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on modified nanocellulose and graphene are being tested Project partners visiting PACT facilities at the
at labscale to prepare the basis for further advance in University of Sheffield
membrane based carbon capture applications.

In parallel with the experimental analysis, a number
of modelling tests were made on both materials
and processes.

For the designs of new materials, modelling processes
were produced by focusing on the development of micro
and macro-scopic tools for transport membranes.

This work led to the development of plans for membranes their view on CCS. Register on NanoMEMC2 website to get
integration within various areas of activity where CCUS updates on the event and its final agenda.
applications can be applied, such as:
• Power generation from natural gas The project is still in progress and will run up to
• Power generation by coal gasification next September 2019. Up to now, NANOMEMC2 has
• Clinker production (Cement) obtained a broad range of promising results for the
• Hydrogen production via steam methane reforming development of membrane-based CC solutions. Most of
the materials investigated showed properties in line or
During the first half of the project, both the “Business As above the current permeability/selectivity trade off limit
Usual” case, without any carbon capture, and the “Base for CO2 separation membranes and were successfully
Case”, applying state-of-the-art CCS technologies, were tested in relevant industrial environments. In addition,
evaluated for benchmarking purposes. The last year was techno-economic analysis on optimized integrated
devoted to the analysis of different process schemes for processes showed that such membranes can be
the implementation of NANOMEMC2 membranes. Current competitive with other CC technology in reducing the
results are satisfactory, especially so in pre-combustion overall cost of the capture stage in different industrial
capture, where pressure is available as a driving force for applications. l
membranes separation.
Project objectives
LCA analysis of the different processes is ongoing.
Applications in new areas of interest, such as biogas
upgrading are also being considered.

Following the successful technical development, an
Industrial Workshop will be organised in Bruxelles next 11th
of April 2019. The event will aim to disseminate information
on the findings from the project and how the technology
could contribute towards industrail decarbonisation.
Moreover,within the framework of Topic LCE-24-2016
“International Cooperation with South Korea on new
generation high-efficiency capture processes”, the three
European Commission funded projects: NANOMEMC2,
GRAMOFON, and ROLINCAP will organize a third EU-South
Korea joint workshop on “New generation high-efficiency
capture processes”. This workshop will be held in Paris
on the 2nd and 3rd of July 2019. Stakeholders will get an
overview of the current status and development of the
three projects and their collaboration with Korean partners.
Industrial and scientific experts will be invited to share

NANOMEMC2 is a project funded by the European Commission. This project has received funding
from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program under Grant Agreement
n° 727734.

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