CO2 Hybrid aims to develop high-potential, novel and environmentally friendly technologies and processes for CO2 capture and utilization or storage decreasing the footprint, costs, and energy consumption of capture installation. The proposal aims to integrate and evaluate a hybrid solution based on membrane separation technology and chemical absorption process for CO2 capture both in post-combustion and pre-combustion, aiming for reduction in efficiency penalty compared to a demonstrated state-of-the-art capture process and deliver proofs-of-concept for each process for 90% CO2 capture and 95% CO2 purity. Two membranes and two solvents will be used to produce two hybrid configurations to be tested in two pilot test sites with different industrial gas properties: coal/natural gas fired power plant and Waste2Energy pilot installations.

CO2-Hybrid will strongly contribute to the decarbonization of the energy system in a sustainable, resource-efficient way, as membranes, in the first stage, have a very low footprint and their operation is sustainable as it has low energy consumption and no impurities in the mainstream, in the second stage, chemical absorption process have a higher rate to capture CO2 with lower thermal energy consumption for chemical solvent regeneration. Due to the separation of the impurities (dust, SO2, O2, etc.) in the membrane process, the degradation of the chemical solvents will be avoided.

SINTEF will develop & upscale production of at least two high-performance CO2-selective membrane materials and modules, from previous development work (POLYMEM project 2015-2019, NFR, TRL >3-4) with a specific target commercial-ready membrane modules and at least two membranes for demonstration (TRL 5-7)

The project is built on international and national cooperation, and three research institutes and two universities are involved; one Norwegian partner (SINTEF) and four international collaborators from Romania: the project coordinator, Polytechnic University of Bucharest (UPB), Babes Bolyai University (UBB), National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies Cluj-Napoca (INCDTIM) and The National Institute for Research And Development On Marine Geology And Geo-Ecology (GeoEcoMar).

The CO2Hybrid project is a research project financed under Norway Grants call, NO Grants 2014–2021, contract no. 13/2020

We are actively looking for interested end-users from various producing CO2 industries for discussions and partnerships