A Disruptive Innovation for Upgrading Methane to C3 Commodity Chemicals : Technical challenges faced by the C123 European consortium

C123 is a €6.4 million European Horizon 2020 (H2020) integrated project running from 2019 to 2023, bringing together 11 partners from seven different European countries. There are large reserves of stranded natural gas waiting for a viable solution and smaller scale biogas opportunities offering met...

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Published in:Johnson Matthey technology review 2021-04, Vol.65 (2), p.311-329
Main Authors: Fonseca, Alvaro Amieiro, Heyn, Richard H., Frøseth, Morten, Thybaut, Joris W., Poissonnier, Jeroen, Meiswinkel, Andreas, Zander, Hans-Jörg, Canivet, Jérôme
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Biogas
Carbon dioxide
Catalysis
Chemical Sciences
Chemicals
Commodities
Consortia
Disruptive innovation
Energy industry
Enhanced oil recovery
Environment and Society
Environmental Sciences
Hydrogen
Innovations
Methane
Natural gas
Natural gas reserves
Propylene
Technology assessment
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Summary:C123 is a €6.4 million European Horizon 2020 (H2020) integrated project running from 2019 to 2023, bringing together 11 partners from seven different European countries. There are large reserves of stranded natural gas waiting for a viable solution and smaller scale biogas opportunities offering methane feedstocks rich in carbon dioxide, for which utilisation can become an innovation advantage. C123 will evaluate how to best valorise these unexploited methane resources by an efficient and selective transformation into easy-to-transport liquids such as propanol and propanal that can be transformed further into propylene and fed into the US$6 billion polypropylene market. In C123 the selective transformation of methane to C3 hydrocarbons will be realised via a combination of oxidative conversion of methane (OCoM) and hydroformylation, including thorough smart process design and integration under industrially relevant conditions. All C123 technologies exist at TRL3 (TRL = technology readiness level), and the objectives of C123 will result in the further development of this technology to TRL5 with a great focus on the efficient overall integration of not only the reaction steps but also the required purification and separation steps, incorporating the relevant state-of-the-art engineering expertise.
ISSN:2056-5135
2056-5135
DOI:10.1595/205651321X16051060155762