University of Houston research awarded $2M from Department of Energy for chemical feedstock tech

Technology being researched by University of Houston professor Lars Grabow has received a $2 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy for further development.

Grabow, who serves as Dan Luss Professor at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, is developing a technology for the production of acrylonitrile, a feedstock in the production of carbon fiber. A lot of acrylonitrile, or ACN, feedstock production occurs at petrochemical facilities along the Gulf Coast. These facilities…