Facts and figures about the joint project Carbon2Chem®

Project phase 2

FUNDING  
Term 06/2020 to 05/2024
Funding amount 75 million euros
Funded by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

 

PartnerS / COLLABORATORS


Partners 18
Industry thyssenkrupp, Thyssen Vermögensverwaltung, Siemens AG, Siemens Gas und Power, Clariant, Nobian, Linde, Evonik, Covestro, Lhoist Germany Rheinkalk GmbH, Remondis (associated partner), Gemeinschaftsmüllverbrennung Oberhausen (associated partner)
Research
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Fraunhofer ISE, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, RWTH Aachen University, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Employees 150 project employees

 

LABORATORY AND TECHNICAL SHOP  
Laboratory 500 square meters of project-owned laboratory space on the campus of Fraunhofer UMSICHT for basic research and laboratory-scale experiments
Technical shop 3700 square meters of project-owned land next to the Duisburg steel mill for trials with real gas on a pilot plant scale

 

  • Scientific papers (as of 12/2022)
    • Master theses: 16
    • Doctoral theses: 23
  • 52 lectures/poster presentations (national and international)
  • 28 publications (national and international)
  • 1 CIT issue Carbon2Chem® (10/2022)
  • 2 project conferences (2021 and 2022 in Düsseldorf)
  • Presentation of the project at ACHEMA 2022 (joint DECHEMA booth and 2 project-owned lecture sessions)
  • Project presentation at the Hannover Fair 2021
  • Project presentation at the Science Forum of the GDCh 2021
  • Leading of a workshop during the 8. Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry for Sustainable Development of the Leuphania Lüneburg (07/2022)
  • Online workshop series "Every Day for Future" to fund the dialogue with society 2021 and 2022
  • Participation in the lecture series "Transformation towards climate neutral industries" of the Leonardo project on the interdisciplinary course Meeting Global Challenges of RWTH Aachen University (11/2022)
  • Development and participation in the content of the touring exhibition "Power2Change – Mission Energiewende" as part of the project "Science Communication Energy Transition" in cooperation with the Copernicus projects (opening in 08/2022) 

Project phase 1

FUNDING  
Term 03/2016 to 05/2020
Funding amount 60 million euros
Funded by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

 

PartnerS / collaborators

Partners 18
Industry thyssenkrupp, Siemens, Clariant, Nouryon, Linde, Evonik, Covestro, BASF, VW
Research Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Zentrum für BrennstoffzellenTechnik, Fraunhofer ISE, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, RWTH Aachen, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, TU Kaiserslautern, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Employees 180 project employees

 

LaborATORY AND TECHNICAL SHOP  
Laboratory 500 square meters of project-owned laboratory space on the campus of Fraunhofer UMSICHT for basic research and laboratory-scale experiments
Technical shop 3700 square meters of project-owned land next to the Duisburg steel mill for trials with real gas on a pilot plant scale

 

  • 57 Scientific papers
    • Master theses: 29
    • Doctorates: 28
  • 2 Patent applications
    • Fraunhofer UMSICHT in L3-Gas purification (application June 2020)
    • Evonik Industries AG in L4-Higher Alcohols: Materials comprising carbon-embedded cobalt nanoparticles, processes for their manufacture, and use as heterogeneous catalysts; EP 19195500.4
  • 93 Lectures/poster presentations (nationally and internationally)
  • 66 Publications (nationally and internationally)
  • 2 CIT special issue Carbon2Chem® (10/2018 and 10/2020)
  • 3 Project’s own conferences (2017 in Düsseldorf, 2018 and 2020 in Berlin)
  • Project’s own stand at ACHEMA 2019