Kazan University has claimed its researchers have made an in-situ combustion breakthrough by stabilising the combustion front with catalysts, resulting in a 10-fold increase in movement along a reservoir. Collaborating with the Institute of Physics, the next phase will create a model that can be tested with specific catalysts. The research team led by Professor Vladimir Shvets from Kazan's Department of Chemistry and Physics is working on developing catalysts for fuel cells based on carbon nanotubes.
Kazan University has claimed its researchers have made an in-situ combustion breakthrough by stabilising the combustion front with catalysts, resulting in a 10-fold increase in movement along a reservoir. Collaborating with the Institute of Physics, the next phase will create a model that can be tested with specific catalysts. Baker Hughes has expressed an interest in commercial applications of the research.