Forprosjekt NanoCO₂ – En teknologiplattform for innovativ CO₂ fangst og lagring basert på nanoteknologi.

The vision of the NanoCO₂ platform is to integrate innovative solutions based on nanotechnology in CO₂ capture and storage. NanoCO₂ as a pilot project has intended to bring together expertise in nanotechnology and CCS to evaluate and specify potential areas for collaboration in this field.

The work carried out in the pilot project has been divided into 3 work packages and involved the introduction of nanosolvents and their evaluation of CO₂ capture for pre-combustion, introducing the NanoCO₂ concept through meetings with potential partners and writing a number of applications in several programs at the Research Council.

A wide range of nanosolvents based on FunzioNano technology were developed and tested for CO₂ absorption and desorption. Nanosolvents showed the best performance in relation to CO₂ absorption rate for all absorbents including 30% MEA. However, more work is required to enable an increase in the cyclic capacity of nanosolvents with a corresponding increase in the absorption rate. This will lead to energy-saving nanosolvents for CO₂ capture.

Future possibilities include further development of the most promising systems combined with computational chemistry to optimize viscosity and explore the ability to form 2 phase systems.