C-Cycle
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Chemical & Biological Engineering
Abstract
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and so a major environmental pollutant. Energy production produces vast volumes of the gas that is released in to the atmosphere. While carbon dioxide is taken up by plants and converted into useful chemical buliding blocks such as sugars, deforestation, increasing urbanisation and an ever increasing demand to energy means that the carbon dioxide cycle is becoming increasingly unbalanced. Furthermore, global oil and gas supplies are decreasing at an alarming rate and these are the feedstocks of the energy and petrochemicals industries.In this project which is located at eight top UK universities, we intend to capture some of the carbon dioxide produced in industrial processes and reconvert it into chemical feedstocks using advanced materials technology and specifically designed catalysts. The aim is to develop a sustainable carbon economy through efficient recycling of waste materials: the C-Cycle. Recent UK government initiatives have placed the emphasis for waste management in the hands of the municipal incinerators (which produce carbon dioxide) with a move away from the environmentally harmful landfill that are used in many regions. Not only will this project directly address UK government policy in waste management, it will take it one step further by producing high value products from the process: as the saying goes where there's muck there's brass! .
Organisations
- University of Sheffield (Lead Research Organisation)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF READING (Collaboration)
- University of Oxford (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- University of East Anglia (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
Peter Styring (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Taylor M.L.
(2008)
Novel organic solvents for the Bunsen Reaction
in AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings
Taylor M
(2013)
Improved solvation routes for the Bunsen reaction in the sulphur iodine thermochemical cycle: Part I - Ionic liquids
in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Supasitmongkol S
(2014)
A single centre aluminium( iii ) catalyst and TBAB as an ionic organo-catalyst for the homogeneous catalytic synthesis of styrene carbonate
in Catal. Sci. Technol.
Supasitmongkol S
(2010)
High CO2 solubility in ionic liquids and a tetraalkylammonium-based poly(ionic liquid)
in Energy & Environmental Science
Styring P.
(2008)
Aqueous reaction and processing in Suzuki-Miyaura couplings using immobilized palladium catalysts in a phosphine-free system
in AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings
Styring P.
(2009)
C-Cycle: Carbon dioxide capture, activation and product release
in ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
N/a Styring
(2009)
C-Cycle: Carbon Dioxide Capture, Activation & Product Release
Aschenbrenner O
(2010)
Comparative study of solvent properties for carbon dioxide absorption
in Energy & Environmental Science
Aschenbrenner O
(2011)
Adsorption of carbon dioxide on hydrotalcite-like compounds of different compositions
in Chemical Engineering Research and Design
Aschenbrenner O
(2009)
Measurement of vapour pressures of ionic liquids and other low vapour pressure solvents
in Green Chemistry
Description | CO2 can be converted into a range of chemicals with added value. To achieve this we must supply energy and use a catalyst. |
Exploitation Route | Some of the work has now progressed to a pilot scale where multi-kilogrammes of product can be prepared. This has now been taken towards commercialization through a TSB grant. |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Energy Environment |
URL | http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/cbe/staff/staffprofiles/pstyring |
Description | The work led to the establishment of the CO2Chem Grand Challenge Network which has now become the global leader in CO2 utilisation. Beyond this the 4CU Programme Grant evolved from the basic research that was established from C-Cycle. |
First Year Of Impact | 2010 |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Energy,Environment,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
Impact Types | Societal Economic Policy & public services |
Description | C-Cycle |
Organisation | Newcastle University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Engineering solutions |
Collaborator Contribution | Project partners |
Impact | CO2Chem Grant |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | C-Cycle |
Organisation | University College Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Engineering solutions |
Collaborator Contribution | Project partners |
Impact | CO2Chem Grant |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | C-Cycle |
Organisation | University of Birmingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Engineering solutions |
Collaborator Contribution | Project partners |
Impact | CO2Chem Grant |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | C-Cycle |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Department | School of Chemistry Nottingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Engineering solutions |
Collaborator Contribution | Project partners |
Impact | CO2Chem Grant |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | C-Cycle |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Engineering solutions |
Collaborator Contribution | Project partners |
Impact | CO2Chem Grant |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | C-Cycle |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Engineering solutions |
Collaborator Contribution | Project partners |
Impact | CO2Chem Grant |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | C-Cycle |
Organisation | University of Warwick |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Engineering solutions |
Collaborator Contribution | Project partners |
Impact | CO2Chem Grant |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | University of East Anglia |
Organisation | University of East Anglia |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
Start Year | 2005 |