Abstract: PL-1 The presentation concerns the experience of the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis (BIC) in the development of catalysts and catalytic technologies for the production of high-quality fuel from the traditional raw hydrocarbons, as well as for processing of associated petroleum gas and application of catalytic processes for energetics of the future. Specifically, under discussion are BIC’s proprietary ecologically sound coal-burning thermal power plants based on catalytic burning of different, including low-calorific, fuels; synthesis of high-quality fuel from renewable plant resources; application of reversible thermocatalytic processes for highefficient direct conversion of nuclear and concentrated solar energy into chemical energy. Under discussion are problems of quantum transformation of solar-to-chemical energy via creation of artificial photocatalytic systems mimicking the natural photosynthesis in plants and bacteria. The BIC experience of a considerable improvement in the utilization of motor fuel through its pre-conversion to synthesis gas using car-board catalytic processors is discussed, too. Another example under consideration is the possibility of efficient recuperation of low-potential heat through its accumulation by composite materials such as selective water sorbents.

Cite: Parmon V.N.
Catalysis and Energetics: Experience of the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis
X International Conference “Mechanisms of Catalytic Reactions” 02-06 Oct 2016