Methane oxidation catalysts

这项提议是为了资助甲烷氧化新催化剂的开发。甲烷是我们大气中第三种最丰富的温室气体(仅次于水和二氧化碳)，而且特别强大--它在100年内使温室气体变暖的潜力约为二氧化碳的25倍。尽管大气中甲烷的浓度是二氧化碳的1%，但它约占全球温室气体变暖总量的4%-9%。二氧化碳占9-26%)。因此，减少向大气中排放甲烷是一个重要的目标。 天然气是一种丰富的资源，是天然气和柴油的相对清洁的替代品。天然气主要由甲烷组成，现在用于车辆、熔炉、固定能源供应和其他领域。减少燃烧后释放的甲烷是减少加拿大温室气体排放的一个重要目标。 在这项提议中，将开发用于甲烷氧化的新材料。这些材料将进行测试，目标是将它们整合到汽车催化转化器中。

This proposal is to fund the development of new catalysts for methane oxidation. Methane is the third most abundant greenhouse gas in our atmosphere (after water and carbon dioxide) and is especially potent - it has a greenhouse warming potential of ~25x CO2 over a 100 year period. Although the atmospheric concentration of methane is <1% that of CO2, it accounts for about 4-9% of all greenhouse warming of the earth (cf. CO2 accounts for 9-26%). Thus, reducing the emission of methane into the atmosphere is an important goal. Natural gas is an abundant resource and a relatively clean alternative to gas and diesel. Composed mostly of methane, natural gas is now used in vehicles, furnaces, stationary energy supplies, and other areas. Reducing the amount of methane that is released following combustion is an important goal toward reducing Canada's greenhouse contributions. In this proposal, new materials will be developed for methane oxidation. These materials will be tested with the goal of incorporating them into automobile catalytic convertors.