Project Summary
The project will develop highly novel carbon capture solutions, never applied to the shipping sector. These Metal-Organic Framework based solutions would allow all vessels to capture the carbon they are currently emitting and store it onboard for later discharge and recycling.
Project Achievements
• Adsorption tests carried out at a range of temperatures. • Molecular simulation tests run for adsorption of N2, CO2 AND water. • Identification of a number of promising MOFs for CO2 capture, based on stability and capture potential. • Carried out an economic feasibility study into the viability of further developing MOF filtration processes, for carbon capture in shipping. Activities
Conclusions
The ideal adsorbent should possess several excellent properties, such as (i) high CO2 adsorption capacity; (ii) high CO2 selectivity vs water and (iii) excellent water & temperature stability. In this work, we successfully developed systematic approach for the identification of promising MOF materials for CO2 capture. There is a strong economic case for further development and this could have significant impact on speeding up de-carbonsation within the UK maritime sector.
Next Steps
C-MAT is now actively looking for UK ports with existing carbon storage facilities to collaborate on the future of this project. The knowledge obtained here will be applied to a pre-test design simulation process. This focus on the most promising process methods for CO2 capture in the MOFs, in tandem with exploring how to integrate that with existing UK port infrastructure. Pending the success of that collaboration. Thereafter we would expect to build and deploy a working prototype CO2 filter.
