emphasis from policy makers, academia, and industry on addressingenergy and environmental issues where methane and CO2 emissions in small, distributed sources are some main causes. So, methaneand CO2 capture and co-valorisation are of paramount importance. The state-of-the-art research for methane and CO2 co-valorisationmainly includes (super-)dry reforming of methane, plasma catalysis, electrocatalysis and so on, and most of current research suffersfrom multi-step process, e.g., via syngas, to value-added chemicals and fuels or focuses on the catalyst development. However, littleattention is paid in developing advanced catalytic reactors for radically technological breakthrough, which this project aims toaddress. In the context of process electrification in chemical industry, this eStructMR project proposes to develop the new generationof advanced membrane reactor driven by renewable electricity to achieve simultaneous valorisation of methane and CO2 to valueaddedchemicals and fuels in single-step process. Specifically, eStructMR aims to (1) develop the Electrochemical StructuredMembrane Reactor and obtain fundamental understanding on its rational design; (2) achieve high-efficient co-valorisation ofmethane and CO2 by tuning catalytic reaction microenvironment through proper microscale design of proposed reactor. The successof eStructMR project will yield a new perspective to both reactor design and catalytic process regulation not only for the covalorisationof methane and CO2 but also for many other catalytic reactions.

全球气候变化和净零使命正在加速政策制定者、学术界和工业界对解决能源和环境问题的重视，其中小型分布式来源的甲烷和二氧化碳排放是一些主要原因。因此，甲烷和二氧化碳的捕获和共增值至关重要。甲烷与二氧化碳共增值的最新研究主要包括甲烷（超）干重整、等离子体催化、电催化等，目前的研究大多采用多步骤过程，例如通过合成气、转向增值化学品和燃料或专注于催化剂开发。然而，很少有人关注开发先进催化反应器以实现根本性技术突破，而该项目旨在解决这一问题。在化学工业过程电气化的背景下，该eStructMR项目建议开发由可再生电力驱动的新一代先进膜反应器，以实现甲烷和二氧化碳在一步过程中同时增值为增值化学品和燃料。具体来说，eStructMR的目标是（1）开发电化学结构膜反应器并对其合理设计获得基本了解； （2）通过适当的微尺度设计反应器来调节催化反应微环境，实现甲烷和二氧化碳的高效共价。 eStructMR 项目的成功将为反应器设计和催化过程调节带来新的视角，不仅适用于甲烷和二氧化碳的共价化，而且适用于许多其他催化反应。