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

Informazioni relative al progetto

HiCon

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 101130954

DOI

10.3030/101130954

Data della firma CE 11 Ottobre 2023

Data di avvio 1 Novembre 2023

Data di completamento 31 Ottobre 2026

Finanziato da

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Costo totale

€ 2 250 500,00

Contributo UE

€ 2 250 500,00

Coordinato da

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)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2023-11-01 al 2024-10-31

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

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.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

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.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

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