UTA Sponsorship | Innovation, Research & Development Facility

GWTI was founded to invent technologies to convert stranded natural gas to liquid fuel.  GWTI understood from the beginning that it would require partners to make deployable solutions.  GWTI started with a relationship with The University of Texas at Arlington, a Texas State Institution of Higher Education member of The University of Texas System, in 2009.  A Sponsored

Research Agreement was signed, and work began with researchers from the Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering departments who remain involved today.  Initially, research was done on specific catalysts that could convert natural gas to liquid fuels.  GWTI and UTA rapidly determined that an intermediate device that could convert natural gas to synthetic gas (SYNGAS) as part of the GWTI process was needed.  Over the following years, the G-Reformer® was created and perfected.  The G-Reformer® is the first product of the GWTI-furnished Conrad Greer Lab at The University of Texas Arlington.

GWTI’s sponsorship with UTA, reinforced by the Sponsored Research Agreement (SRA), continues to drive innovation, secure patents, and advance the future of energy conversion technology. Over the years, this agreement has resulted in numerous innovations that have led to several US patents.    Greenway’s sponsorship with UTA continues with ongoing work to improve and refine the co-developed technologies. More recent innovations include modifying the GTL version of the G-Reformer® to a Gas to Hydrogen GTH version.  Currently, improvements are being made to the GTH system to allow performance testing of the completed version at the Greer Lab.