Development of new catalysts for hydrogen production and chemicals from renewable feedstocks

• Grant number: 12/02050-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - Brazil
• Start date: July 01, 2012
• End date: December 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Industries
• Principal Investigator: José Maria Correa Bueno
• Grantee: José Maria Correa Bueno
• Visiting researcher: Ulf Friedrich Schuchardt
• Visiting researcher institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Química (IQ), Brazil
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The visiting researcher will be participate as collaborator in project of the host group, which involving graduate students with aim of formation of professional with highly qualifications for development of new catalysts and technology potentially applied in industry for production of hydrogen and chemicals from renewable carbon-containing feedstock's. (AU)