Ceramic membranes for energy applications and CO2 capture
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Chemical Engineering
Abstract
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| Kang Li (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Boributh S
(2013)
Analytical solutions for membrane wetting calculations based on log-normal and normal distribution functions for CO2 absorption by a hollow fiber membrane contactor
in Journal of Membrane Science
Dong X
(2011)
Dense ceramic catalytic membranes and membrane reactors for energy and environmental applications.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Faiz R
(2012)
Olefin/paraffin separation using membrane based facilitated transport/chemical absorption techniques
in Chemical Engineering Science
Faiz R
(2013)
Separation of Olefin/Paraffin Gas Mixtures Using Ceramic Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors
in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
GarcĂa-GarcĂa F
(2012)
Asymmetric ceramic hollow fibres applied in heterogeneous catalytic gas phase reactions
in Catalysis Today
GarcĂa-GarcĂa F
(2011)
Catalytic hollow fibre membrane micro-reactor: High purity H2 production by WGS reaction
in Catalysis Today
GarcĂa-GarcĂa F
(2010)
A novel catalytic membrane microreactor for COx free H2 production
in Catalysis Communications
GarcĂa-GarcĂa F
(2011)
Asymmetric ceramic hollow fibres: New micro-supports for gas-phase catalytic reactions
in Applied Catalysis A: General
GarcĂa-GarcĂa F
(2012)
Catalytic Hollow Fibre based Reactors for a Enhance H2 Production by Methanol Steam Reforming
in Procedia Engineering
GarcĂa-GarcĂa F
(2014)
Hollow fibre based reactors for an enhanced H2 production by methanol steam reforming
in Journal of Membrane Science
| Description | Developed micro-structured ceramic hollow fibres for water, fuel cells and emission control |
| Exploitation Route | Has been applied in automotive industries for car emission control |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Chemicals Education Energy Environment Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Transport |
| URL | http://phys.org/news/2014-01-catalytic-fuel-consumption-car.html |
| Description | A spin off company, Micro-tech Ceramics was set up in 2013. The company is in the second phase of testing the products. BM catalyst Ltd invested the Micro-tech Ceramics and paid £50 per share, i.e. 5000 times higher than the original share price (£ 0.01 per share). The company is just secured a second round investment of £1.25m. In early 2018, Microtech Ceramics received further US$1.8m investment from Kero (http://www.globaluniversityventuring.com/article.php/6685/microtech-ceramics-forms-1.8m-round?tag_id=526) for recruiting technical personnel and scaling up manufacturing facilities for commercial productions. |
| Sector | Environment,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | Enterprise Fellowship |
| Amount | ÂŁ85,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2014 |
| End | 02/2015 |
| Description | Johnson Matthey plc |
| Organisation | Johnson Matthey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| Start Year | 2004 |
| Title | CERAMIC MATERIAL |
| Description | The present invention relates to method for forming a porous ceramic material, the method comprising the steps of: providing a suspension of polymer-coated ceramic particles in a first solvent; contacting the suspension with a second solvent, whereby a ceramic material precursor is formed from the polymer and ceramic particles, heating the ceramic material precursor to at least partially decompose the polymer within the precursor into solid deposits, and then sintering the ceramic material precursor to form a porous ceramic material. |
| IP Reference | US2015274596 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2015 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | The patent has been licensed to Microtech Ceramics, which aims at commercialising new ceramic hollow fibre substrates to be used as a new catalytic converter for emission control, because current catalytic convertor substrate technology is over 40 years old and has reached the limit of its technical development. The advanced solution developed by my group represents a step change, as the new catalytic converter (first generation converter) contains 14,000 m2/m3 geometric surface area (GSA) and w |
| Title | Catalytic Converter Substrate |
| Description | A catalytic converter substrate comprising a plurality of micro-structured hollow ceramic tubes, each tube having an inside surface and an outside surface, the inside surface having openings to micro-channels distributed radially throughout the tube cross-section, the micro-channels extending from the openings in the inside surface towards the outside surface. |
| IP Reference | US2015151290 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2015 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | A spinout company, MicroTech Ceramics, has been set up based on the patent which is focused on developing a new substrate for automotive catalytic converters consisting of small diameter tubes (c2.0mm diameter) produced using the phase inversion technique. These tubes have a porous internal surface structure, are bound together and sintered to create a full-sized substrate. The porous structure creates an open surface are per unit volume around 8 times greater than conventional materials. This e |
| Company Name | Microtech Ceramics |
| Description | Microtech Ceramics develops ceramic substrates for catalytic converters, which converts toxic emissions into less toxic gases. |
| Year Established | 2013 |
| Impact | Current catalytic convertor substrate technology is over 40 years old and has reached the limit of its technical development. The advanced solution developed represents a step change, as the new catalytic contains 30,000 m2/m3 geometric surface area (GSA) and will enable 30% reduction in catalyst utilisation, cost reduction of 20% for a convertor unit, increased engine performance leading to 2-3% reduction in CO2, improved emission control, and an 80% reduction in package size. In early 2018, Microtech Ceramics received further US$1.8m investment from Kero (http://www.globaluniversityventuring.com/article.php/6685/microtech-ceramics-forms-1.8m-round?tag_id=526) for recruiting technical personnel and scaling up manufacturing facilities for commercial productions. |
| Website | http://mtechceramics.com |