NRP70 - CO2 Reduction & Reuse

At a glance

Project leader : Dr. Andre Heel
Deputy of project leader : Prof. Dr. Thomas Hocker
Project budget : CHF 145'000
Project status : completed
Funding partner : SNSF (NFP 70 «Energiewende»)
Project partner : Paul Scherrer Institut PSI, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt EMPA

Description

The joint project will examine technologies and methodologies for the utilisation of cement-based CO2 via a methanation process, sustainable production of renewable H2 and CH2, CO2 reduction by electricity production from renewable fuels with mobile and stationary fuel cells, and assessment of these technologies with respect to sustainability, and economic and social acceptance.

Further information

http://www.nfp70.ch/

Publications

Baier, Jens; Schneider, Gabriel; Heel, Andre,

2018.

A cost estimation for CO2 reduction and reuse by methanation from cement industry sources in Switzerland.

Frontiers in Energy Research.

6(5), pp. 1-9.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2018.00005
Heel, Andre,

2016.

Renewable fuels for sustainable electricity production.

International Innovation.

202, pp. 1-3.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4658

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