Project 84: Coupled Solar Driven Electro-Catalytic Purification of Natural Gas via Simultaneous CO2 and H2S Conversion

Contact Information:

Assoc. Prof. Bai Jing

Email: Bai_jing@sjtu.edu.cn

Project Description and Objectives:

Natural gas is an important clean energy source. However, the large amount of natural gas produced from gas fields contains about 15% hydrogen sulfide and 10% carbon dioxide, which must be removed before use. Traditional separation methods make it difficult to remove CO2 and H2S simultaneously. This is because apart from consuming lots of chemical reagents, the separated CO2 and H2S require subsequent processing that is complicated and expensive. Hence, if CO2 and H2S can be separated and respectively converted into CO and S, the treatment process will be simplified and bring huge economic benefits. Thus, this project will focus on developing a new catalytic system and equipment that combine solar energy conversion technology and CO2 and H2S catalytic technology.

Eligibility Requirements:

Chemistry or Material Science background.

Main Tasks:

Fabrication of electrode materials and testing of a catalytic system.

Website:

Lab: http://sese.sjtu.edu.cn/research/1970.html 

School: http://sese.sjtu.edu.cn/