A holistic platform for accelerating sorbent-based carbon capture.

Autor: Charalambous, Charithea, Moubarak, Elias, Schilling, Johannes, Sanchez Fernandez, Eva, Wang, Jin-Yu, Herraiz, Laura, Mcilwaine, Fergus, Peh, Shing Bo, Garvin, Matthew, Jablonka, Kevin Maik, Moosavi, Seyed Mohamad, Van Herck, Joren, Ozturk, Aysu Yurdusen, Pourghaderi, Alireza, Song, Ah-Young, Mouchaham, Georges, Serre, Christian, Reimer, Jeffrey A., Bardow, André, Smit, Berend
Zdroj: Nature; Aug2024, Vol. 632 Issue 8023, p89-94, 6p
Abstrakt: Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions urgently requires the large-scale deployment of carbon-capture technologies. These technologies must separate CO2 from various sources and deliver it to different sinks1,2. The quest for optimal solutions for specific source–sink pairs is a complex, multi-objective challenge involving multiple stakeholders and depends on social, economic and regional contexts. Currently, research follows a sequential approach: chemists focus on materials design3 and engineers on optimizing processes4,5, which are then operated at a scale that impacts the economy and the environment. Assessing these impacts, such as the greenhouse gas emissions over the plant’s lifetime, is typically one of the final steps6. Here we introduce the PrISMa (Process-Informed design of tailor-made Sorbent Materials) platform, which integrates materials, process design, techno-economics and life-cycle assessment. We compare more than 60 case studies capturing CO2 from various sources in 5 global regions using different technologies. The platform simultaneously informs various stakeholders about the cost-effectiveness of technologies, process configurations and locations, reveals the molecular characteristics of the top-performing sorbents, and provides insights on environmental impacts, co-benefits and trade-offs. By uniting stakeholders at an early research stage, PrISMa accelerates carbon-capture technology development during this critical period as we aim for a net-zero world.A framework that integrates materials, process design, techno-economics and life-cycle assessment can be used to accelerate the development of carbon-capture technology as we aim for a net-zero world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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