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Alkanolamines for Acid Gas Removal in Gasification Processes

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is performing this project to identify candidate molecules that have high carbon dioxide (CO2) selectivity compared to other components of syngas (carbon monoxide [CO], hydrogen [H2], and water [H2O]). This is being done by conducting high-pressure nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements using PNNL’s custom high-pressure NMR cells. Candidate molecules will be identified by conducting vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE) measurements of anhydrous tertiary alkanolamines with individual components of syngas (CO, CO2, H2, and H2O) and simulated syngas. Two-dimensional (2D) NMR measurements are being used to measure diffusion coefficients for CO2 and the solvent molecules, which can then be used to calculate the viscosity of the solutions. A preliminary techno-economic assessment (TEA) will be made to determine energy savings over activated methyldiethanolamine (aMDEA) for CO2 capture from syngas.

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Retrofittable Advanced Combined Cycle Integration for Flexible Decarbonized Generation

General Electric Gas Power (GEGP), in collaboration with Linde Inc., Kiewit Engineering Group Inc., and Southern Company Services, is conducting a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for a “Generation 2” amine-based post-combustion carbon capture system integrated with an existing natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plant. The system is being designed to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions with at least 95% efficiency.

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Demonstration of Direct Air Capture of CO 2 with Building Air Handling Equipment

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is evaluating the feasibility of integrating carbon capture technologies with existing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in buildings to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from ventilated air streams. The use of existing air handling infrastructure can enable the deployment of distributed direct air capture (DAC) systems that are modular and scalable. The project is assessing specific types of buildings and associated equipment in order to identify the major opportunities and challenges associated with DAC incorporation into representative building HVAC systems. To execute this multi-faceted project, an integrated project team from ORNL’s Energy and Transportation Science Division is tasked with applying capabilities and technologies associated with HVAC equipment, advanced materials, and system integration.

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Molecular Refinement of Transformational Solvents for CO2 Separations

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) aims to perform molecular refinement of third-generation water-lean solvents during this project. The objectives are to reduce volatility while retaining desirable physical and thermodynamic properties, study the molecular underpinnings of solvent degradation (e.g., hydrolysis, nitration, oxidation), design new molecules that are resistant to these chemical degradations, and decrease infrastructure capital expenditures (CAPEX) while increasing longevity by replacing steel with cheaper and more durable plastics. This proposal builds on PNNL’s integrated solvent development approach, with an integrated effort combining the elements of computation, advanced synthesis and testing capabilities, and comprehensive material property testing to refine advanced solvent performance while also reducing the CAPEX of these third-generation solvents.

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Intensified , Flexible, and Modular Carbon Capture Demonstration with Additively Manufactured Multi Functional Device

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is engaging in process intensification as one approach to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) capture cost in scaled-up processes. ORNL’s advanced manufacturing and chemical engineering research team is continuing the development and validation of 3D-printed intensified devices (i.e., mass exchange packing with internal cooling channels) to effectively achieve mass and heat exchange functionalities in CO2 absorption columns at the desired scale.

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High-Efficiency, Integrated Reactors for Sorbents, Solvents, and Membranes Using Additive Manufacturing

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), as part of the Discovery of Carbon Capture Substances and Systems (DOCCSS) initiative, is designing and fabricating high-efficiency reactors supporting advanced sorbents, solvents, or membranes for transformational carbon capture. An integrated design process coupling computational design optimization with additive manufacturing (AM) is creating novel reactor geometries customized for new carbon dioxide (CO2) capture materials.

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Assessment of the Potential for the Decarbonization of Natural Gas with RNG and Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in collaboration with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), is conducting an economics survey for the decarbonization of natural gas. Renewable natural gas (RNG) is a high-methane gas mixture derived from renewable biomass. RNG can be produced via a gasification or anaerobic digestion (“bio-gasification”) process, followed by the methanation of syngas (a synthetic natural gas [SNG] process]). When combined with carbon capture and storage (CCS), the overall process can achieve net-zero or even net-negative carbon emissions. The objective of this study is to determine the economics of such a scheme, the point at which the life cycle emissions of such a strategy become zero, and whether or not the costs of such a scheme can compete with traditional natural gas production processes.

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Amine-Appended Metal- Organic Frameworks as Switch-Like Adsorbents for Energy-Efficient Carbon Capture

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), as part of the Discovery of Carbon Capture Substances and Systems (DOCCSS) Initiative, is developing amine-appended metal-organic framework (MOF) sorbents having step-change adsorption isotherms with larger sorbent working capacities with minor temperature swings for low-energy post-combustion carbon dioxide (CO2) capture.

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Systems Analysis and Programmatic Support, Pathway Evaluation, and Benefit s Analysis and Tool Development

The National Energy Technology Laboratory’s Research and Innovation Center (NETL-RIC) is developing new methods to provide foundational analytical support that ties accomplishments in the laboratory to results in real-world systems. One objective is to identify the most promising carbon capture technology pathways and attributes in terms of cost, performance, and environmental impact. For example, post-combustion carbon capture research and development (R&D) has been generally focused on three technology pathways (membranes, solvents, and sorbents), which provide options to reduce the energy and cost penalties associated with carbon capture. This research focuses on accelerating the development of efficient cost-effective technologies that meet the programmatic goals for carbon capture: to develop transformational technologies that are ready for demonstration by 2030 and that can achieve 95% carbon dioxide (CO2) purity with a cost of less than $30/tonne of CO2 captured. Development efforts are consistent with the overall goal of reducing the time required to develop new carbon capture technologies.

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Hollow Fiber Chemisorption Sorbent

The project objective is to provide a viable basic immobilized amine sorbent (BIAS)-based hollow chemisorption fiber sorbent (hollow-CHEFS) demonstrating carbon dioxide (CO2) capture in diluted environments with a concentration near 400 parts per million (ppm). The hollow-CHEFS target is to achieve a 0.3 mmol CO2/g capacity that is highly stable over at least three adsorption-desorption cycles. The resulting data will be used to complete a techno-economic analysis (TEA) to evaluate the feasibility of a rapid temperature swing adsorption (RTSA) process using the hollow-CHEFS.

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Reducing the Degradation of Carbon Capture Solvents

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is conducting research to mitigate common mechanisms of solvent degradation and byproduct formation in carbon dioxide (CO2) capture processes. Research and development (R&D) efforts focus on studying the effects of steel interfaces on oxidation and nitrosation for both aqueous and water-lean solvents and studying the molecular underpinnings of solvent degradation (e.g., hydrolysis, nitration, oxidation) and design new formulations that are resistant to these chemical degradations.

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Ion Gel Membrane for Post Combustion CO 2 Separation

The National Energy Technology Laboratory’s Research and Innovation Center (NETL-RIC) is developing new, ultra-high-performance facilitated transport polymer membranes with carbon dioxide (CO2)/nitrogen (N2) gas separation performance that lie above the Robeson Upper Bound for post-combustion CO2 separation. NETL is building a small-scale membrane module using the most promising membrane material and testing it in a real flue gas environment. NETL is also working with industry partners to identify and address potential scale-up issues with the material. Development efforts are consistent with overall goals of reducing the energy penalty and cost of CO2 separation relative to conventional technologies through economic analysis.

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Hybrid Solvent Membrane Process for Pre Combustion CO 2 Capture

The National Energy Technology Laboratory’s Research and Innovation Center (NETL-RIC) is assessing the potential of integrating small-scale modular pre-combustion carbon dioxide (CO2) capture processes with small-scale modular coal gasification technologies. The research is focused on the development of a hybrid process combining hydrogen (H2)-selective membranes followed by solvent capture for CO2. NETL-RIC is developing an H2-selective cross-linked polyamide nanofilm-based composite membrane for upstream CO2 capture. NETL-RIC is also investigating the corrosion rates in carbon and stainless steels from solvent-based pre-combustion carbon capture processes.

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Microporous Polymeric Sorbent Technology for Post Combustion CO 2 Capture

The National Energy Technology Laboratory’s Research and Innovation Center (NETL-RIC) is developing new, microporous polymeric (m-poly) sorbent technology with a demonstrated carbon dioxide (CO2) uptake capacity of 10 wt% and a selectivity of greater than 500 under a “simulated gas” environment for natural gas flue gas (NGFG). The most promising m-poly sorbents are to be integrated into a prototype modular system for long-term field testing (such as at the National Carbon Capture Center [NCCC]) under actual post-combustion flue gas.

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Process Intensification for Carbon Capture

Altex Technologies Corporation, in partnership with Pennsylvania State University (PSU), have previously developed the integrated temperature and pressure swing (ITAPS) carbon capture system. The ITAPS system utilizes advanced molecular basket sorbents (MBSs) on microchannel heat exchangers, which can be quickly cycled between carbon dioxide (CO2) sorption from coal-derived syngas and desorption into low-pressure steam exhausted from steam turbines in an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power system. This would replace the typical three-stage Selexol system (for acid gas removal and pre-combustion carbon capture in the context of IGCC) with smaller and energy-efficient desorption and sorption units.

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Carbon Capture Simulation For Industry Impact (CCSI2)

The primary project goals are to utilize the computational tools and models developed under the Carbon Capture Simulation Initiative (CCSI), in partnership with industry, to scale-up new and innovative carbon capture technology. The Carbon Capture Simulation for Industry Impact (CCSI2) operates in conjunction with and in support of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) Carbon Capture Program to focus on advancing promising technologies.

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Process for CO2 Capture from Low-Concentration Sources

InnoSepra, LLC is developing a low-cost capture process using structured sorbents to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from low-concentration feed streams. This project is based on utilizing physical sorbents in structured form for concentrating CO2 from low-concentration coal-based sources. The process utilizes a moisture-removal stage (if needed) and a CO2-enrichment stage. The enriched CO2 stream can then be combined with the feed stream of a post-combustion capture process, ultimately allowing cost-effective capture of 98 to 99% CO2 from a coal-based power plant.

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Solid Phase Supports for Flue Gas CO2 Separation with Molten Electrolytes

Luna Innovations will take a systems-level approach to demonstrating dual phase carbon dioxide (CO2) separation membrane solid support technology. Luna will evaluate yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) and its derivatives as standalone solid phase supports and in the presence of a single molten carbonate electrolyte. Through modification of current YSZ supports, development of structure-property relationships, and prototype modeling of scaled-up technology form factors, Luna’s solid phase supports will have the unique potential to provide the performance and scalability to separate CO2 from flue gas in the heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs). Successful demonstration of this dual phase carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology will pave the way for retrofit in high-temperature exhausts found in power plant HRSGs.

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Integrated Multichannel Water-Gas Shift Catalytic Membrane Reactor for Pre- Combustion Carbon Capture

The Bettergy Corp. team is developing an integrated catalytic membrane reactor (CMR) system that combines, in a one-stage process, a high-temperature watergas shift (WGS) reaction with a hydrogen (H2) separation membrane to produce H2 while simultaneously delivering carbon dioxide (CO2) at high pressure, minimizing the cost of CO2 compression. The core of the novel process is built upon a robust modularized membrane supported on catalytic substrates, which is based on Bettergy’s patented nanopore engineering membrane (NEM) platform technology. Previously, a lab-scale WGS-CMR system was successfully tested, achieving high WGS conversion, high-purity H2 through membrane separation, and enriched CO2 in the retentate stream. Currently, the main project goals are to optimize the process, develop and test a multichannel prototype system, and generate a commercialization plan.

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High-Efficiency Post Combustion Carbon Capture System

Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) is developing a compact, modular post-combustion carbon capture system using high-capacity metal organic framework (MOF) nanosorbents supported on a tailorable mesh substrate. This system enables low-pressure drop, high volumetric utilization, and high mass transfer rates, and is suitable for the rapid heat transfer and low temperature regeneration operating modes needed for cost-effective carbon capture.

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A New Sorbent Process for Transformational Carbon Capture Process

TDA Research (TDA) is developing amine-functionalized resin sorbents to selectively remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gas using a vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) cycle. Activities include identification of polymers that can be formed with amine functionalities tuned for CO2 uptake, scaling-up sorbent production, and testing performance at the bench-scale.

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CO 2 Philic Block Copolymers with Intrinsic Microporosity for Post Combustion CO 2 Capture

In this Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, Helios-NRG and its partners, the University of Buffalo and TechOpp Consulting, are developing carbon dioxide (CO2)-philic block copolymers with intrinsic microporosity (BCPIMs) for post-combustion CO2 capture. The BCPIMs consist of rubbery polyethylene oxide (PEO) and polymerizable metal-organic frameworks (polyMOFs) and have superior CO2/nitrogen (N2) separation properties. The materials are being designed, synthesized, and characterized for carbon capture.

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Transformational Sorbent Based Process for Direct Air Capture

InnoSepra LLC is advancing an adsorption-based direct air capture (DAC) process. The overall goals of the project are to generate data to confirm that the process can provide significant cost and parasitic power savings compared to state-of-the-art DAC processes and to utilize process models to produce a conceptual design of a large-scale DAC system.

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Dual Function Materials for Direct Air Capture of CO 2

Susteon Inc. is teaming with Columbia University, Applied Catalysts, and Kiewit Engineering to advance the development of a “reactive” direct air capture (DAC) process that is capable of capturing and converting carbon dioxide (CO2) from air into valuable products. The reactive DAC process involves selective chemisorption of CO2, followed by sorbent regeneration through reversible desorption or, optionally, catalytic conversion of adsorbed CO2 into methane (CH4; also referred to as renewable natural gas [RNG]), using waste or renewable hydrogen (H2).

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Synthetic Data Generated with GEOSX Simulations for the Sensitivity Analysis of Several Model Input Parameters in Simulating CO2 Plume Evolution and Leakage Through an Abandoned Well

Synthetic simulation dataset that was created from a simulation campaign consisting of 36 GEOSX-based simulations. Latin Hypercube sampling method was employed by varying three GEOSX simulation input parameters (i.e., Aquifer Permeability, Leaky well Permeability, Porosity). The simulated problem is based on the first benchmark case presented in Class et al. (2009), which is also provided as one of the example problems in GEOSX distribution under Advanced Examples - Validation and Verification Studies. Two quantities of interest were retrieved and used in constructing a surrogate model in PSUAE UQ toolkit to be used in lieu of actual GEOSX simulations for global sensitivity analysis. The results of the preliminary Sobol' Indices based sensitivity analysis is also presented. 
Files provided: (1) Summary.pdf: contains the destailed description of the workflow employed for sensitivity analysis. 
(2) C1_LH_n36_i3_o2.csv: Tabulated input and output data is provided in CSV file format, which is compiled from the results of the simulations and provided as input to PSUADE for constructing the surrogate models and carrying out sensitivity analysis.
(3) R*.tar.gz: Input files and raw output files generated from GEOSX simulation from each sampling simulation (work directories R1 to R36)


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Advancing Post-Combustion CO2 Capture Through Increased Mass Transfer and Lower Degradation

The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research’s (UK CAER) project will develop three techniques to enable aqueous post-combustion carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technologies to meet the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) performance and cost targets of 90% CO2 capture, 95% purity, at a cost of less than $30/tonne CO2 captured. To reduce the cost of CO2 capture, critical elements need to be addressed, including how to increase CO2 mass transfer (reduce capital cost), how to reduce solvent makeup (lower the operational cost) resulting from degradation, and how to address the potential environmental issues (permitting hurdles) from nitrosamine formation. The specific objectives of this project are to develop a 3D-printed dynamic polarity packing material with increased turbulent liquid flow and controlled gas-liquid bubble formation to increase CO2 mass transfer into amine solvents; investigate the impact of additives on the physical properties of solvents and their relationship to bubble formation to boost mass transfer while reducing aerosol formation; and destruct nitrosamines derived from amine solvents through development of an electrochemical treatment process. The project team will develop and fabricate customized dynamic packing using advanced manufacturing techniques, install the packing into UK CAER’s bench-scale (less than 0.1-megawatt-thermal [MWth]) CO2 capture unit, and conduct parametric and long-term testing with additive-modified solvents. Additionally, an electrochemical cell with stationary carbon electrodes will be designed and evaluated for the adsorption and decomposition of nitrosamines from wash water solutions collected from UK CAER’s 0.7-megawatt-electric (MWe) small pilot CO2 capture system located at Kentucky Utilities’ E.W. Brown Generating Station.

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Development of Carbon Molecular Sieves Hollow Fiber Membranes Based on Polybenzimidazole Doped with Polyprotic Acids with Superior H2/CO2 Separation Properties

The goal of this State University of New York (SUNY) – Buffalo project is to develop scalable membrane technology by engineering polymers to achieve superior hydrogen (H2)/carbon dioxide (CO2) separation properties in readily fabricated and easily deployed membranes. The application is for capture of CO2 from coal derived syngas. Specifically, the approach is to derive carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membranes from polybenzimidazole (PBI) doped with polyprotic acids, with the expectations that they will be chemically stable, be able to operate in temperatures up to 300°C, be easily scalable, and have high H2 permeance and H2/CO2 selectivity. The scope of the work is to improve CMS hollow fiber membrane characteristics, fabricate small membrane modules, and perform testing with simulated syngas to establish module/membrane CO2 separation performance and robustness. Data from testing is to inform techno-economic analysis (TEA) to determine process costs for large-scale carbon capture in an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant scenario.

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Emissions Mitigation Technology for Advanced Water-Lean Solvent-Based CO2 Capture Processes

Research Triangle Institute (RTI) will develop a comprehensive solvent emission mitigation tool set for reducing the solvent and aerosol emissions from carbon dioxide (CO2) capture systems using water-lean solvents (WLSs). Due to their low energy requirement for solvent regeneration, lower regeneration temperature, low corrosivity, and low vapor pressure, WLS systems are rapidly being developed for CO2 capture. RTI’s tool set is specifically designed for WLS systems, implementing an advanced organic solvent wash system in conjunction with water wash, acid wash, and other commercially available, state-of-the-art emission reduction technologies.

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Transformational Membranes for Pre-Combustion Carbon Capture

Ohio State University (OSU) will develop cost-effective design and fabrication methods for a novel amine-containing membrane to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal gasification-derived syngas. The membrane is to be used in a single stage membrane process utilizing modules in commercial spiral-wound configuration with a minimal pressure drop. Work towards optimization and scaleup of transformational membranes with high CO2/hydrogen (H2) selectivity and CO2 permeance, along with testing of spiral-wound membrane modules using simulated syngas, will make progress towards CO2 capture with improved performance to meet U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) targets for cost of electricity and efficiency in advanced power generation plants.

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