Catalyst Development to Overcome Barriers for Commercialization of Synthetic High-Octane Hydrocarbons: Cooperative Research and Development (Final Report)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
In recent years, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley) have independently developed catalysts that convert methanol and dimethyl ether into alkylate-like hydrocarbons with a high-octane value, and both have developed intellectual property around these chemical transformations. Both UC Berkeley and NREL wish to see their technologies commercialized to address a number of domestic and international energy challenges. The technologies developed by NREL and UC Berkeley are complimentary but neither have moved beyond the laboratory scale due to remaining challenges with the catalyst activity and selectivity, and/or with the reaction engineering associated with maximizing the yield of the high-value product. NREL and UC Berkeley wish to collaboratively through a shared resources CRADA to solve issues related to the scale-up and process integration of their high-octane hydrocarbon technologies, thus enabling future licensing of the technology to an industry partner.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation and Fuels. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 2565645
- Report Number(s):
- NREL-TP--5100-92988; CRD-18-00757; MainId:94770; UUID:11d95ebe-6a97-4bcd-a281-faeafea968ce; MainAdminId:76808
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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