{"id":192379,"date":"2025-11-21T10:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/192379\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T10:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:29:11","slug":"low-emission-catalyst-for-plastic-production-developed-by-chinese-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/192379\/","title":{"rendered":"Low-emission catalyst for plastic production developed by Chinese scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinese scientists have developed a catalyst that converts syngas into olefins, the building blocks for plastics and packaging materials. <\/p>\n

The scientists integrate the water-gas shift (WGS) and syngas-to-olefins (STO) reaction in this research. By coupling these two processes, the sodium-modified FeCx@Fe3O4 core-shell catalyst is said to reduce steam consumption, wastewater generation, and CO2 emissions compared with WGS\u2013methanol synthesis\u2013methanol to olefins route.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoal, natural gas, biomass, and other non-petroleum fossil energy sources can be used to produce olefins via STO reactions, which is of great significance for optimizing the energy structure,\u201d say the researchers.<\/p>\n

Alternative production pathways<\/strong><\/p>\n

The research, published in Science<\/a>, is led by Chinese teams from the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University and the Ordos Laboratory.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The institutions highlight that the research aims to advance China\u2019s dual carbon goals, which are to reach the peak of carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cUsing lower hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratios implied that reducing steam consumption in the WGS reaction and reducing the overall output of carbon dioxide and wastewater enabled a sustainable STO process for potential industrialization,\u201d share the researchers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt provides a sustainable alternative to existing olefin production technologies, offering great potential for the resource-efficient transformation of the olefin industry.\u201d<\/p>\n


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The plastics industry is increasingly involved in olefins production. This month, Blue Circle Olefins, which is said to be the first to develop a circular methanol-to-olefins production plant\u00a0<\/a>in the Netherlands, has secured funding for the next phase of its development.<\/p>\n

At K 2025, Vioneo showcased its commercialized green-methanol-to-olefins alternative production pathways to deliver\u00a0fossil-free virgin plastics<\/a>. The company\u2019s plant, based in Antwerp, Belgium, is ready to deliver its plastic alternative at scale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese scientists have developed a catalyst that converts syngas into olefins, the building blocks for plastics and packaging…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,19,17,90803,107156,107157,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-192379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-olefins","12":"tag-plastics-production","13":"tag-sustainable-production","14":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115587223996569717","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}