Gasification Integrated with CO2 capture and conversion

Project Information

GICO

Grant agreement ID: 101006656

DOI

10.3030/101006656

Project closed

EC signature date 6 November 2020

Start date 1 December 2020

End date 30 November 2024

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost

€ 3 928 257,50

EU contribution

€ 3 928 257,50

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI GUGLIELMO MARCONI - TELEMATICA
Italy

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (12)

Characterisation and production of large scale pretreated feedstock

Characterisation and production of large scale pretreated feedstockLink to task 21Indicators5 non pretreated feedstocks samples 60 kg each prepared5 pretreated feedstocks samples by HTC 60 kg each prepared

Selection of feedstocks and their characterisation

Selection of feedstocks and their characterisationLink to Task 21IndicatorsCharacterization of 20 feedstock

Project Management and Quality Assurance Plan

The Project Management and Quality Assurance Plan is a guide for the whole management structure of the project and for assessing and reporting project's progress in terms of technical progress (linked to Deliverables and Milestones) and processes. It includes a GANTT chart and a Work Breakdown structure with indication of each partner’s role in the project and specific deadlines for performing the relevant tasks.This document will be updated before the end of the first reporting period and before the end of the second reporting period.Link to Tasks 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3Indicators:1 Project Mangament and Quality Assurance plan produced and approved by all partners with its Annexes.

Report on the membranes for oxygen separation

Report on the membranes for oxygen separationLink to Task 32IndicatorsReach O2 separation efficiency of 90

Overall performance analysis

Overall performance analysis.Link to Task 5.1.Indicators:Performance analysis report: at least 3 different configuration (PFD) developed and evaluated.

Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment report

Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment report.Link to Task 5.3.Indicators:Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) report developed;Life Cycle Costing (LCC) report developed;Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) report developed.

Market monitoring and analysis

This report will include a comprehensive market analysis in order to gather market needs, identify the full range of potential customer segments, opportunities and threats for positioning the innovation on the market. The market analysis will be performed to identify the optimal system sizes within the related CHP markets for a significant exploitation of the results in real environment, it will be performed following 2 approaches: general market study will include a PESTLE analysis; Evaluation of the specific market environment (SWOT analysis).Link to Task 6.1.Indicators:full market analysis performed and validated;PESTLE analysis realised;SWOT analysis performed.

SEG (Sorption Enhanced Gasification) experiments: measurement of process parameters and syngas quality

SEG (Sorption Enhanced Gasification) experiments: measurement of process parameters and syngas quality.Linkt to Task 2.5.Indicators:3 experimental campaign with SEG process in rotary gasifier completed;3 experimental campaign with SEG process in fluidised gasifier completed.

Inorganic constituents in gasifier and calciner and sorbents for their removal

Inorganic constituents in gasifier and calciner and sorbents for their removalLink to Task 23IndicatorsSorbents able to remove trace elements of gasifier and combustor compatible with filter candles identified via selection characterization and tests

Communication and Dissemination plan

The Dissemination and Communication plan outlines the project’s audiences, key messages and communication channels for the dissemination. It also includes a detailed plan and schedule of Dissemination and Communication activities updated throughout the project lifetime.Link to Tasks 6.4, 6.7 and 6.9.Indicators:1 Dissemination and Communication plan produced, updated and approved according to schedule.

Report on process integration and optimization

Report on process integration and optimization.Link to Task 5.2.Indicoators:Reach cost reduction of more than 50% (33 €/MWh vs 75 €/MWh for fuel and 100 €/MWhe vs 220 €/MWhe for electricity.

Report on SOFC tests

Report on SOFC tests.Link to Task 4.5.Indicators:Reach 40% electrical efficiency.

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

The Data Management Plan provides the main elements of the data management policy to be used by the Consortium regarding its complete research data cycle. It describes: types and formats of data to be generated or collected and how, the standards to be applied, the data-reservation methods, the data-sharing policies for re-use.This docment will be updated before the end of the first reporting period and before the end of the second reporting period (in time with the periodic evaluation/assessment of the project).Link to Tasks 1.4 and 1.5.Indicators:1 DMP produced and updated.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project website

It will contain information and access to papers and any other nonconfidential documentation related to the GICO project It will foresee a public area accessible by a wider audience and a private area as an exchange environment for the consortium The dedicated website will produce an extensive record of all publications and communications originated during the project and there will be a link with the ETIP MultiStakeholder Platform ETIP a multiactor joint stakeholder platform for knowledge exchange Link to Tasks 66 and 68Indicatorshits to the webiste area

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (23)

Chemometrics to connect feedstock quality, process settings and calorific value of hydrochar through infrared spectra

Author(s): Álvaro Amado-Fierro, Tim Offermans, Jeroen Jansen, Teresa A. Centeno, María A. Díez
Published in: Fuel Processing Technology, Issue 271, 2025, Page(s) 108201, ISSN 0378-3820
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2025.108201

Determination and validation of polarization losses parameters to predict current/voltage-characteristics for SOFC button cell

Author(s): Luca Del Zotto, Giacomo Tamburrano, Alessandro Dell'Era, Arda Hatunoglu, Erwin Ciro
Published in: Energy Conversion and Management, Issue 299, 2023, Page(s) 117877, ISSN 0196-8904
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117877

Hydrochar from organic waste as a low-carbon cement substitute in paste backfill systems

Author(s): Álvaro Amado-Fierro, Antonio Luis Marqués Sierra, Teresa A. Centeno
Published in: Results in Engineering, Issue 27, 2025, Page(s) 106147, ISSN 2590-1230
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rineng.2025.106147

Analysis of a plant integrating Hydrothermal cracking, Sorption Enhanced Gasification, Hot Gas Conditioning, Plasma CO2 conversion, oxygen membrane, methanol membrane reactor and SOFC: Gasification Integrating CO2 capture and conversion project.

Author(s): E. Bocci, A. A. Papa, V. Marcantonio, A. Di Carlo, A. Vitale, U.P. Laverdura, E. Di Bisceglie, D. Barisano, N. Lisi, T. A. Centeno, A. Amado-Fierro, G. Palma, S. Li, L. Di Felice, F.Gallucci, J. Ollo Loinaz, A. Garcia Uriarte, C. Tregambe, M.Muller, K. Costabello, J. Sitzmann, D. Quaranta, U.Di Matteo, C. Bellone, A. Dell’Era
Published in: Energy Reports, Issue 14, 2025, Page(s) under review EGYR-D-24-03461R2, ISSN 2352-4847
Publisher: Elsevier

Deactivation Model Study of High Temperature H2S Wet-Desulfurization by Using ZnO

Author(s): Arda Hatunoglu, Alessandro Dell’Era, Luca Del Zotto, Andrea Di Carlo, Erwin Ciro, Enrico Bocci
Published in: Energies, Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) 8019, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en14238019

Gasification of olive tree pruning in a rotary kiln reactor integrated with radio frequency plasma torch

Author(s): Enrico Catizzone, Cesare Freda, Antonio Villone, Assunta Romanelli, Giacinto Cornacchia
Published in: Fuel, Issue 381, 2024, Page(s) 133480, ISSN 0016-2361
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2024.133480

Carbon dioxide valorisation with partial oxidation of methane in a water cooled DBD plasma

Author(s): Nicola Lisi, Umberto Pasqual Laverdura
Published in: Journal of CO2 Utilization, Issue 88, 2024, Page(s) 102931, ISSN 2212-9820
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102931

Exploring Hydrochars from Lignocellulosic Wastes as Secondary Carbon Fuels for Sustainable Steel Production

Author(s): Álvaro Amado-Fierro, Teresa A. Centeno, María A. Diez
Published in: Materials, Issue 16, 2025, Page(s) 6563, ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ma16196563

Effect of HTC and Water-Leaching of Low-Grade Biomasses on the Release Behavior of Inorganic Constituents in a Calcium Looping Gasification Process at 650 °C

Author(s): Markus Kopsch, Florian Lebendig, Elena Yazhenskikh, Álvaro Amado-Fierro, Teresa Centeno, Michael Müller
Published in: Energy & Fuels, Issue 38, 2024, Page(s) 16504-16519, ISSN 0887-0624
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c02833

Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study of the Wet Desulfurization Reaction of ZnO Sorbents at High Temperatures

Author(s): Erwin Ciro, Alessandro Dell’Era, Arda Hatunoglu, Enrico Bocci, Luca Del Zotto
Published in: Energies, Issue 16, 2024, Page(s) 792, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en16020792

Non-Thermal Plasma Technology for CO2 Conversion—An Overview of the Most Relevant Experimental Results and Kinetic Models

Author(s): Vera Marcantonio, Marcello De Falco, Enrico Bocci
Published in: Energies, Issue 15, 2024, Page(s) 7790, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en15207790

Biomass Polygeneration System for the Thermal Conversion of Softwood Waste into Hydrogen and Drop-In Biofuels

Author(s): Lorenzo Bartolucci, Enrico Bocci, Stefano Cordiner, Emanuele De Maina, Francesco Lombardi, Vera Marcantonio, Pietro Mele, Vincenzo Mulone, Davide Sorino
Published in: Energies, Issue 16, 2023, Page(s) 1286, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en16031286

A Review of Hot Gas Cleaning Techniques for Hydrogen Chloride Removal from Biomass-Derived Syngas

Author(s): Vera Marcantonio, Michael Müller, Enrico Bocci
Published in: Energies, Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) 6519, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en14206519

A water cooled, high power, dielectric barrier discharge reactor for CO2 plasma dissociation and valorization studies

Author(s): Nicola Lisi; Umberto Pasqual Laverdura; Rosa Chierchia; Igor Luisetto; Stefano Stendardo
Published in: Scientific reports, Issue 13, 2023, Page(s) 7394, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33241-9

An Exploratory Study of Hydrochar as a Matrix for Biotechnological Applications

Author(s): Alberto Gallifuoco; Alessandro Antonio Papa; Michele Passucci; Agata Spera; Luca Taglieri; Andrea Di Carlo
Published in: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Issue 62,30, 2023, Page(s) 11805–11813, ISSN 0888-5885
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00765

Approach to hydrochar as a partial cement substitute in mortars

Author(s): Álvaro Amado-Fierro, Antonio Luis Marques Sierra, Angeles Fernandez-Gonzalez, Teresa A. Centeno
Published in: Case Studies in Construction Materials, Issue 22, 2025, Page(s) e04829, ISSN 2214-5095
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cscm.2025.e04829

Critical assessment of biowaste-derived hydrochars for remediating contaminated soils

Author(s): Álvaro Amado-Fierro, Teresa A. Centeno, José Luis R. Gallego, Rubén Forján
Published in: Environmental Technology & Innovation, Issue 38, 2025, Page(s) 104183, ISSN 2352-1864
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2025.104183

Computational particle fluid dynamics 3D simulation of the sorption-enhanced steam methane reforming process in a dual fluidized bed of bifunctional sorbent-catalyst particles

Author(s): Antonio Di Nardo, Elisa Savuto, Giorgio Calchetti, Stefano Stendardo
Published in: Powder Technology, Issue 424, 2024, Page(s) 118568, ISSN 0032-5910
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2023.118568

Advanced Biomass-to-value Chains by Integrating Hydrothermal Carbonization Into Complex Conversion Process Schemes

Author(s): Alberrto Gallifuoco; Luca Taglieri; Alessandro Antonio Papa, Andrea Di Carlo
Published in: Chemical Engineering Transactions, Issue 92, 2022, Page(s) 67-72, ISSN 2283-9216
Publisher: Italian Association of Chemical Engineering
DOI: 10.3303/cet2292012

Dynamics of liquid-phase platform chemicals during the hydrothermal carbonization of lignocellulosic biomass

Author(s): Alberto Gallifuoco, Alessandro Antonio Papa, Agata Spera, Luca Taglieri, Andrea Di Carlo
Published in: Bioresource Technology Reports, Issue 19, 2022, Page(s) 101177, ISSN 2589-014X
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.biteb.2022.101177

Energy Analysis of an Integrated Plant: Fluidized Bed Steam Gasification of Hydrothermally Treated Biomass Coupled to Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Author(s): Alessandro Antonio Papa; Andrea Di Carlo; Enrico Bocci; Luca Taglieri; Luca Del Zotto; Alberto Gallifuoco
Published in: Energies, Vol 14, Iss 7331, p 7331 (2021), Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en14217331

Modelling and assessment of a sorption enhanced gasification system coupled with hydrothermal carbonization, hot gas cleaning, and plasma to produce pure H2 from biomass

Author(s): Vera Marcantonio; Marcello De Falco; Mauro Capocelli; Álvaro Amado-Fierro; Teresa A. Centeno; Enrico Bocci
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.03.075.

The Development and Evaluation of a Low-Emission, Fuel-Flexible, Modular, and Interchangeable Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System Architecture for Combined Heat and Power Production: The SO-FREE Project

Author(s): Enrico Bocci, Alessandro Dell’Era, Carlo Tregambe, Giacomo Tamburrano, Vera Marcantonio, Francesca Santoni
Published in: Energies, Issue 18, 2025, Page(s) 2273, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en18092273