Clathrates for Energy Storage

用于能量储存的包合物

• 批准号: EP/G006091/1
• 负责人: Andrew Cooper
• 金额: $ 11.95万
• 依托单位: University of Liverpool
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2008 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FG006091%2F1
• 关键词: Clathrates; Energy; Storage

There is a global need to conserving our natural hydrocarbon resources and a new urgency in controlling greenhouse gas emissions and consequential global warming. Development and implementation of alternative technologies based on renewable, non-fossil based sources will be key in the future. Some of these technologies / such as wind farms, solar power, and tidal power / are familiar to us, but these all relate to energy generation, not energy storage. There is a major need to replace hydrocarbon fossil fuels in applications where we are currently reliant on them. Some of the largest challenges centre around transportation, where fuel cells and gas-based (initially methane-based) vehicles are anticipated. A common technological problem is the safe and cost-effective storage of gas. Issues such as low efficiency, ease of poisoning, and unacceptable system weight/volume are all barriers which must be addressed for such technologies to succeed. This proposal focuses on the development of clathrate systems which trap gases such as methane in molecular cages. These systems are environmentally-friendly since they are mostly based on water. A major problem, however, is the timescale for clathrate formation - often of the order of days. Clearly, such timescales are unacceptable for transportation applications. This proposal focuses on developing and patenting a new technology for greatly accelerating the storage of gases in clathrates - for example, reducing formation times from hours to a few minutes. This could open up the commercialisation of such technologies and help to address this major environmental and societal problem.

全球需要保护我们的天然碳氢化合物资源，控制温室气体排放和随之而来的全球变暖也是一个新的紧迫问题。开发和实施基于可再生、非化石能源的替代技术将是今后的关键。其中一些技术（如风力发电场，太阳能发电和潮汐发电）是我们所熟悉的，但这些都与能源生产有关，而不是能源储存。在我们目前依赖碳氢化合物化石燃料的应用中，迫切需要替代碳氢化合物化石燃料。一些最大的挑战围绕着交通运输，预计燃料电池和天然气（最初是甲烷）车辆。一个共同的技术问题是安全和具有成本效益的天然气储存。低效率、易中毒和不可接受的系统重量/体积等问题都是这些技术成功必须解决的障碍。该建议的重点是发展笼形系统，将甲烷等气体捕获在分子笼中。这些系统是环境友好的，因为它们主要基于水。然而，一个主要的问题是笼形物形成的时间尺度-通常是几天的数量级。显然，这样的时间尺度对于运输应用是不可接受的。该提案的重点是开发和申请一种新技术，以大大加快气体在笼形物中的储存-例如，将形成时间从几小时缩短到几分钟。这可能会打开这些技术的商业化，并有助于解决这一重大的环境和社会问题。

项目成果

Pausing a stir: heterogeneous catalysis in "dry water"

• DOI: 10.1039/b922508k
• 发表时间: 2010-01-01
• 期刊: GREEN CHEMISTRY
• 影响因子: 9.8
• 作者: Carter, Benjamin O.;Adams, Dave J.;Cooper, Andrew I.
• 通讯作者: Cooper, Andrew I.

Reversible Hydrogen Storage in Hydrogel Clathrate Hydrates

• DOI: 10.1002/adma.200803402
• 发表时间: 2009-06
• 期刊: Advanced Materials
• 影响因子: 29.4
• 作者: F. Su;C. Bray;Benjamin O. Carter;G. Overend;C. Cropper;J. Iggo;Y. Khimyak;A. Fogg;A. Cooper