Methane & C1 Conversion
“The Search for Greener Ethylene,”
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), March 2021
The conversion of natural gas to fuels and chemicals is already well established. The megatrend of cheap natural gas at $2-3.00 MMBTU with plentiful supply is reactivating R&D to not only improve conversions with better catalysis but also develop solutions to one of industry’s “holy grails,” the direct conversion of methane to olefins, ethylene and propylene.
In further posts, we will elaborate on this and other topics; for more information, see our reports below:
- Advances in Syngas Production: Catalyst and Process Developments Update – 2018
- Unconventional Catalytic Olefins Production
- Unconventional Catalytic Olefins Production II: Technological Evaluation and Commercial Assessment
- State of the Art and Future Prospects for Electrochemical CO2 Conversion Routes
- Progress Towards Technologically and Commercially Viable CO2 Conversion to Olefins, Acids and Esters
- Advances in On-Purpose Technology for Mono- and Di-Olefins
- Advances in Methanol to Products