CoERCe III Polymer Particle Beads (PPBs) Scale-Up Experimental Development

该项目将研究和开发一种新型聚合物基二氧化碳捕获和去除多孔颗粒(PPBS)吸附剂的规模化批量生产工艺，为该技术的现场测试做好准备。PPB用于去除二氧化碳等目标气体污染物。该项目建立在一项成功的综合能源回收和二氧化碳捕获(CORCES)技术研究方案的基础上，该方案成功地完成了移动实验室实验室规模的演示，以及使用商业级化学品的独立实验室性能验证测试。CORCES技术目前处于技术准备级别6(TRL-6)，为了在运行环境级别TRL 7(现场试验)中达到技术系统原型演示，CORCES项目需要几公斤PPBS材料来生产和现场测试。这项工作将涉及：(I)PPBS材料批量放大生产工艺研究，以生产CEAD的被称为分子印迹聚合物(MIP)的专利固体二氧化碳吸收材料，这种材料基本上是多孔聚合物珠，其设计目的是提供特定的二氧化碳捕获特性；(Ii)制定现场试验测试计划，以现场验证强制技术；以及(Iii)利用放大工艺制造至少10公斤的PPBS材料。与现有的二氧化碳捕获解决方案相比，MIP的优势在于其材料和生产成本较低，吸收和再生温度或压力较低，以及在任何气体混合物中具有较高的二氧化碳气体选择性。CEAD将在剑桥大学的专业聚合过程分包顾问帮助下，在7个月的时间内独立开展这一项目。强制技术的最初目标市场是沼气升级、氢气净化、生物质发电厂，长期应用于发展中国家的燃气发电站、货运以及明火和炉灶。

This project will research and develop a scale-up batch production process for a novel polymer based CO2 capture and removal porous particle beads (PPBs) sorbent, ready for field testing of the technology. The PPBs are used to remove targeted gas contaminants such as CO2\. The project builds on a successful Combined Energy Recovery and Carbon dioxide Capture (CoERCe) technology research programme that led to successful completion of mobile laboratory bench-scale demonstrator, and independent laboratory performance verification tests using commercial grade chemicals. The CoERCe technology is now at Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL-6).To reach technology system prototype demonstration in operational environment level TRL 7 (field trial), the CoERCe project requires several kilograms of PPBs material to produced and tested in the field. The work will involve: (i) PPBs material batch scale-up production process research to produce CEAD's patented solid CO2 sorbent material known as Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs), which are fundamentally Porous Polymer Beads engineered to delivered specific CO2 capture characteristics; (ii) the development of field trial test programme to verify the CoERCe technology in-situ, and (iii) manufacture of a minimum 10kg of PPBs material using scale-up process. Compared to existing CO2 capture solutions, the advantages of MIPs lie in their low material and production costs, low absorption and regeneration temperatures or pressure, as well as high CO2 gas selectivity in any gas mixture.CEAD will carry out this project on its own over a period of 7 months, assisted by specialist polymerisation process subcontract consultancy help from the University of Cambridge. Initial target markets for CoERCe technology is biogas upgrading, hydrogen purification, biomass plants, with long term applications in gas powered electricity power stations, freight transport, and open fires and stoves in developing countries.