The process industry is an important contributor of global emission of greenhouse gasses and has a significant impact on climate change. In this context Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) can offer solutions, by using CO2 as raw material for the production of fuels, polymers, chemicals and building materials. Today, VITO develops efficient CCU technologies, always with economically relevant value chains as a starting point, based on market trend insights and legal frameworks for end products.

Projects

CO2PERATE

D2M: Dioxide to Monoxide

P2C: power to chemicals - ammonia synthesis

Captin: Intensification of CO2 capture processes

Bac-to-Fuel: bacterial conversion of CO2 and renewable H2 into biofuels

Electrons to High Value Chemical Products

CATCO2RE

Capra: upgrading steel mill off gas to caproic acid and derivatives using anaerobic biotechnology

BioRECO2VER: biological routes for CO2 conversion into chemical building blocks

CO2PERATE - techno economic assessment

Microbial electrosynthesis

Publications

Probing the impact of material properties of core-shell SiO2@TiO2 spheres on the plasma-catalytic CO2 dissociation using a packed bed DBD plasma reactor
Year: 
2021
Journal: 
JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION
Kaliyappan, P; Paulus, A; D'Haen, J; Samyn, P; Uytdenhouwen, Y; Hafezkhiabani, N; Bogaerts, A; Meynen, V; Elen, K; Hardy, A; Van Bael, MK
Review of pressurized chemical looping processes for power generation and chemical production with integrated CO2 capture
Year: 
2021
Journal: 
FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
Osman, M; Khan, MN; Zaabout, A; Cloete, S; Amini, S
Enhancing the gas-liquid mass transfer during microbial electrosynthesis by the variation of CO2 flow rate
Year: 
2021
Journal: 
PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY
Rojas, MDA; Zaiat, M; Gonzalez, ER; De Wever, H; Pant, D
An all-oxide electrolysis cells for syngas production with tunable H-2/CO yield via co-electrolysis of H2O and CO2
Year: 
2021
Journal: 
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Bian, LZ; Duan, CC; Wang, LJ; Chen, ZY; Hou, YT; Peng, J; Song, XW; An, SL; O'Hayre, R
Advanced Routes of Biological and Bio-electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Mitigation Toward Carbon Neutrality
Year: 
2020
Journal: 
FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH
Kondaveeti, S; Abu-Reesh, IM; Mohanakrishna, G; Bulut, M; Pant, D

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