RaDiUS Database Project Description  (updated Aug. 2005)

 

 

Short Title:

Catalytic Membrane Technology for the Conversion of Greenhouse Gases

Award Number:

9815041

RaDiUS ID:

50120113479

FY in RaDiUS database:

2003

Level 1:

National Science Foundation

Level 2:

Engineering (ENG)

Level 3:

Chemical and transport systems (CTS)

Level 4:

Chemical reaction processes

Budget Authority (in $K):

$20,525K

Total Awards:

222

Award Type:

Extramural/Grants/

Start Date:

May-1999

End Date:

Apr-2003

Access/Distribution Restriction:

Distribution Unlimited - Unrestricted Access

Restriction Reason:

 

CRADA Partner:

 

Place of Performance:

Blacksburg

Place of Performance: State:

VA

Performer Name:

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Performer Type:

EdInst

Performer City:

BLACKSBURG

Performer State:

VA

Performer Country:

 

Performer Cong. District:

9

Performer Contact Name:

S. Ted Oyama OYAMA@VT.EDU

Performer Contact Phone:

540/231-5281

Performer Parent:

 

Total Award Amount (in $K):

$260.3

Average Annual Funding (in $K):

$52.1

Average Monthly Funding (in $K):

$5.4

FY Total Amount (in $K):

 

FY Federal Amount (in $K):

 

FY Non-Federal Amount (in $K):

 

SBIR Award:

N

Clinical Trial:

N

Requester:

 

Award Description:

SHORT DESCR: CATALYTIC MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE CONVERSION OF GREENHOUSE GASES :: LONG DESCR: Professor S. Ted Oyama will study the dry reforming of methane with carbon dixode to produce synthesis gas (carbon monoxide and hydrogen). This catalytic reaction will be run on membrane-supported Ni and W in the metallic, caribidic and phosphidic form. The CVD-modified Vycor and alumina inorganic membranes will provide additional driving force for the reaction by selective separation of hydrogen at high temperature. The project will involve catalyst development, membrane characterization and investigation of their selectivity to hydrogen, kinetics measurement at various high pressures, mechanistic investigation by isotopic substitution, and modeling of the catalytic membrane reactor system. The outcome of this research may impact the extent of use of natural gas as a chemical source, and provide a pathway for carbon dioxide remediation. This proposal is funded by the following program of the Chemical and Transport Systems Division: Kinetics, Catalysis and Molecular Processes; Process and Reaction Engineering; and Separation and Purification Processes. :: KEYWORDS: Industrial Technology ::