ERC Advanced Grant · 2023
Revolutionizing Olefin Production with the electric High Mach Steam Cracking Reactor
Power to heat (P2H) is expected to be the first type of electrification that will drastically transform the chemical industry. This holds in particular for producing its major building blocks: the 300 Mt/yr light olefins via steam cracking at more than 800°C. e-CRACKER will implement P2H by so-called shockwave heating, enabling an increase in temperature to >1000°C in 10 ms, an order of magnitude faster than the current furnace-based technology in a revolutionary High-Mach reactor. When combined with insight in the pressure-dependence of the cracking chemistry this will allow to avoid undesired side reactions and to increase olefin yields of ethane and plastic waste derived naphtha cracking…
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