OFFGAS · OFFshore GAs Separation
FP7 — People (Marie Curie Actions)
- Duration
- 2012-05-01 → 2016-04-30
- EU contribution
- €252,000
- Participants
- 2
- Scheme
- MC-IRSES
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Results in brief
OFFshore GAs Separation
Gas separations on offshore platforms are of increasing importance for the purification of natural gas and for the separation of CO2 used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Separations based on nanoporous materials, adsorption and membranes will be the method of choice for applications on floating platforms, where liquid solvents cannot be used due to problems arising from the tilting and rolling of the moving platforms. Both Brazil and the EU have large vested interests in this field: Brazil has important offshore gas reservoirs situated where the seabed is too deep for a fixed platform, while EOR will be widely exploited in the North Sea. The project was a collaboration between the University of Malaga (UMA), the University of Edinburgh (UEDIN) and the Federal University of Ceara (UFC). During the project we developed effective materials and efficient process technologies for gas separations at high pressure to allow the economic exploitation of offshore resources. Several materials including modified mesoporous silicas and several MOFs, PIMs and ZIFs and activated carbons were prepared at UMA and characterised in collaboration with the other 2 partners. Novel solutions for the process configurations were studied at UEDIN and UFC in order to optimise the separation for the materials developed and design more efficient processes. The collaboration among the three universities led to progress in the technology that would not be possible otherwise. A total of 80 exchanges has taken place involving both experienced and early stage researchers. The exchange of experienced researchers has allowed the development of a strategic common research plan and has facilitated knowledge exchange among the three countries. This will lead to the development of other research proposals. The early stage researchers have been exposed to a different research and cultural environment that has greatly contributed to their formation as scientists.
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Project objective
Gas separations on offshore platforms are of increasing importance for the purification of natural gas and for the separation of CO2 used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR).Separations based on nanoporous materials, adsorption and membranes will be the method of choice for applications on floating platforms, where liquid solvents cannot be used due to problems arising from the tilting and rolling of the moving platforms.Developing effective materials and efficient process technologies for gas separations at high pressure plays a key role in the economic exploitation of offshore resources. Both Brazil and the EU have large vested interests in this field: Brazil has important offshore gas reservoirs situated where the seabed is too deep for a fixed platform, while EOR will be widely exploited in the North Sea.The proposed project will involve exchanges among three universities that are already conducting world-class research on materials and adsorption and membrane processes, thereby bringing together expertise on different aspects of the gas separation technology.The exchange of researchers will reinforce the links already established between the EU and Brazil, leading to further collaboration and joint proposals. In particular, the synergy between the research groups in the three institutions will give rise to technological breakthroughs that will also have applications in other fields.The project includes exchange of both early stage and experienced researchers to exploit fully the knowledge transfer for a total of 120 person-months exchanges. 23 experienced researchers will be seconded to a different institution. Early career researchers will spend a longer period of time in the partner institution in order to broaden their research knowledge and to experience a different social and cultural environment. The project will involve 12 PhD students, who will have the opportunity to perform part of their research abroad in one of the partner institutes.
Original text from CORDIS.
Participants
- THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH · EdinburghCoordinatorUnited Kingdom
- UNIVERSIDAD DE MALAGA · MALAGASpain
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