Solar to Liquid Fuel for Future Sustainability (SoLFuel)

太阳能转化为液体燃料以实现未来的可持续发展（SoLFuel）

• 批准号: 2879452
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Northumbria University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2879452
• 关键词: Solar; Liquid; Fuel; Future; Sustainability

UK becomes first major economy to pass net zero emissions law. The target will require the UK to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2050. This new target cannot be achieved only by implementing alternative energy sources. Carbon capture and utilization technologies are also required to reduce emission level to achieve Net Zero by 2050.In this context, we proposed liquid fuel (Formic Acid) production by electrolytic splitting of water and its reaction with carbon dioxide (CO2) through proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer. The proposed project will help to reduce CO2 concentration in the environment by capturing and reutilization to produce Formic Acid using solar energy. In addition to its wide applications in almost every industry, Formic Acid can be used as an important fuel for portable devices, vehicles, and other energy-related applications in the future. The produced formic acid can be stored for ease, which acts as a portable energy to readily convert it back to electricity using fuel cell. Oxygen (O2) can be used to produce a disinfectant Ozone (O3) for its oxidation/cleaning potential. Formic acid have many advantages such as (i) it has high energy density as it can have high concentration of hydrogen, (ii) It is environmentally friendly as it also naturally formed in nature, (iii) it has fast reaction kinetics which allows reactions to happen fast like in electrolysis, (iv) It can be stored in room temperature, and it is stable enough for transportation and (v) it has small orgonic molecule which helps in removing complicated catalytic reforming.Through this studentship, we aim to design and develop a standalone device to convert solar energy and CO2 into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. The remote standalone device could be scaled up and used on energy farms similar to solar farms, producing clean fuel using sunlight and CO2.

英国成为第一个通过净零排放法的主要经济体。该目标将要求英国到2050年将所有温室气体排放量降至净零。这一新目标不能仅仅通过使用替代能源来实现。为了在2050年前实现净零排放，还需要碳捕获和利用技术。在此背景下，我们提出了通过电解分解水并通过质子交换膜（PEM）电解槽与二氧化碳（CO2）反应来生产液体燃料（甲酸）。拟议项目将有助于通过捕获和再利用太阳能生产甲酸来降低环境中的二氧化碳浓度。除了在几乎所有行业中的广泛应用外，甲酸还可用作便携式设备，车辆和其他能源相关应用的重要燃料。所产生的甲酸可以容易地储存，这作为一种便携式能源，使用燃料电池可以很容易地将其转化为电力。氧气（O2）可用于产生消毒剂臭氧（O3），因为它具有氧化/清洁潜力。甲酸具有许多优点，例如（i）它具有高能量密度，因为它可以具有高浓度的氢，（ii）它是环境友好的，因为它也是在自然界中天然形成的，（iii）它具有快速反应动力学，这允许反应像在电解中一样快速发生，（iv）它可以在室温下储存，并且它足够稳定以便于运输，并且（v）它具有小的有机分子，这有助于去除复杂的催化重整。通过这个学生奖学金，我们的目标是设计和开发一个独立的装置，将太阳能和CO2转化为甲酸，碳中性燃料，不需要任何额外的组件或电力。远程独立设备可以扩大规模并用于类似于太阳能农场的能源农场，利用阳光和二氧化碳生产清洁燃料。