Catalysis group Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU

1. Catalysis group Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU Anders Edd Anders De Magnus Hilde Holmen Blekkan Chen Rønning Venvik The Catalysis group (KinCat) also encompasses approx. 12-15 scientists and technicians working in SINTEF, 25-30 PhD candidates and 4-6 postdocs, as well as visiting students (PhD & MSc) from other laboratories. An overview of our activity is available in or Annual report.

2. Catalysis group Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU

3. Geminisenter NTNU-SINTEF SFI – inGAP (Innovative Natural Gas Processes and Products) Centre for research-based innovation In collaboration with UiO, SINTEF, Statoil, Borealis, Ineos and HTAS.

4. Catalysis Tjeldbergodden methanol plant Main activities Natural Gas conversion Oil refining Hydrogen technology Energy- and environmental technology Carbon nanofibre materials Microstructured reactors Catalyst preparation Catalyst characterisation Kinetics and reaction engineering Catalyst pellets ~m Microreactor ~cm Catalyst- particle Au/C ~mm Catalysis is a broad subject, spanning from fullscale industrial plants to complex nanomaterials ~nm

5. Catalysts: Co, Fe, Ru Temperature: 180-350°C Pressure: 1-50 atm Fischer-Tropsch synthesis Natural gas/ steam Air H2 CO CO2 Raw products Oxygen production Synthesis gas production Separation/ upgrading Fischer-Tropsch synthesis Final products

6. Statoil GTL Semi-commercial pilot plant in Mossel Bai, South Africa. In operation since autumn 2004. We have had a close collaboration with StatoilHydro on this process development for > 20 years

7. SINTEF Applied Chemistry Catalysis and Kinetics Department Hydrocarbon Process Chemistry Department The Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Chemical Engineering SINTEF Materials Technology Department of Process Metallurgy and Ceramics International collaboration with Forschungzentrum Karlsruhe, Germany Forschungzentrum Karlsruhe AIR FUEL CELL H2 + O2 H2O ELECTRICITY CO-REMOVALCO + ½O2 CO2 ANODEGAS CATHODEGAS WATER GAS SHIFTCO + H2O  CO2 + H2 CHEMICAL HYDROGENCARRIER PARTIAL OXIDATION/STEAM REFORMING HEAT EXCHANGE EVAPORATION EXHAUST(CLEAN) Advanced catalyst/reactor systems for conversion of hydrocarbons to hydrogen for fuel cells

8. Selective synthesis of CNF/CNT CNT/CNF as catalyst supports Pt/CNF

9. 4th year courses • Autumn: TKP4155 Reaction kinetics and catalysis (Prof. Magnus Rønning) • Definition of catalysis, elementary reactions, chain reactions and catalytic sequences. Microkinetic modeling. Catalyst preparation and characterization. Adsorption, desorption, surface area and porosity. Modern theories for surfaces and surface reactions. Internal and external mass and heat transfer in catalyst particles. The effect of diffusion on reaction kinetics. Multifunctional catalysis. Catalysis by transition metal complexes. Ziegler-Natta and single-site polymerisation catalysts. • Spring: TKP4150 Petrochemistry and oil refining (Prof. II Kjell Moljord & Prof. Edd A. Blekkan) • Feedstocks, Norwegian oil and gas production, energy from fossil fuels. Oil refining, oil products, refinery design and selected processes, catalytic reforming and isomerization, hydrotreating and hydrocracking, catalytic cracking, treatment of heavy oils, hydrogen balance, environmental concerns, new fuels. Examples of basic, intermediate and end products from petrochemistry. Natural gas and LPG as feedstock, synthesis gas production, preparation and use of hydrogen, methanol synthesis, Fischer-Tropsch, ammonia synthesis. Production of light olefins by steam-cracking, dehydrogenation and other routes, use of light olefins.

10. TKP4515 Katalyse og petrokjemi FDETKP4515 Catalysis and petrochemistry SC • Topics (3.75 stp) in the FDE/SC (7.50 stp): • Environmental and energy catalysis Renewable energy, hydrogen technology, photocatalysis, green chemistry, NOx-removal • Heterogenous catalysis, advanced course Continues from TKP4155 Reaction kinetics and catalysis, also provides training in interpreting the scientific literature, report writing and presentations • Topics from other SC’s can also be chosen • HES and experimental work Obligatory part of the SC, 1 week early in the SC

11. Projects autumn 2009 Examples: • Preparation and characterization of Fischer-Tropsch catalysts for biomass conversion • Conversion of producer gas • Partial oxidation of methane • New photocatalytic devices based on carbon materials • In situ polymerization on aligned carbon nanotube films • Characterisation of commercial methanol synthesis catalyst • Advanced characterisation of Fischer-Tropsch catalysts • Catalyst for DME synthesis • Microchannel membrane reactor for small scale hydrogen production • Characterisation of heavy oil • In total 20 proposals, see the complete list on the ”Innsida” site • We prefer and advice that you continue with the MSc thesis on the same subject

12. PhD scholarships We have a large PhD-programme (the largest in Norway) and hope that many of you wish to continue with research work! Some recent PhD candidates, their theses and present workplace: • Esther Ochoa Fernandez: CO2-acceptors for methane reforming (Statoil Trondheim) • Svatopluk Chytil: Mesoporous silica as catalyst support (SINTEF) • Hilde Dyrbeck: Propane dehydrogenation (Statoil Trondheim) • Ingvar Kvande: Carbon nanofibre as catalyst support (SINTEF) • Nina Hammer: Au/CNF as catalyst for CO removal reactions (Statoil Trondheim) • Bjørn C. Enger: Hydrogen production by CH4 partial oxidation (Statoil Trondheim) • Astrid L. Mejdell: Pd membranes for hydrogen separation (Statoil Trondheim)