CASTECH
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Abstract
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Organisations
- University of Cambridge (Lead Research Organisation)
- Sasol Technology Research Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Robinson Brothers (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Borregaard (Norway) (Project Partner)
- Queen's University Belfast (Project Partner)
- Johnson Matthey (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Forestry Commission Research Agency (Project Partner)
Publications
Robbins D
(2012)
CFD modeling of single-phase flow in a packed bed with MRI validation
in AIChE Journal
Robbins D
(2013)
Development of accurate, robust liquid equations of state for multi-phase CFD simulations with a modified AUSM+-up scheme
in Computers & Fluids
Roberts ST
(2013)
Operando magnetic resonance: monitoring the evolution of conversion and product distribution during the heterogeneous catalytic ethene oligomerisation reaction.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Rozmyslowicz B
(2015)
Selective hydrogenation of fatty acids to alcohols over highly dispersed ReO /TiO2 catalyst
in Journal of Catalysis
Tan NY
(2015)
Probing hydrogen-bonding in binary liquid mixtures with terahertz time-domain spectroscopy: a comparison of Debye and absorption analysis.
in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Vecino PA
(2015)
Determining adsorbate configuration on alumina surfaces with (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation time analysis.
in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
Wilkinson S
(2015)
A kinetic analysis methodology to elucidate the roles of metal, support and solvent for the hydrogenation of 4-phenyl-2-butanone over Pt/TiO2
in Journal of Catalysis
Wu Y
(2014)
In situ study of reaction kinetics using compressed sensing NMR.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Yang B
(2014)
Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene over Pd-Boron Catalysts: A Density Functional Theory Study
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Youngs T
(2013)
Probing chemistry and kinetics of reactions in heterogeneous catalysts
in Chemical Science
| Description | There were 3 main project outputs from Cambridge in this collaborative project. (1) The development of T1-T2 magnetic resonance relaxation time measurements to characterise liquid phase adsorption processes in situ in catalytic systems (2) the development of an in situ catalytic reactor which could sit inside a superconducting magnet. Funding from other grants was used to supplement funding from the CASTech project to achieve this. The reactor can reach a temperature of 350 C and 30 bar. (3) The development of robust CFD simulation codes to predict air-water and air-hydrocarbon simulations in fixed-bed reactors. A single-phase flow code was also validated against MRI data. |
| Exploitation Route | The industrial collaborator on this project is exploring ways of taking the relaxometry methods in-house. Further details are available from JM. We are working closely with a number of industrial partners to use the in situ reactor and relaxometry techniques to study heterogeneous catalytic processes. 4 companies are now sponsoring work associated with the in situ reactor capability. |
| Sectors | Chemicals |
| Description | The magnetic resonance relaxometry methods developed in this project now provide a robust screening tool for solvent selection and materials selection in catalysis. This was demonstrated in a satellite project (totally funded by industry) on a particular catalytic conversion. Added in 2019: The NMR relaxometry method developed in this project is now used widely by other researchers and as a screening and characterisation tool for molecule-surface interactions in many academic and industrial laboratories. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Sector | Chemicals |
| Impact Types | Economic |