Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-00470, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Ullah, Aman (University of Alberta), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Alberta, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Several industrial processes emit carbon dioxide (CO2) during conversion of their raw materials. Capture and storage of CO2 is among the latest strategies to reduce atmospheric CO2. Currently, there are several ongoing research efforts with the hope of gaining expected results in this sector in near future. Nevertheless, the idea of retaining huge volumes of CO2 is not very appealing unless CO2 is transformed into some non-available forms. In this proposed project, University of Alberta and SBI bioenergy will work together to develop and screen nano-supported catalysts for low temperature reduction of CO and CO2 to methanol. Different nano-supported catalysts will be synthesized, fully characterized and tested for the reduction of CO & CO2. Different catalysts will be synthesized at SBI facility. The catalysts will be immobilized on nanocarriers at University of Alberta and structures of the synthesized/nano-immobilized catalysts, their surface properties such as pore size, pore volume, crystalline/amorphous content and bonding nature will be extensively investigated using X-ray fluorescence (XRF), gas sorption Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Raman, Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), and Atomic-force microscopy (AFM) techniques at the university of Alberta. The effects of loading content, pressures and the reaction temperatures on CO & CO2 reduction will be investigated at SBI facility._x000D_
_x000D_, program purpose french : Several industrial processes emit carbon dioxide (CO2) during conversion of their raw materials. Capture and storage of CO2 is among the latest strategies to reduce atmospheric CO2. Currently, there are several ongoing research efforts with the hope of gaining expected results in this sector in near future. Nevertheless, the idea of retaining huge volumes of CO2 is not very appealing unless CO2 is transformed into some non-available forms. In this proposed project, University of Alberta and SBI bioenergy will work together to develop and screen nano-supported catalysts for low temperature reduction of CO and CO2 to methanol. Different nano-supported catalysts will be synthesized, fully characterized and tested for the reduction of CO & CO2. Different catalysts will be synthesized at SBI facility. The catalysts will be immobilized on nanocarriers at University of Alberta and structures of the synthesized/nano-immobilized catalysts, their surface properties such as pore size, pore volume, crystalline/amorphous content and bonding nature will be extensively investigated using X-ray fluorescence (XRF), gas sorption Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Raman, Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), and Atomic-force microscopy (AFM) techniques at the university of Alberta. The effects of loading content, pressures and the reaction temperatures on CO & CO2 reduction will be investigated at SBI facility._x000D_
_x000D_, agreement title english : Synthesis, characterization and screening of nano-supported catalysts for CO & CO2 reduction, agreement title french : Synthesis, characterization and screening of nano-supported catalysts for CO & CO2 reduction, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-05-10, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2018-2019), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2018-2019), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada