RCGI RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GAS INNOVATION CLEANER ENERGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

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1 RCGI RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GAS INNOVATION CLEANER ENERGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

2 cleaner energy for a sustainable future A centre for advanced studies on the mitigation of green-house gases, investigating the sustainable use of natural gas, biogas, hydrogen and abatement of CO 2 emissions. RESEARCH 2

3 MITIGATION OF - Natural Gas GREEN-HOUSE GASES - Biogas - Hydrogen - Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) - Gas Transport and Monitoring - CO 2 Abatement

4 Coal - 28,1% Natural Gas - 21,6% WORLD ENERGY SUPPLY 2015 Others Renewables - 1,5% Hydropower - 2,5% Oil - 31,1% Nuclear - 4,9% Source: IEA Key World Energy Statistics Biofuels and waste - 9,7% 4

5 Coal - 5,9% Natural Gas - 13,7% Oil - 37,3% BRAZILIAN INTERNAL ENERGY SUPPLY 2015 Other Renewables - 4,7% Others Non Renewables - 0,6% Firewood and Charcoal - 8,2% Hydropower - 11,3% Balanço Energético Nacional 2016 Relatório Síntese - ano base 2015 Empresa de Pesquisa Energética - EPE Biofuels and waste - 16,9% Nuclear - 1,3% 5

6 BRAZIL: NG production record: Dec ,4 million m³/day

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9 FOUNDING SPONSORS 9

10 PARTICIPANT INSTITUTIONS

11 RCGI IN NUMBERS 250 researchers 45 projects 4 programmes Scholarship opportunities

12 FAPESP SHELL Joint Steering Committee Representatives from FAPESP, SHELL and SGI International Advisory Board FAPESP SHELL RCGI Research Centre for Gas Innovation Executive Committee - Scientific Director - Deputy Scientific Director - SHELL Technical and Scientific Coordinator - SHELL Executive Committee Representative - SHELL Administrative Member Senior Consultants Director for Technology Transfer & Innovation Director and Manager for Dissemination of Knowledge & Communication Director of Human Resources and Leadership Executive Manager FAPESP SHELL - FUSP Engineering Physical-Chemistry Energy Policies & Economics CO2 Abatement Scientific Director, Deputy Director, Project Coordinators and SHELL Champions Scientific Director, Deputy Director, Project Coordinators and SHELL Champions Scientific Director, Deputy Director, Project Coordinators and SHELL Champions Scientific Director, Deputy Director, Project Coordinators and SHELL Champions

13 PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS Engineering Programme Projects 1 to 10 + Project 29 Physical-Chemistry Programme Projects 11 to 20 Economics & Energy Policies Programme Projects 21 to 28 CO2 Abatement Programme Projects 30 to 45

14 PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS 14

15 New Programme CO 2 Abatement 15

16 ENGINEERING PROGRAMME Project 1 - Development of an advanced natural gas burner using the oxy-fuel concecpt Project 2 - Laboratory of advanced combustion diagnostics Project 3 - Advanced systems for the use of mixed gas and diesel in internal combustion engines for methane emission mitigation Project 4 - Fesibility/conceptual designs of energy efficient and environmentally friendly vessels with natural gas as a fuel Project 5 - Design and optimization of storage systems by adsorption for natural gas Project 6 - Optimization based on the adjoint method for natural gas storage systems Project 7 - Hybrid power systems for ships Project 8 - Modeling and numerical simulation Project 9 - Studies of the application of laser (lidar) for atmospheric pollution measurements Project 10 - Design optimization of labyrinth seals Project 29 - Development of an hybrid penta-fuel flex vehicle 16

17 PHYSICAL-CHEMISTRY PROGRAMME Project 11 - Development of an Advanced Natural Gas Burner using the Flameless Concept Project 12 - Advancing fuel cells for operation on natural gas Project 13 - Synthesis gas production by methane tri-reforming Project 14 - Methanol production by CO2 hydrogenation Project 15 - Advanced Catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Project 16 - A hybrid solar-gas system for natural gas steam reforming Project 17 - Converting biogas to bioproducts Project 18 - Microbial production of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) from methane (CH4) Project 19 - Structured ceramic membrane and supersonic device for CH4 / CO2 separation Project 20 - Supported metal nanoparticles as catalyst for the PROX reaction 17

18 ECONOMICS & ENERGY POLICIES PROGRAMME Project 21 - Creation of the Brazilian and São Paulo Legal Service of Natural Gas Project 22 - Producing benchmark studies about the efficient use of natural gas in the industrial sector Project 23 - Brazilian inventory of greenhouse gases and scenarios for reducing emissions related to natural gas Project 24 - Estimation of price elasticities and income of Natural Gas in Brazil Project 25 - Integrated Sustainability Analysis of Natural Gas as a Transportation Fuel in Heavy-Duty Vehicles - The Paulista Blue Corridor Project 26 - Evaluation of small LNG and CNG supply options for transportation to off-grid locations; and planning expansion and operation of multimodal integrated networks Project 27 - The Biomethane's contribution prospects to increase the supply of Natural Gas Project 28 - Analysis of the potential household use of gas integrated to electricity system in the city of São Paulo 18

19 CO2 ABATEMENT PROGRAMME Project 30 - Innovative process for CO2 conversion to high added value chemicals and fuels based on hybrid catalysts Project 31 - Production of organic molecules from CO2 and H2O by photocatalysis In nano-oxides Project 32 - Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Integration of Power Plants with CO2 Conversion Technologies Project 33 - Passive acoustic monitoring system for CO2 leakage detection Project 34 - Feasibility studies and simulations regarding the construction of salt caverns for CO2/CH4 capture, storage and separation in the pre-sal layer of Brazil Project 35 - Detection of leakage of the CH4 and CO2 gases in the sea bed using ultrasonic images with multiple elements Project 36 - Carbon Storage in Geological Reservoirs in Brazil: Perspectives for CCS in Offshore Conventional Offshore Oil Reservoirs and Offshore Sedimentary Basins in Southeast Brazil Project 37 - Simulation and Optimization of CO2 Compressors and Mixture of CO2 and CH4 in the Supercritical Condition 19

20 CO2 ABATEMENT PROGRAMME Project 38 - High efficiency ejector for gas compression Project 39 - Development of gas supersonic separators - optimisation, numerical simulation and experiments Project 40 - Corrosion behavior study and / or degradation in aquosa solution with CO2 in the absence and presence of contaminants (NOx, SOx and H2S) of materials used in the transport of supercrytic CO2 (SCCO2) Project 41 - Numerical simulations of internal flow in ducts carrying CO2, CH4 and Oil employing molecular dynamics Project 42 - Evaluation of environmental impact of CCS activities in Brazil and legal aspects Project 43 - Determination of fundamental properties of gaseous mixtures of interest for the gas and oil industry in the presence of complex fluids (Research and Development Laboratory for Supercritical Fluids, Oil and Natural Gas) Project 44 - Laboratory for Supersonic Gas Separator Testing - Infrastructure Project 45 - Laboratory for the characterization of physical chemical properties of CO2, oil and natural gas in sub and supercritical conditions - Infrastructure 20

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