Demonstrating energy intensive industry-integrated solutions to produce liquid renewable energy carriers from CAPTUred carbon emissionS

Project Information

CAPTUS

Grant agreement ID: 101118265

DOI

10.3030/101118265

EC signature date 23 June 2023

Start date 1 June 2023

End date 31 May 2027

Funded under

• Climate, Energy and Mobility

Total cost

€ 11 469 998,19

EU contribution

€ 9 999 706,39

Coordinated by

FUNDACION CIRCE CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS Y CONSUMOS ENERGETICOS
Spain

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (16)

Project Management Plan

Detailed Project Management Plan with a Gantt chart and a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). It will include a schedule per task, responsible partner related subtasks, related deliverables, and dependencies on other tasks.

Communication & dissemination plan (frist version)

1) Identification of CAPTUS stakeholders/profiling; 2) Dissemination and communication methods, channels, associated activities and tools to reach the expected impacts; 3) Dissemination and communication procedures; 4) Schedule and complementarities among partners. 5) Initial exploitation strategy

Project Management Plan (Second update)

D1.5 updated that will include a detailed Project Management Plan with a Gantt chart and a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). It will include a schedule per task, responsible partner related subtasks, related deliverables, and dependencies on other tasks.

Data Management Plan

Document including: 1) Data set reference and name. 2) Data set descriptions, 3) Standards and metadata, 4) Data sharing, 5) Archiving and 6) The 'ethics requirements' that the project must comply with

CAPTUS REC value chains; opportunities and barriers

Report including the data gathered and information on the main streams involved in the EIIs in terms of emissions, materials and energy to identify current bottlenecks and characterise CAPTUS demo-sites.

RRI: Progress Report

Report detailing the RRI applied in CAPTUS and the overall status of the project

Replication of CAPTUS solutions in EII sectors and market analysis

Report on the identified legal, social and financial barriers and proposed solutions to overcome them and promote the replication of CAPTUS solutions. It will also include a report on the three additional replicators results and catalogue identifying new regions with great potential for CAPTUS expansion based on the project outcomes.

Optimization of ERCO2 stage and electrolyser design

This report will contain the steps performed for the selection of the optimal cell configuration for an enhanced ERCO2 step, as well as the construction of the electrochemical reactor prototype. Information of the reactor prototype (25-250 cm2) will be delivered together with the technical viability of the solution performed at lab scale.

Communication & dissemination plan(third version)

D8.4 Updated. 1) Identification of CAPTUS stakeholders/profiling; 2) Dissemination and communication methods, channels, associated activities and tools to reach the expected impacts; 3) Dissemination and communication procedures; 4) Schedule and complementarities among partners. 5) Initial exploitation strategy

Project website and communication materials

Description and publication of project logo, website, brochure, roll-up, poster and other communication materials prepared to date, as well as schedule for other communication actions and materials.

Project Management Plan (First update)

D1.3 Updated that will include a detailed Project Management Plan with a Gantt chart and a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). It will include a schedule per task, responsible partner related subtasks, related deliverables, and dependencies on other tasks.

Best practices and business models

Review of the best practices and promising innovative business models for CAPTUS solutions.

RRI: First report

Report detailing the RRI applied in CAPTUS and the overall status of the project

Evaluation methodology

Detailed definition of the identified KPIs considering technical, environmental, economic and social aspects. Guidelines to facilitate KPI monitoring and measuring to follow a common evaluation methodology.

Report on strain and process optimization for TAG production at bench scale

Report on the methodology used for the production and improvement of TAGs by metabolic engineering and systems biology tools. Including lab results using bioreactors (1-5 L).

Communication & dissemination plan (second version)

D8.1 updated.1) Identification of CAPTUS stakeholders/profiling; 2) Dissemination and communication methods, channels, associated activities and tools to reach the expected impacts; 3) Dissemination and communication procedures; 4) Schedule and complementarities among partners. 5) Initial exploitation strategy

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (14)

Experimental assessment of different reactor configuration approaches for direct CO2 electroreduction to formic acid

Author(s): Díaz Sainz, Guillermo; Coz-Cruz, Mario; Alvarez-Guerra, Manuel; Abarca, Antonio; Irabien, Angel
Published in: Electrochimica Acta, Issue 525, 2025, ISSN 1873-3859
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.ELECTACTA.2025.146182

Chemical Engineering Journal

Author(s): Jose Antonio Abarca; Xian Wu; Cristina González-Fernández; Ioannis H. Karampelas; Alejandro Gutierrez-Carballo; Joseph A. Gauthier; Gerardine G. Botte; Jose Solla-Gullon; Guillermo Díaz-Sainz; Angel Irabien; Jenifer Gomez-Pastora
Published in: Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, ISSN 1385-8947
Publisher: ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/J.CEJ.2025.163614

Advances in the development of innovative Bi-Sn-Sb-based Gas Diffusion Electrodes for continuous CO2 electroreduction to formate

Author(s): Díaz Sainz, Guillermo
Published in: Journal of CO2 utilization, Issue 95, 2025, ISSN 2212-9839
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.JCOU.2025.103070

Turning waste into value: Fabrication of gas diffusion electrodes from biomass-derived materials for CO₂ electroreduction to formate

Author(s): Guillermo Díaz-Sainz; Jose Antonio Abarca; Iker Uriarte-Porres; Álvaro Ramírez; Martín Muñoz-Morales; Ángel Irabien; Javier Llanos; Manuel Álvarez-Guerra
Published in: Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, ISSN 1873-3212
Publisher: ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/J.CEJ.2025.167825

Fabrication and optimization of perovskite-based photoanodes for solar-driven CO2 photoelectroreduction to formate

Author(s): José Antonio Abarca, Ivan Merino-Garcia, Guillermo Díaz-Sainz, Maite Perfecto-Irigaray, Garikoitz Beobide, Angel Irabien, Jonathan Albo
Published in: Catalysis Today, ISSN 0920-5861
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.CATTOD.2023.114505

Exploring the impact of partial pressure and typical compounds on the continuous electroconversion of CO2 into formate

Author(s): Guillermo Díaz-Sainz, José Antonio Abarca, Manuel Alvarez-Guerra, Angel Irabien
Published in: Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2023, ISSN 2212-9820
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102735

CO2 Electroreduction to Formate: Advancing toward Scalable Technologies

Author(s): Jose Antonio Abarca, Guillermo Díaz-Sainz, and Ángel Irabien
Published in: ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2026, ISSN 2574-0962
Publisher: ACS
DOI: 10.1021/ACSAEM.5C03659

Coupling glycerol oxidation reaction using Ni-Co foam anodes to CO2 electroreduction in gas-phase for continuous co-valorization

Author(s): Kevin Fernández-Caso; Martí Molera; Teresa Andreu; Jose Solla-Gullón; Vicente Montiel; Guillermo Díaz-Sainz; Manuel Álvarez-Guerra; Angel Irabien
Published in: Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, ISSN 1385-8947
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.147908

Low nickel loading carbon microfibers fabricated by electrospinning for the glycerol electrooxidation coupled with the continuous gas-phase CO2 reduction reaction towards formate

Author(s): Fernández-Caso, Kevin; Holade, Yaovi; Cornu, David; Díaz-Sainz, Guillermo; Alvarez-Guerra, Manuel; Irabien, Angel; bechelany, mikhael; ZahraHagheh-Kavousi, Zahra
Published in: Journal of Power Sources, 2025, ISSN 1873-2755
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPOWSOUR.2025.236260

Slurry-phase hydrotreating of vacuum gas oil with Mo-based dispersed catalyst in semi-batch and continuous reactors

Author(s): Eleni Heracleous, Flora Papadopoulou, Angelos A. Lappas
Published in: Fuel Processing Technology, Issue 276, 2025, ISSN 0378-3820
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.FUPROC.2025.108271

Coupling Ni-based anodes for textile industry process stream electrooxidation with electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to formate in gas phase

Author(s): Jose Antonio Abarca, Ghazaleh Abdolhosseini, Juan Marcos Sanz, Jose Solla-Gullón, Felipe A. Garcés-Pineda, Guillermo Díaz-Sainz, Angel Irabien
Published in: Journal of CO2 Utilization, Issue 93, 2025, ISSN 2212-9820
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JCOU.2025.103053

Inhibiting salt precipitation on the gas diffusion electrode surface in gas-phase CO2 electroreduction to formate by using an acidic anolyte

Author(s): José Antonio Abarca, Guillermo Díaz-Sainz, Angel Irabien
Published in: Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2024, ISSN 2212-9820
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2024.102897

Photoelectrochemical CO2 electrolyzers: From photoelectrode fabrication to reactor configuration

Author(s): Jose Antonio Abarca, Guillermo Díaz-Sainz, Ivan Merino-Garcia, Angel Irabien, Jonathan Albo
Published in: Journal of Energy Chemistry, ISSN 2095-4956
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JECHEM.2023.06.032

Prototype Validation of a Large‐Scale CO₂‐to‐Formate Zero‐Gap Electrolyzer

Author(s): Jose Antonio Abarca, Cristina González‐Fernández, Camilo Estevan Peralta, Axel Arruti, Esther Santos, Guillermo Díaz‐Sainz, Angel Irabien
Published in: ChemSusChem, Issue 18, 2025, ISSN 1864-5631
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/CSSC.202501116

Book chapters (1)

Modelling and stochastic optimization of a three-compartment electrochemical reactor for CO2 electroreduction to formic acid using neural networks

Author(s): José Antonio Abarca, Mario Coz-Cruz, Guillermo Díaz-Sainz, Angel Irabien
Published in: Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 2024, ISSN 2827-2832
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-28824-1.50472-5

Conference proceedings (2)

Demonstrating Technologies to Produce Liquid Renewable Energy Carriers from Carbon Emissions Captured from Energy Intensive Industries

Author(s): Guerrero, J., Bernardes Figueirêdo, M., Aragón, C., Badenes, S., Costa, D., Rodrigues, P., Helle, T., Oechsner, C.
Published in: European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings, Issue 5BO.14.3, 2024, ISBN 978-88-89407-24-0
Publisher: European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
DOI: 10.5071/32NDEUBCE2024-5BO.14.3

CO2 recycling plant for decarbonizing hard-to-abate industries: Empirical modelling and Process design of a CCU plant- A case study

Author(s): Jose Antonio Abarca, Stephanie Arias-Lugo, Lucia Gomez-Coma, Guillermo Diaz-Sainz, Angel Irabien
Published in: Systems and Control Transactions, Proceedings of the 35th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE 35), Issue 4, 2025
Publisher: PSE Press
DOI: 10.69997/SCT.146332