Detailed information about project
http://www.ocmol.eu
http://itq.upv-csic.es/en/proyecto-de-investigacion-ocmol
Major technological challenges are addressed in the fields of methane oxidative coupling,
ethylene oligomerization, membrane/PSA separation, methane dry reforming, oxygenate
synthesis and oxygenate to liquids conversion.
The OCMOL route will be designed to offer 4 main advantages:
- An economic operation at capacities of 100kT/year
- An operation at more uniform pressure levels
- The flexibility of product streams: linear α-olefins, fuels from gasoline to diesel range
- Low if not zero CO2 emission thus contributing to face global warming
The OCMOL partnership gathers 17 entities coming from 8 European countries and 1 non-European
country. 7 OCMOL partners are companies, i.e., Bayer Technology Services GmbH, Johnson
Matthey plc, LINDE AG, Compañía Española de Petróleos S.A., Haldor Topsoe A/S, INEOS N.V. and
ENI S.p.A., with recognized expertise in the field of material development and process engineering.
This pool of industrials is supported by 4 academic partners (Ghent University, Ruhr-Universität
Bochum, Universitetet i Oslo and University of Cambridge) and 5 experienced research organizations
(CNRS - Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l’Environnement, STIFTELSEN SINTEF, CSIC -
Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica, Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH and Boreskov Institute of
Catalysis), which will bring their extensive knowledge on the various topics encompassed within the
S&T scope of the project.