{"id":4956,"date":"2020-04-27T15:34:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=4956"},"modified":"2020-04-27T15:36:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:36:44","slug":"new-catalyst-to-efficiently-and-sustainably-convert-ethane-into-ethylene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/new-catalyst-to-efficiently-and-sustainably-convert-ethane-into-ethylene\/4956\/","title":{"rendered":"New catalyst to efficiently and sustainably convert ethane into ethylene"},"content":{"rendered":"
The newly developed catalyst<\/a> could be used to convert ethane into ethylene, reducing ethylene production costs and cutting carbon dioxide emissions by up to 87%.<\/p>\n Yunfei Gao, a postdoctoral scholar at NC State and lead author of the study, said: “Our lab previously proposed a technique for converting ethane into ethylene, and this new redox catalyst makes that technique more energy efficient and less expensive while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n \u201cEthylene is an important feedstock for the plastics industry<\/a>, among other uses, so this work could have a significant economic and environmental impact.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Fanxing Li, an associate professor and University Faculty Scholar in NC State’s Department of Chemical Engineering, more than 200 million barrels of ethane are rejected every year due to complications related to transport.<\/p>\nWhy do we need new catalysts?<\/h3>\n