Shaping of advanced materials for CO2 capture processes
Budsjett
9 millionerClimit-finansiering
7.2 MNOK from the Research Council. The rest is own financing and industrial financingProsjektnummer
233818
Partnere
SINTE MK, SINTEF Energi, BIGCCS (Statoil, Gassco, GDF Suez, Total, Shell)Prosjektperiode
2014 – 2017
- Goal of the Project: Develop Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) and Temperature Swing Adsorption (TSA) processes for pre and post-combustion CO2 capture, based in new honeycomb-shaped advanced materials like metal-organic frameworks, MOFs.
- Technical content: Production of honeycomb monoliths of MOF materials and their utilization in customized adsorption processes for pre- and post-combustion CO2 capture.
- Technical advantages: Adsorbents can significantly reduce the energy consumed in the CO2 capture. In that sense, honeycomb monoliths will keep a low pressure drop through the column and MOF materials can improve the selectivity towards CO2.
- R&D challenges: The main challenges are related to the scale-up and extrusion of MOF honeycombs. Another challenge is to develop efficient PSA processes for CO2 capture reducing size and at the same time improving energy consumption.
- Results to date: We have successfully generated and tested 200 grams of an extruded MOF material UTSA-16. To our knowledge, this is the best MOF reported for hydrogen purification. The utilization of this material for simultaneous production of H2 and CO2 is being studied. We have also successfully generated UiO-66 pellets with different MOF content and mechanical resistance. A mathematical model to simulate a PSA program has been used to model the performance of a H2 purification unit aiming to integrate capture of CO2. Additive manufacturing technique has been used to develop continuous synthesis of MOF materials and initially evaluated to get new honeycomb structures.