AMAZING

Additive Manufacturing for Zero-emission Innovative Green Chemistry

Hydrogen production

The use of renewable energy in conjunction with a membrane opens up not only the advantageous use of renewable electrical energy to heat the reactor, but also the potential for improved use of by-products, in this case hydrosserts. Thus, compared to conventional fossil-heated reactor systems, such a reactor technology has the potential not only to completely eliminate the CO2 footprint, but also to deliver 'green' hydrosserts as a by-product that can be used as a material. The aim of the project is therefore to develop an energy-efficient way of producing chemical building blocks (e.g. ethylene) from renewable energy through catalytic-reductive dehydrogenation in a MIEC membrane reactor using 3D printing and also using the conventional film casting process. The knowledge gained during the manufacture of the membrane reactor will be used to create an advanced membrane system consisting of a proton-conducting membrane as an H+ pump to further improve the efficiency of the system.

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