About the project
The overall objective of SENSATION is to develop a sorbent-based carbon capture technology tailored for low CO2 concentrations varying from 400 ppm in air to 1-3 vol% for industrial sources, which has a high relevance to the call’s aim and scope. This will be achieved by
- 1) Validating scalable, commercially available sorbent materials that have high capacity and selectivity at low concentrations of CO2 and have a long-term stability,
- 2) Structuring of sorbents by coating the sorbent material onto a substrate monolith. This includes selection of a substrate and coating process of the sorbent to maximize bed density while lowering the pressure drop and thereby reducing the cycle time,
- 3) Designing a compact system with an optimized TSA/VTSA process to reduce energy and capital costs,
- 4) Techno-economic analysis to link the experimental development to large-scale design,
- 5) TRL6 demonstration of the developed technology at two industrial locations to test carbon capture at both very low (from air; via DAC) and low CO2 concentrations (from industrial off-gas), respectively. Lessons learned during the operation will be used for implementation at scale,
- 6) Life cycle analysis to identify which key indicators will need to be addressed to limit the environmental impacts of the technology, as well as assessment of social impacts,
- 7) Exploitation, including activities on commercialisation and scalability through the project’s strong industrial involvement.
