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Critical Component/ Technology Gap in 21st Century Power Plant Gasification Based Polygeneration: Advanced Ceramic Membranes/Modules for Ultra Efficient H2 Production/CO 2 Capture for Coal Based Polygeneration Plants

Media and Process Technology Inc. (MPT), in collaboration with the University of Southern California, is advancing inorganic membrane technology for pre-combustion carbon dioxide (CO2) capture from syngas in a gasification-based polygeneration plant. The primary project goal is two-fold: (1) to transition the current single-ended “candle filter” configuration of the ceramic membrane support to a dual-end (open both ends), full ceramic multiple-tube bundle configuration that will enable permeate sweep/purge capability; and (2) to develop the housing design for the dual-end bundles with emphasis on minimization of stresses associated with the membrane to housing seals and incorporation of multiple bundles into a pre-commercial-scale unit.

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Electrochemically Driven Carbon Dioxide Separation

The University of Delaware is developing an electrochemically-driven carbon dioxide (CO2) separator (EDCS) using poly(aryl piperidinium) (PAP) ionomers that performs near-continuous CO2 separation from air under ambient conditions at a rate of 0.4 mol/m2-hr with ≤ 235 kJ/mol (1.48 MWh/t) electrical energy input and zero thermal energy input. The novel EDCS process is distinct from thermal separation technologies for direct air capture (DAC) by use of an electrochemical driving force across a membrane to perform both capture and release of CO2 within a single electrochemical cell.

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Development of Advanced Solid Sorbents for Direct Air Capture

RTI International, partnered with Creare and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, is developing two types of advanced adsorbent materials—metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and phosphorous dendrimers (P-dendrimers)—for direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide (CO2). The sorbents are being synthesized, characterized, and optimized to achieve high CO2 capacity at very low CO2 partial pressures, high swing capacity, improved mass and heat transfer, and long operational life at low cost.

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Engineering Scale Demonstration of Transformational Solvent on NGCC Flue Gas

ION Clean Energy Inc. (ION) is empirically validating the low capital and operating costs for ION’s transformational solvent with revolutionary stability technology (ICE-31) on a 1-megawatt-electric (MWe) slipstream of flue gas from Calpine’s Los Medanos Energy Center (LMEC), a commercially dispatched natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plant. To accomplish this, the project team is designing, constructing, and operating an engineering-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) capture pilot that will capture 10 tonnes per day (tpd) of CO2.

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Engineering Design of a Polaris Membrane CO 2 Capture System at a Cement Plant

Membrane Technology and Research Inc. (MTR), partnered with Sargent & Lundy (S&L) and CEMEX, is performing an initial engineering design of a full-scale Polaris membrane carbon dioxide (CO2) capture system (approximately 1 million metric tonnes of CO2 per day) applied to the CEMEX Balcones cement plant located in New Braunfels, Texas. This study will produce estimates of the cost and performance of a first-of-its-kind industrial membrane capture plant at a cement plant. The technical activities include completing a project design basis and process design; estimating the cost of the capture plant construction and installation; performing an environmental health and safety (EH&S) review, permitting and constructability reviews, and a hazard and operability study (HAZOP); and preparing a techno-economic analysis (TEA).

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Safeguarding Amines from Oxidation by Enabling Technologies

The University of Texas at Austin is developing technologies to safeguard amine-based carbon dioxide (CO2) capture processes from solvent loss by oxidation. The project team is evaluating strategies to minimize amine oxidation in advanced second- and third-generation solvents caused by two of the most significant impurities: oxygen and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). These effective technologies will reduce the cost and environmental risk of solvent-based carbon capture systems by addressing the effects of flue gas impurities on solvent loss and will make significant progress toward achieving $30/tonne of CO2 captured by 2030.

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MIL 101(Cr) Amine Sorbents Evaluation Under Realistic Direct Air Capture Conditions

Georgia Tech Research Corporation is investigating the use of hybrid sorbents based on metal-organic framework (MOF, MIL-101(Cr)) materials functionalized with amine groups for the direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide (CO2) at sub-ambient conditions. The primary goal of the project is to tailor MIL-101(Cr)-based sorbents to overcome technical barriers associated with their application at sub-ambient temperatures/conditions and validate their amenability to practical DAC application. In this direction, the stability of the powder sorbents against adsorption-desorption cycles and oxidative degradation is being determined.

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TRAPS: Tunable Rapid Uptake AminoPolymer Aerogel Sorbent for Direct Air Capture of CO 2

The Palo Alto Research Center Inc. (PARC), in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), is developing a novel solid sorbent for direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide (CO2). The innovative sorbent, Tunable Rapid-uptake AminoPolymer Aerogel Sorbent (TRAPS) builds on PARC’s proprietary polymer aerogel synthesis platform, which will be adapted to produce a polyamine aerogel with a combination of high CO2 capacity, rapid uptake kinetics, resistance to degradation, and low cost. During the project, PARC is developing the novel TRAPS sorbent and LLNL is testing the performance of the sorbent under DAC-relevant conditions in a lab-scale fixed-bed reactor. TRAPS will yield substantial improvements to process cost, energy consumption, and sorbent lifetime, drastically improving the economic viability of DAC.

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Transformational Sorbent Materials for a Substantial Reduction in the Energy Requirement for Direct Air Capture of CO 2

InnoSepra LLC is collaborating with Missouri University of Science and Technology, Arizona State University, and Adroitech Enterprise to evaluate transformational materials in structured forms for the direct capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and to confirm a reduction in energy requirements compared to state-of-the-art technologies for direct air capture (DAC). The project activities include performing computational simulations, materials characterization, and lab-scale testing to optimize the performance of materials under DAC conditions, and developing a high-level process design to provide an estimate of electrical and thermal energy requirements, equipment sizing, and cost and carbon footprint. Finally, an assessment of the materials will also be made to evaluate the production of large-scale quantities for future commercial implementation.

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Demonstration of a Continuous Motion Direct Air Capture System

Global Thermostat LLC (Global), in partnership with Zero Carbon Partners, VADA LLC, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the National Renewable Energy Lab, will develop a continuous motion direct air capture (DAC) system that will capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air through an adsorption process and produce a greater than 95% purity CO2 product. The process employs honeycomb monolith contactors with a solid amine sorbent incorporated into the pores of the monolith, resulting in high CO2 adsorption capacities at very low CO2 partial pressures.

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AIR2CO 2 : Advanced Integrated Reticular Sorbent Coated System to Capture CO 2 from the Atmosphere

General Electric Research (GE) has partnered with the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) to develop an advanced integrated reticular sorbent-coated system to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere ("AIR2CO2"). The system integrates pioneering metal-organic framework (MOF) sorbents and sorbent-binder composite coatings to capture and release atmospheric CO2. UCB is building on their benchmark MOF sorbent to synthesize, test, downselect, and sufficiently scale a next-generation sorbent with optimized overall CO2 adsorption capacity and thermal and chemical stability. GE is developing a robust MOF sorbent-binder formulation and coating process and integrating the advanced sorbent into an additively manufactured substrate. Component and system modeling of the AIR2CO2 process is being performed based on laboratory-scale experimental results and used to develop a techno-economic model that will inform future development of the sorbent material and AIR2CO2 contactor.

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Direct Air Capture Using Novel Structured Adsorbents

Electricore Inc. is advancing a direct air capture (DAC) technology that combines a vacuum-temperature swing carbon dioxide (CO2) adsorption process with structured adsorbent beds (SABs). The process employs Svante’s novel solid sorbent laminate filter technology integrated with Climeworks’ DAC technology in which CO2 from air is chemically bound to a solid sorbent material and the sorbent is regenerated using vacuum- and temperature-swing desorption. The objective is to advance DAC technology and reduce capture costs of CO2 from air by accelerating cycle times through the use of structured adsorbent beds.

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Membrane Adsorbents Comprising Self Assembled Inorganic Nanocages (SINCs) for Super Fast Direct Air Capture Enabled by Passive Cooling

The State University of New York (SUNY)–Buffalo, in collaboration with Trimeric Corporation, is developing highly porous membrane adsorbents comprising CO2-philic polymers and self-assembled inorganic nanocages (SINCs) for rapid temperature swing adsorption using electricity-free solar heating and radiative cooling, enabling an economically viable approach for direct air capture (DAC).

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Direct Air Capture of Energy for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Partnership (DAC RECO 2 UP)

Southern States Energy Board (SSEB) is leading efforts together with AirCapture LLC to advance a solid amine sorbent-based technology for direct air capture (DAC) through field testing in a commercially relevant environment. The primary goal of the DAC RECO2UP project is to decrease the cost of DAC through the testing of existing DAC materials in integrated field units that produce a concentrated carbon dioxide (CO2) stream of at least 95% purity. This project is focused on engineering design of an integrated DAC system utilizing energy recovery and support services at the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC).

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Enhanced Depolarized Electro Membrane System (EDEMS) for Direct Capture of Carbon Dioxide from Ambient Air

The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK CAER) is developing an enhanced depolarized electro-membrane system (EDEMS) for direct air capture (DAC). The EDEMS consists of a low-pressure ceramic membrane contactor/absorber in a tailored electrochemical process that leverages depolarization to regenerate and concentrate both a capture solvent and carbon dioxide (CO2) extracted by the membrane. The technical objectives of this laboratory-scale project include developing and evaluating patterned ceramic membrane absorbers and a depolarized electrochemical cell (DEC), integrating the components into a novel EDEMS, and conducting continuous operation of the system for DAC.

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Low Regeneration Temperature Sorbents for Direct Air Capture of CO 2

Susteon Inc., in partnership with the University of Wyoming (UWy), is working to develop solid sorbent materials that have much higher working carbon dioxide (CO2) capacity and can be regenerated at lower temperatures than current state-of-the-art materials. Structured sorbent beds can be constructed using these sorbents for low pressure drop operation to achieve reduced costs for direct air capture (DAC) of CO2. The project aims to develop amine-doped solid sorbents catalyzed by a novel ionic liquid (IL) that have the potential to increase the CO2 adsorption and desorption rate by several orders of magnitude as compared with non-catalyzed sorbents.

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High Performance, Hybrid Polymer Membrane for Carbon Dioxide Separation from Ambient Air

InnoSense LLC is developing a direct air capture (DAC) system for carbon dioxide (CO2) separation from ambient air using a hybrid polymer membrane to reduce CO2 separation costs and energy penalties. Highly CO2-selective, ultra-thin, functionalized hybrid polymer membranes (HypoMem), integrated with carbon materials such as graphene oxide (GO), are being designed to improve CO2 capture performance from ambient or near-ambient conditions, thermal and chemical stability, and ease of processability for scale-up.

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Experimental Demonstration of Alkalinity Concentration Swing for Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide

Harvard University is conducting experimental verification of a novel approach for direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide (CO2) that employs an alkalinity concentration swing (ACS) process. ACS involves concentrating an aqueous alkaline solution (that has equilibrated with air) using commercially available technologies such as reverse osmosis (RO) or capacitive deionization (CDI). The concentrated solution has a higher partial pressure of CO2 relative to the initial solution, allowing the CO2 to be separated and stored.

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Spatiotemporal Adaptive Passive Direct Air Capture

Carbon Collect Inc., along with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Arizona State University (ASU), Trimeric Corporation, and PM Group, is performing an initial design of a commercial-scale, passive direct air capture (DAC) system termed “Carbon Trees” to capture, separate, and store or utilize a nominal capacity of 1,000 tonnes per day of carbon dioxide (CO2) from air.

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A Combined Water and CO 2 Direct Air Capture System

IWVC LLC is developing a transformational hybrid direct air capture (HDAC) technology that simultaneously captures carbon dioxide (CO2) and water from the air using an amine-functionalized solid sorbent developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). In HDAC, a combination of high-performance desiccant and CO2-selective sorbents are used to remove both the water vapor and CO2 from the air in a single pass through the HDAC system.

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Direct Air Capture Based Carbon Dioxide Removal with U S Low Carbon Energy and Sinks

The University of Illinois is leading a team to develop preliminary designs for large-scale direct air capture (DAC) plants that separate and permanently store 100,000 tonnes/yr net carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air at three different facilities located in Wyoming, Louisiana, and California. The project goal is to examine the effect of various climatic conditions on the DAC system design and overall cost and evaluate the impact of using different low-carbon energy sources (i.e., geothermal, solar, wind, or waste heat). Further, this work aims to tackle scale-up challenges related to construction, operation, and logistics, as well as gauge the technical and regulatory challenges at each site.

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Scale Up and Site Specific Engineering Design for Global Thermostat Direct Air Capture Te chnology

Black & Veatch Corporation is partnering with Global Thermostat (GT), Sargent & Lundy, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, Southern Company Services, and Elysian Ventures LLC to execute an initial engineering design of a commercial-scale carbon capture, utilization, and storage direct air capture (CCUS-DAC) system that captures at least 100,000 net tonnes/year of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The lead system, designated as DAC+, consists of a DAC unit utilizing GT’s sorbent contactor technology coupled with a natural gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant, the DAC+ designation indicating modification of the DAC system to enable capture of the CHP unit flue gas.

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Direct Air Capture U sing Trapped Small Amines in Hierarchical Nanoporous Capsules on Porous Electrospun Fibers

The State University of New York (SUNY)-Buffalo is teaming with Arizona State University (ASU) and Gas Technology Institute (GTI) to develop an innovative sorbent comprised of trapped small amines in hierarchical nanoporous capsules (HNCs) embedded in porous electrospun fibers (PEFs) for direct air capture (DAC). The effective encapsulation of amines in HNCs will enable high sorbent stability and the innovative PEF macroscopic scaffold will allow for fast exposure of sorbent material to air. Research efforts involve the tailoring of both sorbent and PEF materials to achieve a compact system for DAC with high capacities for carbon dioxide (CO2) at concentrations typically available in air and at near-ambient conditions.

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Blue Bison ATR Advanced CCUS System

Tallgrass MLP Operations LLC is partnering with the University of Wyoming and Technip Energies to perform an initial engineering design of a commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) system installed at a hydrogen (H2) production plant proposed to be installed in Douglas, Wyoming. The proposed plant would produce decarbonized H2 from natural gas (or “blue” H2), utilizing Haldor Topsøe’s auto-thermal reforming (ATR) technology coupled with BASF’s OASE® White carbon capture system. The primary project goal is to complete an initial design of a commercial-scale advanced carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) system that separates, stores, and utilizes more than 100,000 tonnes per year net CO2 with 90%+ carbon capture efficiency—from an ATR facility producing high-purity H2 from natural gas—providing a basis for subsequent deployment of CCUS projects of this type.

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Energy Efficient Direct Air Capture System for High Purity CO 2 Separation

The University of Cincinnati (UC) is developing a revolutionary carbon dioxide (CO2) capture system optimized for direct air capture (DAC). The technology utilizes an adsorption-regeneration cycle with a proprietary aminopolymer-silica hybrid adsorbent. UC is being assisted by BASF Catalysts and Daeyoung C&E in developing the sorbent-washcoated monolith structure and Trimeric for the economic analysis.

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Bench Scale Development of a Novel Direct Air Capture Technology Using High Capacity Structured Sorbents

Susteon Inc., in partnership with Cormetech Inc. and Columbia University, is conducting bench-scale testing on a novel structured sorbent system for direct air capture (DAC). The project team is developing a structured material system (SMS) that integrates a highly dispersed sorbent with in situ desorption by direct electric heating and a low pressure drop structured support in order to reduce the overall cost of DAC by lowering energy consumption by approximately 50%.

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Hybridizing Heat Integrated 3D Printed Modules with Mass Manufacturable, Low Pressure Drop Fiber Sorbents

Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC), and project partners Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), ReactWell LLC, and Trimeric Inc., are advancing a fiber sorbent technology for direct air capture (DAC) through optimization of a contactor design to enhance productivity and lower cost. Polyethyleneimine (PEI)-infused cellulose acetate (CA)/silica fiber sorbents previously developed for DAC applications are being housed in 3D-printed modules that provide heat integration and flow control for adsorption of carbon dioxide (CO2). The hybridization of fiber sorbent technology with modular housing provides several advantages that lead to lower air pressure drops, higher sorbent productivity, and ease of manufacturing and assembly.

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Electrochemically Regenerated Solvent for Direct Air Capture with Co Generation of Hydrogen at Bench Scale

The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK CAER), Vanderbilt University, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and Louisville Gas and Electricity and Kentucky Utilities (LG&E and KU) are developing an intensified, cost-effective, and easily scalable process using aqueous potassium hydroxide (KOH) as a solvent for direct air capture (DAC). The process features the use of a hybrid membrane absorber (MA) coupled with an electrochemical solvent regenerator (ER) that is capable of extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and pre-concentrating KOH solvent followed by regenerating the solvent to release CO2 in the ER, and simultaneously refreshing the capture solvent while producing hydrogen (H2) to offset the DAC cost.

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Advanced Integrated Reticular Sorbent Coated System to Capture CO 2 Using an Additively Manufactured Contactor

General Electric Research (GE) is collaborating with the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) and the University of South Alabama (USA) to develop an advanced integrated reticular sorbent-coated system to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) using an additively manufactured contactor (AIR2CO2 Contactor). The project team's key objective is to develop and test a bench-scale (1 kg CO2/day) direct air capture (DAC) system that consists of two low-pressure drop AIR2CO2 Contactors that alternate adsorption/desorption cycles for continuous CO2 removal from ambient air.

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Initial Engineering Design Study for Advanced CO 2 Capture from Hydrogen Production Unit at Phillips 66 Rodeo Refinery

Phillips 66, with the assistance of Worley Group Inc., is performing an initial design of a commercial-scale, advanced carbon capture and storage (CCS) system that separates and stores approximately 190,000 tonnes per year net carbon dioxide (CO2) with 90%+ carbon capture efficiency from an existing steam methane reforming (SMR) plant at the Phillips 66 Rodeo Refinery. The project goal is to analyze the technical results of three different carbon capture configurations and then select the one with the smallest predicted impact to the average levelized cost of hydrogen and produce an advanced engineering design for a commercial-scale unit based on the selected configuration.

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Engineering Study of Svante's Solid Sorbent Post Combustion CO 2 Capture Technology at a Linde Steam Methane Reforming H 2 Plant

Linde Inc., in coordination with Linde Engineering Americas, Linde Engineering Dresden, and Svante Inc., is conducting an initial engineering design of a commercial-scale carbon capture plant utilizing the Svante VeloxoTherm™ solid adsorbent carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technology installed at an existing Linde-owned steam methane reforming (SMR) hydrogen (H2) production plant in Port Arthur, Texas. The overall system is being designed to capture approximately 1,000,000 tonnes/year net CO2 with at least 90% carbon capture efficiency while producing “blue” H2 with 99.97% purity from natural gas.

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Cryogenic Carbon Capture from Cement Production

Sustainable Energy Solutions LLC (SES) is partnering with Chart Industries Inc., Eagle Materials Inc., and FLSmidth Inc. to advance a cryogenic carbon capture (CCC) technology to demonstration scale (30 tonnes of carbon dioxide [CO2] captured/day). The carbon capture unit is being installed at the Eagle Materials/Central Plains Cement Plant in Sugar Creek, Missouri.

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