Background
The Synthox team has many decades of experience in Catalyst and Process Systems development - for example:
Natural gas to syngas for liquid fuels (conversion of hydrocarbons to CO + H2 with in-situ oxygen separation from air):
- High temperature ion-conducting ceramic membranes and membrane supported catalysts
- Performance testing, long term degradation testing, forensic analysis, materials optimization, process monitoring and evaluation.
Reverse water-gas shift catalysts (conversion of CO2 + H2 to H2O + CO):
- Zeolite-supported catalysts, packed bed reactors
- Synthesis, characterization, performance testing, pelletization, lab prototype and deliverable reactor development
Electrowinning (electrodeposition of metals from aqueous fluids)
- Spouted bed and falling bed reactors
- Lab prototype system and process development, performance testing, application development
Electrochemical reactors:
- Flow-through and packed-bed reactors
- Carbon electrodes, metal electrodes, in-situ chemical processing
- Optimization of electrocatalytic activity and selectivity, performance testing, application and product development (Synthox™)
Fuel cells:
- Alkaline direct alcohol fuel cell
- Hydrogen sulfide fuel cell
- Membrane-electrode-catalyst assembly development, anion exchange membrane development, performance and failure analysis
Related materials processing methods (hands-on or oversight):
- Wet chemical and solid state synthesis (batch)
- Ceramics preparation/processing (batch)
- Spray drying
- Tape casting
- Extrusion
- Hydrostatic press