{"id":11780,"date":"2023-06-13T15:38:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T15:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.icicaldaie.com\/co2fokus-project\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T08:40:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T06:40:24","slug":"co2fokus-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icicaldaie.com\/en\/co2fokus-project\/","title":{"rendered":"CO2FOKUS Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11780\" class=\"elementor elementor-11780 elementor-1373\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-694fc145 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"694fc145\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52b0e7a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52b0e7a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Climate change is the result of greenhouse gas emissions and their consequent increase in concentration in the atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is quickly translating from an environmental problem to an economic and a social one.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>For this reason, many countries, and Europe with the Horizon2020 program, are investing resources in the study of new processes that will reduce CO2 emission.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Designing cutting-edge technologies to convert CO2 produced in large industrial plants, into Dimethyl Ether (DME), an organic gas with high added value with characteristics similar to LPG and widely used in the chemical industry.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Project goals<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Designing cutting-edge technologies to convert CO2 produced in large industrial plants, into Dimethyl Ether (DME), an organic gas with high added value with characteristics similar to LPG and widely used in the chemical industry.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Project steps<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>We currently produce DME by dehydrating methanol. The process requires 2 phases, a high level of energy, and substantial infrastructural investments. Part of the Co2fokus project will be to demonstrate the feasibility of directly-synthesized DME from CO2 and hydrogen.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This will be possible by exploiting a new multichannel reactor which will host the necessary catalytic and electrochemical chemical reactions.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The various components of the catalytic reactor will first be produced via 3D printing, tested in the laboratory and subsequently in the field.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The project&#8217;s steps are:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol><p><\/p>\n<li>Development of catalysts for the reactor: design and construction of highly sensitive and durable catalysts that ensure<br>greater efficiency and lower costs than those currently used.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Reactor development: Design of a structured multichannel reactor for the production of DME.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Development of a solid oxide electrolyzer: Realization of an electrolyzer for the conversion of CO2 and H2O into a mixture<br>of CO and H2 necessary for the production of DME.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Industrialization: optimization and integration of the system&#8217;s production processes.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Social, environmental and economic assessment: life cycle analysis for full impact assessment<br>of the new DME production line.<br><br><\/li>\n<p><\/p><\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ici Caldaie&#8217;s rule<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In this ambitious project, ICI Caldaie is responsible for all aspects related to systems integration. Starting from the evaluation and development of the various components necessary, their correct functioning, and management, as well as the overall safety and control logic system. We have been tasked also to supervise the fluids and gases parameters such as flow rates, temperatures, and pressure.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/icicaldaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/process_dme_infographic_v02-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icicaldaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/process_dme_infographic_v02-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.icicaldaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/process_dme_infographic_v02-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.icicaldaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/process_dme_infographic_v02-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/www.icicaldaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/process_dme_infographic_v02.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CO2Fokus is a European project funded under the Horizon2020 program to convert and recycle industrial carbon dioxide into DME.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2527,"featured_media":2656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - 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