Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Clean Fuels |
Dry CO2 Reforming of Methane
Advanced expertise in the design , development and testing of cost-effective dry reforming catalysts for the conversion of common greenhouse gases ( carbon dioxide and methane ) into syngas . |
Competitive Advantage • Highly active methane dry reforming catalyst based on cheap active metals ( Ni and Co ) that can be rapidly synthesised in a single-step method , and readily scalable
• High conversion of methane ( up to 90 %) is achievable at a relatively low operating temperature of 700 ° C
• Catalyst support ( using SiO2 and Al2O3 ) modification to enhance catalyst stability
Impact • Alleviate global warming by converting CO2 and methane into synthetic fuels
• Large-scale production of active and stable catalyst
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More Information Associate Professor Jason Scott School of Chemical Engineering T : + 61 2 9385 7361 E : jason . scott @ unsw . edu . au
Dr Emma Lovell School of Chemical Engineering T : + 61 9385 5385 E : e . lovell @ unsw . edu . au
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Successful Applications |
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• The transformation of two greenhouse gases into a feedstock suitable for synthetic fuel manufacture |
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Capabilities and Facilities |
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• Access to expertise and state-of-the-art facilities to enable catalyst synthesis for large-scale production |
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• Characterisation and testing of catalyst performance |
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• In-situ testing to understand conversion mechanisms |
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