Project: Accelerating Basic Solid Adsorbent Looping Technology
| Acronym | ABSALT |
| Duration | 01/03/2022 - 01/03/2024 |
| Project Topic | CO2 capture and storage (CCS) from large point anthropogenic sources, including coal and natural gas power plant and industrial processes is recognised to be one of the most effective measures to the European Union’s commitment to reach climate neutrality by 2050 and mitigate against global warming staying within 1.5 oC of pre-industrial levels during the remainder of the 21st century. Post-combustion CO2 capture (PCC) will play a key role since it can be retrofitted and adapted to existing power plant and industrial processes. Amine scrubbing is the most mature technology having been adapted from separating CO2 from natural gas. However, amine scrubbing has limitations, including high energy demand for regenerating the solvent and environmental problems such as volatile amine loss and reactor corrosion, which are not completely solved by using mixed amines rather than monoethanolamine (MEA). These factors result in relatively high capture costs and this has catalysed the development of alternative or second-generation technologies. Although showing considerable promise as such a technology, solid adsorbents are at a relatively early stage of development and have not been investigated extensively at pilot-scale and demonstration scale. |
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| Network | ACT |
| Call | ACT Third Call |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Nottingham | Coordinator | United Kingdom |
| 2 | PQ Corporation PQ Silicas UK Limited | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 3 | BASF SE | Partner | Germany |
| 4 | CEMEX Innovation Holding AG and Asia Research | Partner | Switzerland |
| 5 | University of Ulster | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 6 | University of Bologna | Partner | Italy |
| 7 | Centre for Research and Technology Hellas | Partner | Greece |
| 8 | Korean Insitute of Energy Research | Partner | Korea, Republic of |