| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/D023653/1 |
| Title: |
A Feasibility Study into the Formic Acid Economy |
| Principal Investigator: |
Hall, Professor PJ |
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| Department: |
Chemical and Process Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Strathclyde |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 September 2005 |
Ends: |
31 August 2006 |
Value (£): |
75,735
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Catalysis & Applied Catalysis |
Chemical Synthetic Methodology |
| Electrochemical Science & Eng. |
Sustainable Energy Vectors |
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| Chemicals |
Environment |
| Energy |
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It is essential to develop new, cheap, reliable and efficient power systems that do not contribute to global warming. There is a lot of interest in hydrogen because it can be produced cleanly from a large range of sources (biological, solar, wind etc). Unfortunately, it is difficult to store hydrogen and this limits its application. The proposal here is to combine hydrogen with CO2 from the atmosphere to produce an intermediate chemical called formic acid. Formic acid can be used as a fuel for fuel cells, which are essentially batteries that can be operated continuously, if they are provided with fuel. They are more efficient than conventional internal combustion engines, silent and non-polluting. Formic acid has not been tested extensively as a fuel but is very promising because it may be possible to increase fuel cell efficiency as well as reducing their cost.
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http://www.strath.ac.uk |