CATCO2RE

Our strategy against rising concentrations of CO₂ starts with the capture of CO₂ from gas streams. If we obtain purified CO₂, this can be combined with other materials to produce valuable goods. Our goal is to produce methanol, methane, and other value-added chemicals by mixing CO₂ with renewable hydrogen. To speed up chemical reactions, we aim at finding and using selective catalysts that are active at milder reaction conditions. All the mentioned technologies can work either independently or – also – together in a modular assembly, forming a versatile device to produce methane: a methanator. The construction of the methanator will allow to study the effect of integration on the performance, the effect of impurities in the produced H₂, the effect of intermittent operation, the heat integration between CO₂ capture/separation and exothermic methanation. The construction of the methanator will be supported by a techno-economic evaluation. The goal is to achieve a functional prototype within 3 years.