Description du projet
Des structures organométalliques qui éliminent l'excès de dioxyde de carbone de l'atmosphère
La décarbonisation en profondeur des systèmes énergétiques mondiaux est en cours, mais une solution plus rapide consisterait à piéger le carbone présent dans l’atmosphère. Les techniques d’adsorption sont prometteuses car elles permettent d’intercepter directement le CO2 au niveau des centrales électriques et des industries grâce à des structures organométalliques (MOF) – une classe d’absorbants poreux à grande capacité. Les technologies modernes devraient permettre d'étudier, de tester et d'adapter ces découvertes à nos besoins actuels. Le projet MOF4AIR, financé par l’UE, va donc réunir des partenaires de huit pays afin d’étudier et de développer les technologies les plus efficaces, qui feront l’objet d’une validation en matière de stabilité et de sélectivité. Les lauréates seront optimisées pour une production en série.
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Power supply and carbon-intensive industries account for a large share of CO2 emissions. Shifting towards a low-carbon economy requires cost-effective carbon capture solutions to be developed, tested and deployed. Current solutions do not offer sufficient performances. Adsorption processes are promising alternatives for capturing CO2 from power plants and other energy intensive industries as cement, steel, or petrochemical industries. In this regard, Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are a widely studied class of porous adsorbents that offer tremendous potential, owing to their large CO2 adsorption capacity and high CO2 affinity. However, the performances of MOF-based carbon capture technologies have not been fully evaluated. MOF4AIR gathers 14 partners from 8 countries to develop and demonstrate the performances of MOF-based CO2 capture technologies in power plants and energy intensive industries. After identifying the best MOFs in WP1 and validating them through tests (e.g. stability and selectivity) in WP2, the most promising will be produced at larger scale and shaped in WP3. WP4 will conduct simulations to study MOFs behaviours in two adsorption processes: VPSA and MBTSA and optimise them. Both solutions will be tested at lab scale in WP5. In WP6, 3 demonstration sites across Europe will prove the cost-efficiency and reliability of MOF-based carbon capture in CO2 intensive sectors: power supply, refineries and waste incineration. To ensure a wide development of the solutions developed, WP7 will focus on techno-economic analysis, LCA and WP8 on social acceptance and replicability. MOF4AIR aims to foster the uptake of CCS technologies by providing a TRL6-reliable solution matching end users' needs, notably by cutting CCS energy penalty by more than 10%. The solutions developed will be highly replicable thanks to the consideration of a wide range of carbon intensive sectors and clusters, notably through the project's Industrial Cluster Board.
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7000 Mons
Belgique