Completed R&D Projects

Numerous Chemicals R&D projects previously funded by the Industrial Technologies have been completed. The list below provides information on some of the projects that have been completed in recent years. To learn more about successful chemicals projects, please visit the success stories page.

Examples of Completed R&D projects

Factsheets and/or a one-page summary slide for completed R&D projects are available below as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Computational Chemistry and Reaction Engineering Workbench - factsheet (PDF 219 KB), slide (PDF 241 KB)
High Throughput Catalyst Screening - factsheet (PDF 738 KB), slide (PDF 242 KB)
Metal Dusting Phenomenon - factsheet (PDF 162 KB), slide (PDF 361 KB)
Mixed Solvent Corrosion - factsheet (PDF 75 KB), slide (PDF 231 KB)
Selective Oxidation of Aromatic Compounds - factsheet (PDF 652 KB), slide (PDF 228 KB)
Solution Crystallization Modeling Tools - factsheet (PDF 745 KB), slide (PDF 217 KB)

Separations

Production and Separation of Fermentation-Derived Acetic Acid, BP Chemicals - factsheet (PDF 1.1 MB)
Membranes for Corrosive Oxidations, Argonne National Laboratory - factsheet (PDF 743 KB), slide (PDF 215 KB)
Mesoporous Membranes for Olefin Separation, Los Alamos National Laboratory - factsheet (PDF 1.5 MB), slide (PDF 234 KB)
Separation of Olefin/Paraffin Mixtures with Carrier Facilitated Membranes, Membrane Technology & Research, Inc. (PDF 736 KB)

Reactions

A Novel Highly Efficient and Economic Purification Process Revolutionizing PTA Production, GTC Technology - factsheet (PDF 1.1 MB)
Autothermal Reforming of Natural Gas to Synthesis Gas, Sandia National Laboratory - factsheet (PDF 399 KB), slide (PDF 288 KB)
C1 Catalytic Partial Oxidation over Short-Contact-Time Reactors: Methane to Synthesis Gas, Sandia National Laboratory - factsheet (PDF 1.6 MB), slide (PDF 218 KB)
Microchannel Reactor System Design & Demonstration for On-Site H2O2 Production by Controlled H2/O2 Reaction, Stevens Institute of Technology - factsheet (PDF 1.1 MB)
New Sustainable Chemistries for Low-VOC Coatings, Rohm & Haas Company - factsheet (PDF 768 KB)
Olefins by High-Intensity Oxidation, Velocys, Inc - factsheet (PDF 1.1 MB)
Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane Present in Natural Gas to Ethylene, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - factsheet (PDF 1.2 MB)
The Green Olefins Machine, BP Chemicals - factsheet (PDF 749 KB), slide (PDF 297 KB)

Enabling Technologies

Computations

Advanced Hydraulic and Mass Transfer Models for Distillation Column Optimization and Design, University of Texas and Oak Ridge National Laboratory - factsheet (PDF 817 KB), slide (PDF 238 KB)
Enhanced Productivity of Chemical Processes Using Dense Fluidized Beds, Millennium Chemicals - factsheet (PDF 1.1 MB)
Molecular Simulation for the Chemical Industry, Sandia National Laboratory - factsheet (PDF 742 KB), slide (PDF 241 KB)

Materials

Alloys for Ethylene Production, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - factsheet (PDF 131 KB), slide (PDF 216 KB)
Chemical Industry Corrosion Management - A Comprehensive Information System, Shell Global Solutions - factsheet (PDF 176 KB)
Energy Efficient Process for Making Tackifier Dispersions to Make Pressure Sensitive Adhesives, West Virginia University - factsheet (PDF 172 KB)
Enhancement and Commercialization of the Alloy Selection System for Elevated Temperature (ASSET), Shell Global Solutions - factsheet (PDF 476 KB)

Process Heating & Cooling

Dimpled Tube Technology for Chemical Industry Process Heaters, Gas Technology Institute - factsheet (PDF 325 KB), slide (PDF 210 KB)
Processes for the Production of Paraxylene That Utilize Waste Heat Powered Ammonia Absorption Refrigeration, BP Chemicals - factsheet (PDF 170 KB)

Sensors

Development of In-Situ Sensors for the Chemical Industry, Dow Chemical Co. - factsheet (PDF 329 KB), commercialization information (PDF 103 KB)