A novel route to produce olefin feedstock for Australia

该项目旨在开发一种新工艺，生产可用于澳大利亚烯烃和聚合物工业的长链烃。除了用作燃料外，碳氢化合物还是用于生产聚合物材料和用作制冷剂的主要工业化学品。烯烃是聚合物的前体，并且通常通过蒸汽裂化方法由饱和烃生产。单体的主要前体仅在少数天然气来源中大量存在，并且这些来源也经历显著的季节性变化并且是昂贵的。该项目旨在开发新的催化剂和工艺条件，将低价值原料烃转化为传统蒸汽裂化装置的原料。

This project aims to develop a new process to produce longer chain hydrocarbons usable in Australia's olefin and polymer industries. Besides their use as a fuel, hydrocarbons are major industrial chemicals used for the production of polymeric materials and as refrigerants. Olefins are precursors to polymers and conventionally are produced from saturated hydrocarbons through the process of steam cracking. The major precursors for monomers are present in significant quantities in only a few natural gas sources and these sources also undergo significant seasonal variation and are costly. The project aims to develop new catalysts and process conditions to convert low-value feedstock hydrocarbons into feedstock for conventional steam crackers.