Ceramic membranes for energy applications and CO2 capture

Lead Research Organisation: Imperial College London
Department Name: Chemical Engineering

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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

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Dong X (2011) Dense ceramic catalytic membranes and membrane reactors for energy and environmental applications. in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

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Faiz R (2012) Olefin/paraffin separation using membrane based facilitated transport/chemical absorption techniques in Chemical Engineering Science

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Faiz R (2013) Separation of Olefin/Paraffin Gas Mixtures Using Ceramic Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

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García-García F (2013) Dry reforming of methane using Pd-based membrane reactors fabricated from different substrates in Journal of Membrane Science

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García-García F (2014) Hollow fibre based reactors for an enhanced H2 production by methanol steam reforming in Journal of Membrane Science

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García-García F (2014) Studies on water-gas-shift enhanced by adsorption and membrane permeation in Catalysis Today

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García-García F (2012) Catalytic Hollow Fibre based Reactors for a Enhance H2 Production by Methanol Steam Reforming in Procedia Engineering

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García-García F (2011) Asymmetric ceramic hollow fibres: New micro-supports for gas-phase catalytic reactions in Applied Catalysis A: General

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García-García F (2011) Catalytic hollow fibre membrane micro-reactor: High purity H2 production by WGS reaction in Catalysis Today

 
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 £85,000 (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 To develop micro structured ceramic substrates for emission control 
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.