Grant of the Russian National Fund № 23-73-10108
In accordance with the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation, one of the priority tasks is the transition to an environmentally friendly and resource-saving energy, increasing the efficiency of production and deep processing of hydrocarbon raw materials. Currently, the resources of associated petroleum gas, coal mine methane, and gas from marginal fields are practically not in demand, which is due to the low profitability of most of the existing technologies for their processing. Russia, which has large reserves of hydrocarbons, must have innovative technologies for their processing. One of such technologies, actively developing all over the world, is the Gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology, which makes it possible to obtain a wide range of products from natural gases: gasoline, aviation and diesel fuel, base motor oils, paraffins, ceresins, alcohols, etc. Synthetic fuels and oils do not contain sulfur compounds, nitrogen, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, therefore, in terms of environmental properties, they are much superior to oil counterparts. The GTL technology consists of three main stages: production of synthesis gas from hydrocarbon gases, production of synthetic hydrocarbons from CO and H2, upgrading of hydrocarbon products (hydrogenation, hydroisomerization, hydrocracking). In this project, new catalysts will be created: - obtaining synthesis gas from hydrocarbon gases (pre-reforming and reforming catalysts); - hybrid zeolite-containing catalysts for one-stage production of synthetic fuels from CO and H2 (gasoline, kerosene and diesel); - new polyfunctional hydrocarbon hydroisomerization catalysts based on molecular sieves with a hierarchical porous structure SAPO-11 and SAPO-41 promoted with Pt; For the development of catalysts, the project will use both "classical" methods for obtaining heterogeneous catalysts, and new methods - applying the active component of catalysts (Pt, Pd, Ni, etc.) by pulsed electrolysis. Using the method of pulsed electrolysis makes it possible to obtain catalysts with a high dispersion of the active component, while the metal is in a reduced form and its additional activation is not required. The scientific novelty of the project lies in the development of new efficient catalytic systems for the deep processing of hydrocarbon gases into synthetic fuels and oxygen-containing compounds. The implementation of the project will provide a significant scientific groundwork for the implementation of the GTL technology, which can be demanded by large oil companies for APG utilization and natural gas processing.