Highly Efficient Reactor for Conversion of CO2 and H2O to Carbon Neutral Fuels and Chemicals

Projektinformationen

HiCon

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 101130954

DOI

10.3030/101130954

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 11 Oktober 2023

Startdatum 1 November 2023

Enddatum 31 Oktober 2026

Finanziert unter

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Gesamtkosten

€ 2 250 500,00

EU-Beitrag

€ 2 250 500,00

Koordiniert durch

SYNERGEIES STIN EPISTIMI KAI TECHNOLOGIA-SYNEST IDIOTIKI KEFALAIOUCHIKI ETAIREIA
Greece

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - HiCon (Highly Efficient Reactor for Conversion of CO2 and H2O to Carbon Neutral Fuels and Chemicals)

Berichtszeitraum: 2023-11-01 bis 2024-10-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

The project pursues a novel, highly efficient technology, to enable the synthesis of Carbon Neutral Fuels and Chemicals from CO2 and H2O employing renewable energy is proposed. The approach is based on an innovative reactor technology that produces cost-effectively green precursors for Carbon Neutral Fuels and Chemicals.

The technology enables operation at non-demanding, low temperatures with unprecedented efficiency that overcomes many of the key challenges of existing technologies, exploiting radical innovations in materials and reactor engineering. The modular, easily scalable, reactor design can be integrated in/ coupled to a number of technological values chains, processes and industrial sectors, providing a sustainable pathway to net zero and achieving the European decarbonization goals.

This is a cross-cutting, transformative technology for energy intensive industries, while maintaining the value of past investments in existing infrastructures (e.g. in downstream hydrocarbon processing, power generation technology, automotive industry). As such it consists of a real “just transition”, one that “leaves no one behind” as it does not disrupt the fabric of the society by marginalizing the specialized and capable European workforce in these sectors.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

Work performed during the first year of the project focused on materials synthesis, simulation and modelling and small reactor engineering in order to guide future system scale up.
Main achievements include the modelling and simulation of a first-of-its-kind reactor and the synthesis of active redox materials for further incorporation into the reactor. The simulation and experimental data regarding pressure drop through the reactor are self-consistent and provide a solid base for future scale up.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

The modelling and simulation of the first of a kind HICON reactor has been achieved.