Our Research Topics and Applications of technology

Capture of CO₂

• Power generation
• Bioenergy with carbon capture (BECCS)
• Industry (Cement, Steel, Fertiliser, ...)
• Direct Air Capture (DAC)
• Hydrogen production with CO₂ capture

Transport of CO₂

• Properties of CO₂ and mixtures
• Flow characterisation
• Fiscal metering and flow monitoring 
• Non-equilibrium phenomena

Utilisation of CO₂

• Research supporting Projects of Common Interest (PCI), new CCUS chain concepts and transport networks (including hubs, buffers).
• Integrated concepts of Capture (including DAC) and conversion (One-carbon (C1) – platform molecules) and Synthetic biology for increased conversion efficiencies in biological conversion and efficient downstream product processing.
• Increased uptake of CO₂ during carbonation of primary and waste materials for the production of building materials (mineralisation).
• Increased direct uptake of CO₂ for polymer production.
• Support new promising CO₂ conversion methods based on electrochemical and thermo-catalytic systems, in view of full chain development of ammonia and hydrogen energy carrier applications.
• Synthetic fuels production using CO₂

Storage of CO₂

• Dynamic storage capacity and pressure-connected volume
• Storage optimisation and injection strategies
• Storage permitting

Energy Storage

• Hydrogen underground storage
• Production of biofuels using CO₂