Welcome to Clean/Synthetic Fuel Research Unit

Clean/Synthetic Fuel Research Unit was founded in 2004 by Chulalongkorn University. We aim to develop environmental-benign fuels such as biodiesel, methanol, ethanol, DME (dimethyl ether), synthetic gasoline, synthetic diesel, other synthetic fuels from Gas To Liquid (GTL) process (Fischer-Tropsch synthesis) and from our natural resources such as natural gas, coal, palm oil, biomass, rubber and agricultural waste in Thailand.

Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Plant at Hokkaido, Japan.

Background

Recently, the world has been faced with an energy crisis and environmental problem. The increment of crude oil price and the shrinkage of reservoir which are main problems due to the large fuel oil demand in the Asia Pacific region has (have) led to the development of alternative fuel such as Fischer-Tropsch oil, biodiesel, methanol, and dimethyl ether. To solve this problem, Clean/Synthetic Fuel Research Unit was founded in 2004 by the Department of Chemical Technology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University. Thus, this research unit is established with the aim to develop environmental-benign fuels such as methanol, DME (dimethyl ether), synthetic gasoline, synthetic diesel by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, other synthetic fuels from Gas To Liquid (GTL) process, from our natural resources such as coal, biomass, rubber and agricultural waste in Thailand.