Innovative Gas Separations for Carbon Capture
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Materials and Processes
Abstract
The multi-disciplinary research teams collaborating in this proposal are all internationally leading groups which are at the forefront of research in the development of materials and processes for gas separations. The consortium will build upon its strengths in order to develop methodologies for the rapid synthesis and screening of novel materials and solvents for carbon capture from power stations. The research will focus on absorption, adsorption and membrane processes combining molecular modelling and advanced process modelling in order to develop reliable predictions of process performance. By 2030 up to 35 GW of new electricity generation capacity will be needed in the UK alone. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) will play a critical role in the production of a significant proportion of this electricity, enabling reduced greenhouse gas emissions and improving security of supply by maintaining a balanced mix of energy sources. Given the EU target of routine CCS deployment after 2020, and the fact that the UK has recently increased its target from 60% to 80% decarbonisation by 2050, it is now timely to establish high quality research consortia in this field. As pointed out in the Stern report, even in the best of possible scenarios more than 50% of the world energy will be from fossil fuels in 2050 and CCS could help reduce emissions from the flood of new coal-fired power stations planned over the next decades, especially in India and China . CCS at this scale can be economically viable only if current costs in carbon capture are reduced significantly through a concerted research and development programme, a goal toward which this proposal aims to contribute.
Organisations
Publications
Ahn H
(2013)
Process Simulation of Aqueous MEA Plants for Post-combustion Capture from Coal-fired Power Plants
in Energy Procedia
Ahn H
(2014)
Process simulation of a dual-stage Selexol unit for pre-combustion carbon capture at an IGCC power plant
in Energy Procedia
Ahn H
(2013)
Process configuration studies of the amine capture process for coal-fired power plants
in International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
Banu A
(2013)
A Multiscale Study of MOFs as Adsorbents in H 2 PSA Purification
in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Beck J
(2015)
Multi-objective optimisation using surrogate models for the design of VPSA systems
in Computers & Chemical Engineering
Brand C
(2013)
Validation of a Process Model of CO2 Capture in an Aqueous Solvent, Using an Implicit Molecular Based Treatment of The Reactions
in Energy Procedia
Brand C
(2012)
11th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering
Brown S
(2013)
Global sensitivity analysis of the impact of impurities on CO2 pipeline failure
in Reliability Engineering & System Safety
Carta M
(2014)
Heterogeneous organocatalysts composed of microporous polymer networks assembled by Tröger's base formation
in Polymer Chemistry
Carta M
(2014)
Triptycene induced enhancement of membrane gas selectivity for microporous Tröger's base polymers.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Carta M
(2013)
An efficient polymer molecular sieve for membrane gas separations.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Carta M
(2014)
The synthesis of microporous polymers using Tröger's base formation
in Polym. Chem.
Carta M
(2014)
Synthesis of cardo-polymers using Tröger's base formation
in Polymer Chemistry
Chen L
(2011)
Accurate Prediction of Methane Adsorption in a Metal-Organic Framework with Unsaturated Metal Sites by Direct Implementation of an ab Initio Derived Potential Energy Surface in GCMC Simulation
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Chen L
(2012)
Improving Predictions of Gas Adsorption in Metal-Organic Frameworks with Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal Sites: Model Potentials, ab initio Parameterization, and GCMC Simulations
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Chen L
(2013)
Elucidating the breathing of the metal-organic framework MIL-53(Sc) with ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and in situ X-ray powder diffraction experiments.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Del Regno A
(2013)
Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity Containing Tröger Base for CO 2 Capture
in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Enzo Mangano (Author)
(2010)
Efficient and rapid screening of novel adsorbents for carbon capture in the UK IGSCC Project - (AIChE 2010)
Enzo Mangano (Author)
(2012)
Efficient and rapid screening of novel adsorbents for carbon capture in the UK IGSCC Project - (IChemE 2012)
Ferreiro-Rangel C
(2012)
Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of the Synthesis of Periodic Mesoporous Silicas SBA-2 and STAC-1: Generation of Realistic Atomistic Models
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Fraga E
(2015)
Optimisation as a Tool for Gaining Insight: An Application to the Built Environment
in Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology
Friess K.
(2014)
Gas sorption in polymers with intrinsic microporosity (PIMs)
in 21st International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, CHISA 2014 and 17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction, PRES 2014
Hu X
(2013)
Diffusion mechanism of CO2 in 13X zeolite beads
in Adsorption
Kahr J
(2012)
Synthetic control of framework zinc purinate crystallisation and properties of a large pore, decorated, mixed-linker RHO-type ZIF.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Kahr J
(2013)
Post-synthetic incorporation of nickel into CPO-27(Mg) to give materials with enhanced permanent porosity
in CrystEngComm
Kapetaki Z
(2015)
Process simulation of a dual-stage Selexol process for 95% carbon capture efficiency at an integrated gasification combined cycle power plant
in International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
Kapetaki Z
(2013)
Detailed Process Simulation of Pre-combustion IGCC Plants Using Coal-slurry and Dry Coal Gasifiers
in Energy Procedia
Leay L
(2013)
Single Polymer Chain Surface Area as a Descriptor for Rapid Screening of Microporous Polymers for Gas Adsorption
in Adsorption Science & Technology
Lozinska M
(2014)
Cation Gating and Relocation during the Highly Selective "Trapdoor" Adsorption of CO 2 on Univalent Cation Forms of Zeolite Rho
in Chemistry of Materials
Lozinska MM
(2012)
Understanding carbon dioxide adsorption on univalent cation forms of the flexible zeolite Rho at conditions relevant to carbon capture from flue gases.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Luberti M
(2017)
Design of a rapid vacuum pressure swing adsorption (RVPSA) process for post-combustion CO2 capture from a biomass-fuelled CHP plant
in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Magdalena Lozinska (Author)
(2013)
Cation gating and selective carbon dioxide adsorption in flexible zeolite Rho
Mangano E
(2021)
Analysis of CO2 kinetics in Na,Cs-Rho crystals using the zero length column: a case study for slow systems
in Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
Mangano E
(2013)
Efficient and Rapid Screening of Novel Adsorbents for Carbon Capture in the UK IGSCC Project
in Energy Procedia
Mason CR
(2014)
Enhancement of CO2 Affinity in a Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity by Amine Modification.
in Macromolecules
Oreggioni G
(2014)
Techno-Economic Study of Adsorption Processes for Pre-Combustion Carbon Capture at a Biomass CHP Plant
in Energy Procedia
Ozcan D
(2014)
A Hybrid Carbon Capture System of Indirect Calcination and Amine Absorption for a Cement Plant
in Energy Procedia
PĂ©rez-Mendoza M
(2014)
Pore-Network Connectivity and Molecular Sieving of Normal and Isoalkanes in the Mesoporous Silica SBA-2
in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Sarkisov L
(2012)
Accessible surface area of porous materials: understanding theoretical limits.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Shamsipur H
(2014)
Thermally Rearrangeable PIM-Polyimides for Gas Separation Membranes
in Macromolecules
Tong D
(2012)
Solubility of carbon dioxide in aqueous solution of monoethanolamine or 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol: Experimental measurements and modelling
in International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
Tong D
(2013)
Solubility of carbon dioxide in aqueous blends of 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol and piperazine
in Chemical Engineering Science
Description | The Innovative Gas Separations for Carbon Capture (IGSCC) project consortium consisted of eight multi-disciplinary research groups from six academic institutions. The groups investigated the design of new gas separation options and developed both new materials and novel modelling tools to predict the performance of carbon capture processes. The scientific results have been reported widely both in high impact international journals and conference proceedings (see ROS database). Significant advances where made in understanding the design of nanoporous materials, either as adsorbents or membranes, with properties tailored to CO2 capture. Close collaboration between chemists and chemical engineers provided an excellent training environment for the PhD students involved in the project, as they were able to understand, through this collaboration, the wider context of their specific research acitvity. The novel gas separations were tested against the current state-of-the-art carbon capture processes and to achieve this advanced detailed modelling simulations were developed which have formed the basis for several further projects. The consortium held 6-monthly meetings with industrial colleagues to receive direct feedback on the progress of the research activity and to maximise the impact of the results. Over 20 companies, including major multinational groups, sent representatives to the meetings and received regular updates from the consortium. |
Exploitation Route | The close collaboration with industrialists has led to several application- focused projects (including those funded by the Energy Technologies Institute). Novel materials developed in the project have led to patents and the software simulation tools are now being incorporated into commercial simulation packages. The IGSCC project has been the basis for the development of new research themes, which are currently being investigated as part of additional research project funded by EPSRC and other funding bodies. Several new projects include as members the industrial colleagues who participated in the 6-monthly IGSCC meetings. This shows how successful the project has been, also in linking the research to its potential practical industrial application. Each partner is active within the UK-CCS Research Centre and continues to contribute to the challenge of meeting the UK's requirements as set by the 2008 Climate Change Act. |
Sectors | Chemicals Energy Environment |
URL | http://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/carboncapture/ |