Project 14: direct synthesis of methanol from CO2

• Grant number: 17/08293-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: June 01, 2017
• End date: February 28, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Industrial Operations and Equipment for Chemical Engineering
• Agreement: BG E&P Brasil (Shell Group)
• Principal Investigator: Reinaldo Giudici
• Grantee: Francielle Candian Firmino Marcos
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/50279-4 - Brasil Research Centre for Gas Innovation, AP.PCPE
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/05799-0 - A surface science investigation of methanol synthesis on Cu-Ga/ZrO2 catalysts, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Methanol is an important solvent extensively used in the plastics industry and in the organic synthesis of various chemical intermediates, such as formaldehyde, methyl chloride, acetic acid, methylamines, methyl methacrylate, among others. In addition, is used in the transesterification of triglycerides to produce biodiesel. The use of methanol feedstock tends to increase. Overall methanol demand is increasing by significant levels - from a demand of 60 million metric tons in 2013 to over 106 million metric tons in 2023. With rising demand, it is necessary to develop more selective and inexpensive routes for the synthesis of methanol. Carbon dioxide is an alternative raw material for this synthesis, substituting CO. Thus, this project will study the methanol production routes through the hydrogenation of CO2, in order take advantage of the associated gas in oil fields as well as from other fossil fuels sources, such as natural gas fields in Brazil, rich in CO2. The effects of catalyst preparation methods based on copper supported on ceramic materials will be investigated. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

COLETTA, VITOR C.; GONCALVES, V, RENATO; BERNARDI, MARIA I. B.; HANAOR, DORIAN A. H.; ASSADI, M. HUSSEIN N.; MARCOS, FRANCIELLE C. F.; NOGUEIRA, FRANCISCO G. E.; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.; MASTELARO, VALMOR R.. Cu-Modified SrTiO3 Perovskites Toward Enhanced Water-Gas Shift Catalysis: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study. ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS, v. 4, n. 1, p. 452-461, JAN 25 2021. (17/08293-8, 15/06246-7, 13/07296-2)

PETROLINI, DAVI D.; MARCOS, FRANCIELLE F. C.; LUCREDIO, ALESSANDRA F.; MASTELARO, VALMOR R.; ASSAF, JOSE M.; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.. Exploiting oxidative coupling of methane performed over La-2(Ce1-xMgx)(2)O7-delta catalysts with disordered defective cubic fluorite structure. CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, v. 11, n. 13, p. 4471-4481, JUL 7 2021. (13/07296-2, 17/08293-8, 19/10980-9, 15/06246-7)

SANTANA, CASSIA S.; RASTEIRO, LETICIA F.; MARCOS, FRANCIELLE C. F.; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.; GOMES, JANAINA F.; ASSAF, JOSE M.. Influence of Al, Cr, Ga, or Zr as promoters on the performance of Cu/ZnO catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS, v. 528, p. 9-pg., 2022-07-18. (17/08420-0, 17/22671-5, 18/24339-0, 17/05241-7, 17/08293-8)

MARCOS, FRANCIELLE C. F.; ASSAF, JOSE M.; GIUDICI, REINALDO; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.. Surface interaction of CO2/H-2 mixture on mesoporous ZrO2: Effect of crystalline polymorph phases. Applied Surface Science, v. 496, DEC 1 2019. (14/50279-4, 17/08293-8)

MARCOS, FRANCIELLE C. F.; LIN, LILI; BETANCOURT, LUIS E.; SENANAYAKE, SANJAYA D.; RODRIGUEZ, JOSE A.; ASSAF, JOSE M.; GIUDICI, REINALDO; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.. Insights into the methanol synthesis mechanism via CO2 hydrogenation over Cu-ZnO-ZrO2 catalysts: Effects of surfactant/Cu-Zn-Zr molar ratio. JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION, v. 41, OCT 2020. (17/08293-8, 14/50279-4, 18/05799-0)

ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.; QUIJO, MARCELLA V.; MARCOS, FRANCIELLE C. F.; NOGUEIRA, ANDRE E.; ROCCA, RENE R.; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.. Photocatalytic activity of Nb heterostructure (NaNbO3/Na2Nb4O11) and Nb/clay materials in the degradation of organic compounds. Solar Energy, v. 194, p. 37-46, DEC 2019. (14/24940-5, 17/08293-8)

MARCOS, FRANCIELLE C. F.; ALVIM, RAPHAEL S.; LIN, LILI; BETANCOURT, LUIS E.; PETROLINI, DAVI D.; SENANAYAKE, SANJAYA D.; ALVES, RITA M. B.; ASSAF, JOSE M.; RODRIGUEZ, JOSE A.; GIUDICI, REINALDO; et al. The role of copper crystallization and segregation toward enhanced methanol synthesis via CO2 hydrogenation over CuZrO2 catalysts: A combined experimental and computational study. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, v. 452, p. 15-pg., 2023-01-15. (17/08293-8, 14/50279-4)

MARCOS, FRANCIELLE C. F.; CAVALCANTI, FABIO M.; PETROLINI, DAVI D.; LIN, LILI; BETANCOURT, LUIS E.; SENANAYAKE, SANJAYA D.; RODRIGUEZ, JOSE A.; ASSAF, JOSE M.; GIUDICI, REINALDO; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.. Effect of operating parameters on H-2/CO2 conversion to methanol over Cu-Zn oxide supported on ZrO2 polymorph catalysts: Characterization and kinetics. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, v. 427, JAN 1 2022. (19/10980-9, 17/08293-8, 17/11940-5, 14/50279-4, 18/05799-0)

MARCOS, FRANCIELLE CANDIAN FIRMINO; COSTA, MARIA JOSE FONSECA; CATUZO, GABRIEL L.; DE MORAES, DANIEL ANGELI; DE OLIVEIRA JR, MARCOS; MASTELARO, VALMOR ROBERTO; ASSAF, JOSE MANSUR; GIUDICI, REINALDO; ASSAF, ELISABETE MORREIRA. Supported Cu catalysts on UiO-66 toward enhanced methanol selectivity by CO₂ hydrogenation: Effect of Cu loading. JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, v. 427, p. 9-pg., 2023-11-01. (17/08293-8, 22/02974-1, 20/15230-5)

LIMA GONCALVES, ROSEMBERGUE GABRIEL; PETROLINI, DAVI DOMINGOS; FIRMINO MARCOS, FRANCIELLE CANDIAN; ASSAF, JOSE MANSUR; ASSAF, ELISABETE MOREIRA. Highly porous CuZnAl layered double hydroxides prepared by biochar-templated co-precipitation method as catalysts for the preferential oxidation of CO reaction. APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE, v. 232, p. 8-pg., 2023-02-01. (17/08293-8, 19/10980-9, 20/15230-5)