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April 19, 2023

Carbon molecular sieve membranes for water separation in CO2 hydrogenation reactions: Effect of the carbonization temperature

Discover the last paper published by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Tecnalia within the C2Fuel project! Carbon molecular sieve membranes for water separation in CO2 hydrogenation reactions: Effect of the carbonization temperature Serena Poto, A. Aguirre, F. Huigh, Margot Anabell Llosa-Tanco, David Alfredo Pacheco-Tanaka, Fausto Gallucci, M. Fernanda Neira d’Angelo Journal of Membrane Science, …

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April 7, 2023

Successful H2 production by HTES by ELCOGEN

The C2FUEL project has reached an important milestone as hydrogen was successfully produced at the nominal production rate (1 Nm3/h) by Elcogen with the high-temperature steam electrolysis system. Elcogen’s electrolyzers are based on solid oxide technology that enables substantial efficiency improvements compared to today’s state of the art technologies. Next tasks in the C2FUEL project …

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March 28, 2023

DK6 site preparation for final C2FUEL demonstrator

We are really happy to see DK6 site preparation, in Dunkirk, move forward with the installation of this utilities panel (March 2023)! It will allow us to feed the final C2FUEL demonstrator with compressed air, nitrogen and water for the conversion of CO2 into Dimethylether!

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February 7, 2023

CO2 conversion to DME: techno-economic analysis

Discover the last paper of TU/e in collaboration with ENGIE, on “Techno-economic assessment of the one-step CO2 conversion to dimethyl ether in a membrane-assisted process” published in Journal of CO2 utilization”! Authors: Serena Poto, Thomas Vink, Pierre Oliver, Fausto Gallucci, M. Fernanda Neira d’Angel Journal of CO2 Utilization, Volume 69, March 2023, 102419 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2023.102419 Abstract This …

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February 3, 2023

Steel-off gases pre-treatment unit design

The public deliverable linked to the Steel-off gases pre-treatment unit design is available on our website! Please download the document to know more on the design of the Blast Furnace Gas pretreatment system located upstream the carbon capture and conditioning unit, where CO2 is removed by absorption with an amine based solvent and sent to …

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December 13, 2022

1000 hours of CO2 capture and regeneration from blast furnace gas achieved!

C2FUEL is happy to announce, after minor technical difficulties and a global pandemic, that the first 1000-hour degradation campaign of a CO2 capture solvent (30wt% MEA) with industrial blast-furnace gas has been achieved. The demonstration – using a minipilot conceived by ENGIE Lab CRIGEN and CNRS-LRGP – was conducted on the DK6 site in Dunkirk, …

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December 7, 2022

C2FUEL 42 Month General Assembly meeting: one year to the end!

The 42 Month General Assembly meeting took place at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany on 29 and 30 November 2022. During those two days of meeting, the partners shared their results and fruitful discussions took place to setup the last phase of the project: the full-scale demonstration of the pilot for DME production from CO2 capture …

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September 5, 2022

C2FUEL Newsletter #3 released!

The third C2FUEL newsletter is released at https://mailchi.mp/1fd06087eea5/c2fuel-newsletter3 ! Please have a look to our progress and activities! The first 36 months of C2FUEL project have been dedicated to pave the way towards the development of the different demonstration pilots that will be erected in the DK6 power plant. Next step is the final demonstration …

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September 1, 2022

GENDER equality within the C2FUEL project

2019 statistics coming from “She figures – Gender in Research and Innovation Statistics and Indicators 2021” were compared to C2FUEL figures: 41.3% of women in the population of employed scientists and engineers 32.8% of women of the total population of researchers at European level (average growth rate of 3.9% between 2010 and 2018) 53.7% of …

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May 17, 2022

C2FUEL results at the American Catalysis event, NAM27 !

The 27th meeting of the North American Catalysis Society, NAM27, is the premier scientific event in the field of catalysis research and development in 2022. It will be held in Ney York city, USA on May 22-27, 2022. It will be the opportunity for our youg C2FUEL researchers from TU/e to present their latest results …

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