Genesis Project: Upscale the Most Promising Materials for CO2 Capture

Upscale the Most Promising Materials for CO₂ Capture

GENESIS develops and upscales some of the most promising material for CO₂ capture and demonstrate their performance, durability and reliability in industrial environments. The materials are IPOSS (polyPOSSimide hybrid organic-inorganic) and MOF (Metal-organic framework) membrane systems that have demonstrated great performances for CO₂ capture.

_Objectives

Develop Mixed Matrix membranes that capture at least 90% of CO₂

Demonstrate CO₂ capture system in Cement and Steel industry

Demonstrate membrane systems in pre- and post-combustion and applications

Recover CO₂ at a cost of 15€/MWh

The Genesis project aims to capture carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the cement and steel industry to make it more sustainable and environmentally friendly. It develops polymeric and ceramic membranes using a multilayer strategy to obtain membranes capable of selectively separating CO₂ from other gases such as nitrogen and hydrogen.

The membranes are then grouped and confined inside a module, which will be used for the actual gas recovery. Achieving enhanced gas separation properties by using MOFs (Metal-Organic Framework) and POSS (Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane) nanostructures.

MOF mixed matrix membranes allows separating up to 90% of the CO₂ from the other gases. While the iPOSS (polyPOSSimide hybrid organic-inorganic) ceramic membranes reach separation levels of CO₂ /H₂ up to 98%.