The document describes a proposed Competence Centre for developing catalysts and energy efficient technologies in Russia. The Centre aims to generate innovative projects in catalyst development, conduct research at a world-class level, train scientific staff, and coordinate efforts to commercialize energy efficient catalysts and technologies. It will involve partnerships between research institutions and focus on areas like energy, petrochemicals, refining, gas chemistry and biocatalysis. High priority projects include developing catalysts for fuel cells, converting vehicle fuels to increase efficiency, producing hydrogen from hydrocarbons, processing treatment plant sludge, and improving cracking catalysts.

1. COMPETENCE CENTRE
“CATALYSTS FOR ENERGY
EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES”
Energy Efficient Technologies Cluster

2. PREREQUISITES FOR CREATION
• Volume of products manufactured using catalysts in Russia ~
RUR 1 trillion or 10-15% of the material part of Russian GDP (in
USA - 30-35%)
• Production of catalysts for petrochemical industry in Russia is
20 - 30% of their needs by 2015, in some cases completely
absent
• Scientific and human resources in Russia is maintained for the
development of catalysts for energy-efficient technologies
• Due to historical reasons, the real development and
implementation of modern industrial catalysts in Russia can be
provided only by a small number of organizations
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3. GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
COMPETENCE CENTRE is ongoing system of generation perspective innovative
projects in the field of CATALYSTS development and energy efficient catalytic
technologies within the framework Skolkovo Fund provided with scientific, staff
and organizational reserve
• Analysis and selection of perspective topics and working areas in the field catalysts
and catalytic technologies for energy efficient
• Carrying out research and development activities on world level on catalysts
design for energy efficient and resource-saving technologies with innovation
potential and promising commercialization
• Training of scientific staff including performance of targeted Master's and
postgraduate thesis in the field of R&D of the Competence Centre. Training of
leaders for innovative projects
• Coordination of efforts for project commercialization in the field of energy efficient
catalysts and catalytic technologies
• Organization of international cooperation in the field of science and
commercialization of the developed catalysts and energy efficient catalytic
technologies in chemical and petrochemical industry
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4. MAIN PARTNERS
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis
 The largest specialized R&D institution in the world in the field of catalysis
 The largest in Russia scientific staff resources in the field of catalysis
(more than 400 researchers, more than 200 PhD and 70 postgraduates)
 Modern instrumentation includes the required methods of catalysts research on nuclear-molecular
level in-situ
 Wide experience of development and implementation of catalysts and catalytic technologies:
from the solution of catalysis fundamental problems to the creation of new catalytic technologies
and industrial production of catalysts
 Wide experience of international collaboration in the field of catalysis
National Research University of Novosibirsk
 Stable functioning staff training system in the field of catalysis – 4 departments: catalysis and
adsorption, physical chemistry, chemical and biological physics, physical methods of solid
substance research
 Full integration with the Institutes of Siberian branch of RAS
Institute of Hydrocarbon Processing Siberian Branch of RAS
 Leader in the field of development of new catalysts and energy efficient technologies of
hydrocarbon including products of petrochemical and organic synthesis
 Positive experience of cooperation with industry: development and implementation cracking and
reforming catalysts
Technopark of Novosibirsk Akademgorodok
 Provision of infrastructure: offices and production facilities, as well as equipment 4

5. BASIC RESEARCH AREAS
Energy industry
 Development of energy efficient heating catalytic devices of small capacity for mass
consumption
 Development of catalytic heating systems for modernization of public utility boiler houses
using off-grade fuel
 Development of catalysts and catalytic devices for gas-turbine installation
 Development of catalysts and catalytic systems for upgrading internal combustion engines
efficiency
 Development of catalytic methods for using in energy industry and transport including fuel
cells
Petrochemistry and refining
 Development of a range of additives for cracking catalysts of heavy crude oils ensuring
increase of output and consumer properties (octane number, sulphur content) of target
gasoline fraction
 Development of catalysts of deep hydrogenation processing of secondary oil stock
(catalytic gas oil, diesel oil fraction of carbonization process, e.t.c.)
 Development of catalysts and processes of low-tonnage chemistry
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6. BASIC RESEARCH AREAS
Gas chemistry
 Development of catalytic methods for production of unsaturated hydrocarbons from
natural gas
 Disposal of associated petroleum gas
 Development of catalysts and processes of production of qualified hydrocarbon
materials from associated petroleum gases
Biocatalysis
 Development of catalysts based on immobilized enzyme for renewable processing
into high quality fuels and products with high added value
Engineering of reactors
 Engineering in the field of technologies and ready lines for low-tonnage chemistry
production aimed at energy saving and reduction of heat losses
 Development of new type energy efficient chemical reactors based on centrifugal
airlift devices ensuring multiple intensification of masstransfer between liquid and
gas phases
 Development of microchannel reactors for compact fuel processors of hydrogen-
containing gas production as well as for the processes of fine organic synthesis
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7. HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS
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 Design of high efficient Pt-based cathode catalysts on
structured carbon supports for polymer electrolyte membrane
fuel cells
 Design of demonstration models of vehicles meant for
operation in large cities and ensuring reduction of fuel
consumption and environmental load, by converting a part of
the fuel into synthesis gas and adding it to the main fuel
supplied to an engine
 Development of the technology for hydrogen production from
hydrocarbon fuel by sorption catalytic conversion method in
the static bed
 Design of basic energy efficient catalytic technology for
disposal of sludge deposits of treatment plants
 Development of additives to catalysts used for cracking of
heavy petroleum fraction provided increase of output and
consumer properties (octane number, sulfur content) of target
gasoline fraction
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