The facilities of the DEMOKRITOS National Center for Scientific Research, in Athens, hosted the final consortium meeting of the ZEOCAT-3D project, last March 16th. All the entities participating in the project were present at the meeting.
After 4 years of research and co-working between different European partners, the development of a hydrocarbon catalytic conversion system has been successfully completed, becoming an alternative to the current production process of aromatic compounds. Each of the results obtained in the course of the project were presented in Athens, as well as the goals and objectives achieved. Some of the aspects to highlight are:
– Development of a system capable of transforming biogas into high-value chemicals with yields of around 50%, with consecutive recirculations.
– Efficient implementation (> 95%) of complementary stages to the catalytic reactor, such as biogas purification and product separation.
– Identification of a promising catalyst for methane conversion, based on a core@shell zeolite.
– Up-scaling of several systems and materials, such as the production of nanocatalysts through the FSP technology and the process of impregnating zeolitic supports.
On the other hand, in relation to the work carried out by Tecnan, in this last stage of the project the activities have been focused on defining the up-scaling of the molybdenum-based nanoparticle’s production.
Finally, in order to celebrate the end of the project, a summary video has been prepared and published, in which some of the project researchers have been interviewed.
Link to the summary video of the project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_kBLWvS4ZI
