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NanoMaterials Enhanced Membranes for Carbon Capture

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Project information

NanoMEMC2

Grant agreement ID: 727734

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 October 2016
End date

30 September 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.2.

Overall budget:

€ 4 990 816,25
EU contribution

€ 4 990 815,25

Coordinated by:

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

Italy

Objective

Membrane separation processes can be applied to many capture processes from Pre-Combustion ( CO2-H2 / CO2-CH4 separation) to Post-Combustion (CO2-N2) and Oxyfuel (O2-N2) and are generally endowed with high flexibility and potentially low operative costs with respect to other capture methods. However the current materials are still lacking of separation performance and durability suitable for an efficient and economically feasible exploitation of such technology.
The Project NANOMEMC2 aims in overcoming the current limitation focusing on the development of innovative CO2 selective membranes with high flux and selectivity suitable for application to both Pre and Post-combustion Capture processes.
To that aim nanocomposite or mixed matrix membranes will be considered with particular focus on facilitated transport mechanisms promoted by carrier attached to the polymer or the filler.
Graphene based nanosheets and cellulose nanofibres will be studied in detail considering their possible modification to improve polymer compatibility and affinity with CO2.
A new generation of Facilitated Transport Mixed Matrix ( FTMM) membranes for CCS applications will be developed with increased CO2 flux and selectivity beyond the current target for industrial deployment of carbon capture membrane technologies

Field of Science

/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials/two-dimensional nanostructures/graphene

/social sciences/social and economic geography/transport

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.3.3.2. - Low-cost, low-carbon energy supply

Topic(s)

LCE-24-2016 - International Cooperation with South Korea on new generation high-efficiency capture processes

Call for proposal

H2020-LCE-2016-RES-CCS-RIA

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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

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Coordinator

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

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Via Zamboni 33
40126 Bologna

Italy

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU Contribution

€ 653 750

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THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 651 625

NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU

Norway

EU Contribution

€ 678 568,75

THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 324 891,25

BP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 174 000

COLACEM SPA

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 291 250

FUJIFILM MANUFACTURING EUROPE BV

Netherlands

EU Contribution

€ 748 125

SUPREN GMBH

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 490 000

GNext S.A.S. DI SIMONE LIGI & C

Italy

INOFIB SAS

France

EU Contribution

€ 290 687,50

CIAOTECH Srl

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 397 375

GRAPHENE-XT SRL

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 290 542,75

Project information

NanoMEMC2

Grant agreement ID: 727734

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 October 2016
End date

30 September 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.2.

Overall budget:

€ 4 990 816,25
EU contribution

€ 4 990 815,25

Coordinated by:

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

Italy

Project information

NanoMEMC2

Grant agreement ID: 727734

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 October 2016
End date

30 September 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.2.

Overall budget:

€ 4 990 816,25
EU contribution

€ 4 990 815,25

Coordinated by:

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - NanoMEMC2 (NanoMaterials Enhanced Membranes for Carbon Capture)

Reporting period: 2018-04-01 to 2019-09-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

Within the current environmental concerns about global warming, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is seen as a necessary medium term technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere while waiting for a complete transition towards a more sustainable energy system.
Currently, the main limit to the application of CCS technologies is its high cost of implementation; therefore, strong research efforts are needed to optimize current capture processes and make CCS an economically viable solution for the decarbonisation of the industrial sector.
The NANOMEMC2 project aimed at solving such limitations through the development of innovative materials, membranes and processes for CO2 capture, able to achieve a substantial reduction in the energy penalty related to the decrease of CO2 emissions. (Fig. 1)
NANOMEMC2 developed and applied new membranes to both Pre- and Post-combustion capture schemes with the final goal to reach TRL 5 by carrying out industrial tests on the most promising membranes developed within the project. It also addressed the techno-economic and environmental analysis of different possible process schemes tailored for a competitive implementation of membrane-based capture steps in the industrial plants of interest.
Finally, to fulfil the different goals and increase the impact of the project, NANOMEMC2 also continuously sought the cooperation with its partner from the Republic of Korea in the field of CCS to which had strong complementary expertise in the development of materials for membrane based new capture solutions

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

NANOMEMC2 activity can be divided in 3 different main tasks: Materials development, Technoeconomic and environmental analysis – Exploitation and dissemination of results.
Materials development focused on the production of graphene or nanocellulose based hybrid membranes and allowed to obtain more than 80 different membrane materials by coupling purposely modified nanofillers with commercial or pseudo commercial polymers.
The different materials resulted in many close to, and even able to surpass the Robeson’s upper bound indicating the state of the art limit for membrane separations (Fig 2). Two membranes were selected for industrial testing within the project (Fig. 3), one based on Polyvinylalcohol and Aminoacid salts and a second one obtained by blending porous graphene and Polyallylamine. Interestingly, lab scale test showed similar properties for the two membranes (permeance in the order of 800 GPU and selectivity close to 40), but the results of the tests for the second membrane revealed higher fluxes (Fig. 4) and also proved its resistance to most common contaminants such as SOx and NOx.
Materials development was always accompanied by process analysis aiming at a competitive integration of membranes into different industrial processes. These activities demonstrated the applicability of the novel materials developed for carbon capture in industrial environment considering production scenarios originating from 3 industrial sectors:
• Power generation (from natural gas or coal gasification)
• Clinker production
• Hydrogen production via steam methane reforming
The analysis, suggested that NANOMEMC2 membrane materials are economically very attractive over conventional, non-membrane-based carbon capture soluteions, when processing streams with high partial pressure of carbon dioxide such as in the case of the production of hydrogen from reformers or the production of power by coal gasification (Fig. 5).
The lifecycle assessment also indicates that the NANOMEMC2 membranes represent very promising materials, as all test cases studied showed a reduced Global Warming Potential (GWP) with respect to the business as usual case. More restricted benefits are found with regard to the total environmental impacts due to the additional use of utilities and resources (natural gas, water etc.) needed to carry on the capture. (Fig. 6)
Additional areas of application were also explored confirming the potential of the membranes in high CO2-partial pressure scenarios (i.e. Autothermal reforming) and showing very promising results in biogas upgrading applications due to the boosted selectivity of the material that minimises the losses of methane compared to conventional solution-diffusion membranes.
In order to maximise the impact of the project results, several exploitation and dissemination activities were also performed: 3 exploitation workshops were organized and a stakeholder analysis was carried out as a basis for the project’s exploitation strategy. KER were identified and discussed within the consortium and a market analysis was also carried out for the most interesting applications namely Hydrogen production clinker production and biogas upgrading.
Projects results were also presented to a vast audience through a number of dissemination activities including the use of social media, project website and several communication materials, the organization of a dissemination and an industrial workshop, the presentation or results at international conferences and in scientific publications.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

NANOMEMC2 aimed at a substantial decrease of the costs associated to carbon capture, by developing innovative membranes materials with high flux and selectivity and innovative processes able to maximize the membrane impact on the capture performance in industrial applications.
Naturally, a quantification of the real impact of NANOMEMC2 results on CCS costs and on its deployment in the industrial and energy sectors is somewhat uncertain given the still early stage of development of the different membranes materials considered. Nonetheless the project results were satisfactory and showed potential application for the developed membranes.
Most of the materials investigated in this period, showed properties in line or above the current permeability/selectivity trade off limit for CO2 separation membranes.
They were successfully implemented in hollow fibers modules and tested in industrially relevant condition confirming if not exceeding the expectation based on the lab scale results. Resistance to the most common contaminants present in flue gas was also demonstrated.
Parallel to materials development new modelling tools were applied for the first time to the problem of facilitated transport membranes, obtaining interesting results in terms of both macro and micro scale approach.
Based on these results the technoeconomic analysis as well as the LCA showed that NANOMEMC2 membranes can surpass the reference CCS technology in different industrial processes (cement production, hydrogen production and biogas upgrading) bringing to lower costs and a better environmental footprint

Fig. 3: Industrial testing rig and membrane modules

Fig. 2: Nanomemc2 Membrane performances

Fig. 4: Industrial testing results

Fig. 5: Overview of the technoeconomic analysis results

Fig. 6: Example of LCA results

Fig. 1: Project objectives

Project information

NanoMEMC2

Grant agreement ID: 727734

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 October 2016
End date

30 September 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.2.

Overall budget:

€ 4 990 816,25
EU contribution

€ 4 990 815,25

Coordinated by:

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

Project information

NanoMEMC2

Grant agreement ID: 727734

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 October 2016
End date

30 September 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.2.

Overall budget:

€ 4 990 816,25
EU contribution

€ 4 990 815,25

Coordinated by:

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

Italy

Deliverables

Documents, reports (8)

First update of the Plan of foreseen twinning activities

A plan of twinning activities will be prepared in the form of a Gantt chart with 3 different streams for researchers exchanges (including webinars and virtual meetings), materials exchanges and data sharing. This will cover activities until month 30. A brief summary of completed twinning activities will be also provided. The present deliverable refers to tasks 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

Second Report on performed STSMs

Each short-term scientific mission completed in the second reporting period will prepare a report to describe its nature and achievement. These will be collated in a single document that will inform the planning of the final twinning activities. The present deliverable refers to task 8.4

Second Update of Plan of foreseen twinning activities

The plan for the final twinning activities will be prepared. This will cover the organisation of the final sharing of information towards the end of the project. A brief summary of completed twinning activities will be also provided. The present deliverable refers to tasks 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

Second update of Dissemination & Communication Plan

Final report on Dissemination & Communication activities, with details on main Dissemination & Communication activities carried out by Consortium members during the second half of the project. It includes minutes of project’s events (e.g. industrial workshop by BP and PNO at M28 and final conference by UNIBO and PNO at M36)

Plan of foreseen twinning activities (researchers/materials/data

A plan of twinning activities will be prepared in the form of a Gantt chart with 3 different streams for researchers exchanges (including webinars and virtual meetings), materials exchanges and data sharing. This will cover activities until month 18. The present deliverable refers to tasks 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

First Report on performed STSMs

Each short-term scientific mission completed in the first reporting period will prepare a short report to describe its nature and achievement. These will be collated in a single document that will inform the planning of the following activities. The present deliverable refers to task 8.4

First Update of Dissemination & Communication Plan

Updated version of Dissemination & Communication Plan, including report on main Dissemination & Communication activities carried out by Consortium members during the first half of the project. It includes minutes of project’s events (e.g. academic workshop by USFD at M18)

Dissemination & Communication Plan

Dissemination & Communication Plan validated by Consortium, including minutes of project’s events

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project website

Project website will be developed with both public and private areas. The public area will give evidence to project, main results obtained to deliver the progresses and the achievement of the project to a vast audience. The private area, restricted to members only, will be the repository of all relevant material generated by the project which need to be shared among partners.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

A Brief Review of Nanocellulose Based Hybrid Membranes for CO2 Separation

Author(s): Zhongde Dai, Vegar Ottesen, Jing Deng, Ragne M. Lilleby Helberg, Liyuan Deng

Published in: Fibers, Issue 7/5, 2019, Page(s) 40, ISSN 2079-6439

DOI: 10.3390/fib7050040

Thin-film-composite hollow fiber membranes containing amino acid salts as mobile carriers for CO2 separation

Author(s): Zhongde Dai, Jing Deng, Luca Ansaloni, Saravanan Janakiram, Liyuan Deng

Published in: Journal of Membrane Science, Issue 578, 2019, Page(s) 61-68, ISSN 0376-7388

DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.02.023

Permeability and Selectivity of PPO/Graphene Composites as Mixed Matrix Membranes for CO2 Capture and Gas Separation

Author(s): Riccardo Rea, Simone Ligi, Meganne Christian, Vittorio Morandi, Marco Giacinti Baschetti, Maria De Angelis

Published in: Polymers, Issue 10/2, 2018, Page(s) 129, ISSN 2073-4360

DOI: 10.3390/polym10020129

Nafion/PEG hybrid membrane for CO 2 separation: Effect of PEG on membrane micro-structure and performance

Author(s): Zhongde Dai, Hesham Aboukeila, Luca Ansaloni, Jing Deng, Marco Giacinti Baschetti, Liyuan Deng

Published in: Separation and Purification Technology, 2018, ISSN 1383-5866

DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.03.062

Performance of Nanocomposite Membranes Containing 0D to 2D Nanofillers for CO2 Separation: A Review

Author(s): Saravanan Janakiram, Mahdi Ahmadi, Zhongde Dai, Luca Ansaloni, Liyuan Deng

Published in: Membranes, Issue 8/2, 2018, Page(s) 24, ISSN 2077-0375

DOI: 10.3390/membranes8020024

Highly CO2-permeable membranes derived from a midblock-sulfonated multiblock polymer after submersion in water

Author(s): Zhongde Dai, Jing Deng, Hesham Aboukeila, Jiaqi Yan, Luca Ansaloni, Kenneth P. Mineart, Marco Giacinti Baschetti, Richard J. Spontak, Liyuan Deng

Published in: NPG Asia Materials, Issue 11/1, 2019, ISSN 1884-4049

DOI: 10.1038/s41427-019-0155-5

Field test of a pre-pilot scale hollow fiber facilitated transport membrane for CO2 capture

Author(s): Zhongde Dai, Santinelli Fabio, Nardelli Giuseppe Marino, Costi Riccardo, Liyuan Deng

Published in: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Issue 86, 2019, Page(s) 191-200, ISSN 1750-5836

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.04.027

Models for Facilitated Transport Membranes: A Review

Author(s): Riccardo Rea, Maria Grazia De Angelis, Marco Giacinti Baschetti

Published in: Membranes, Issue 9/2, 2019, Page(s) 26, ISSN 2077-0375

DOI: 10.3390/membranes9020026

Performance of Mixed Matrix Membranes Containing Porous Two-Dimensional (2D) and Three-Dimensional (3D) Fillers for CO2 Separation: A Review

Author(s): Mahdi Ahmadi, Saravanan Janakiram, Zhongde Dai, Luca Ansaloni, Liyuan Deng

Published in: Membranes, Issue 8/3, 2018, Page(s) 50, ISSN 2077-0375

DOI: 10.3390/membranes8030050

Poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne)-Based Hybrid Membranes: Effects of Various Nanofillers and Feed Gas Humidity on CO2 Permeation

Author(s): Zhongde Dai, Vilde Løining, Jing Deng, Luca Ansaloni, Liyuan Deng

Published in: Membranes, Issue 8/3, 2018, Page(s) 76, ISSN 2077-0375

DOI: 10.3390/membranes8030076

Incorporation of an ionic liquid into a midblock-sulfonated multiblock polymer for CO2 capture

Author(s): Zhongde Dai, Luca Ansaloni, Justin J. Ryan, Richard J. Spontak, Liyuan Deng

Published in: Journal of Membrane Science, Issue 588, 2019, Page(s) 117193, ISSN 0376-7388

DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117193

Project information

NanoMEMC2

Grant agreement ID: 727734

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 October 2016
End date

30 September 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.2.

Overall budget:

€ 4 990 816,25
EU contribution

€ 4 990 815,25

Coordinated by:

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

Project information

NanoMEMC2

Grant agreement ID: 727734

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 October 2016
End date

30 September 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.2.

Overall budget:

€ 4 990 816,25
EU contribution

€ 4 990 815,25

Coordinated by:

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

Italy

Project information

NanoMEMC2

Grant agreement ID: 727734

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 October 2016
End date

30 September 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.2.

Overall budget:

€ 4 990 816,25
EU contribution

€ 4 990 815,25

Coordinated by:

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

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