RHINO project aims to establish a foundation for high-pressure intensified electrified reactors technology, which will create a new paradigm for green production of high value chemicals. This platform will be crucial in allowing professionals in various disciplines, from catalysis to industrial design, to collaborate and continue future development towards real-world implementation.
Within the RHINO project, the partners have set these ambitious goals:
Design and develop electrified reactors for pressurized operation of industrial catalytic reactions.
Devise and develop a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) with breakthrough performance.
Engineer and characterise interfaces and key phenomena in electrified membrane reactors.
Achieve fundamental understanding of the MW interaction with solid-state catalysts.
Optimise catalyst formulation and microstructure to boost activity, selectivity and lifetime.
Development MW-reactors for a scalable, controllable and cost-effective catalyst activation.
Validate the efficient operation of the developed electrified reactors for reactions under industrially-sound operation conditions.
Develop and optimise advanced catalytic systems for production of added-value chemicals.
Stable and effective operation, under high pressure, of a lab-scale membrane reactor (CMR).
Stable and effective operation, under high pressure, of a lab-scale microwave-driven reactor.
Analyse and characterise the benefits of the proposed technologies and facilitate their future application to several industrial processes.
Model and characterise the phenomena involved in the operation of both electrochemical membrane reactors and microwave-driven reactors.
Perform energy and techno-economic analyses (TEA) relevant to diverse electrified production scenarios.
Develop a deployment strategy, including the required to scale up the proposed technologies.