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

该项目将研究和开发一种基于聚合物的新型CO2捕获和去除多孔颗粒珠（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用于去除目标气体污染物，例如CO2。该项目建立在一个成功的联合能源回收和二氧化碳捕获（CoERCe）技术研究计划的基础上，该计划成功完成了移动的实验室实验台规模的演示和使用商业级化学品的独立实验室性能验证测试。CoERCe技术目前处于技术就绪等级6（TRL-6）。为了在操作环境等级TRL 7（现场试验）中实现技术系统原型演示，CoERCe项目需要在现场生产和测试数公斤PPBs材料。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的专利固体二氧化碳吸附剂材料，称为分子印迹聚合物，基本上是设计用于提供特定二氧化碳捕获特性的多孔聚合物珠;（ii）制定实地试验测试方案，以现场验证CoERCe技术，及（iii）使用按比例放大工艺制造最少10公斤的PPBs材料。与现有的CO2捕集解决方案相比，MIP的优势在于其材料和生产成本低，吸收和再生温度或压力低，以及在任何气体混合物中对CO2气体的高选择性。CEAD将在剑桥大学的专业聚合工艺咨询帮助下，在7个月的时间内自行开展该项目。CoERCe技术的最初目标市场是沼气升级、氢气净化、生物质工厂，并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.