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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research, (A*STAR), and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc (MCI), have announced that they have successfully developed a zeolitebased catalyst that can produce benzene and hydrogen from methane. The new catalyst exhibits a high selectivity of more than 90% and the conversion of methane is close to the value that is currently believed to be the theoretical conversion. Furthermore, it can also maintain its high performance for a long period of time. The new catalyst will enable the manufacture of useful chemicals from methane which is currently mainly used as a fuel. It will also enhance the company's competitiveness to deal with high crude oil prices and unpredictable supply. This achievement is the result of collaborative research between the Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, (ICES), a research institute of A*STAR, and Mitsui Chemicals' Asia Pacific Technical Centre in Singapore, MCI's first overseas R&D base. Together they will continue to improve the catalyst still further through the integration of ICES cutting-edge technologies in catalyst preparation and analysis and MCI's strengths in zeolite catalyst technologies and process technologies. They will also develop systems for the regeneration and recycle of the catalyst and, in parallel, will push forward the development of processes using the catalyst toward commercial viability.
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