Professor Stefano Brandani envisages a consortium that will accelerate the uptake of the results of the carbon adsorption research and development
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A new industrial research consortium at the University is aiming to speed-up the development and adoption of carbon adsorption technologies using rapid synthesis and screening of nanoporous materials for adsorption and membrane processes to achieve industrial-scale post- combustion carbon capture from power generation stations.
The Adsorption Research Industrial Consortium (ARIC) was formed out of the EPSRC-funded Innovative Gas Separations for Carbon Capture project as a knowledge exchange initiative to disseminate results from this, and other related research activity.
The ARIC consortium is led by Professor Stefano Brandani, in the University’s School of Engineering, and will initially run for three years. Professor Brandani and his research group have built up an impressive research laboratory, with state-of-the-art equipment, which includes in-house developed systems that look at the experimental methodologies to determine equilibrium and kinetic parameters for adsorption research.
Hitachi, Air Liquide and Air Products have become the first major industrial partners to sign up to the ARIC consortium, but other companies are expected to join this exciting initiative.
A consortium involving businesses and the University is helping to investigate carbon-capture on an industrial scale from power generation stations
In addition, scientific equipment manufacturers, Quantachrome and National Instruments, are also participating in the consortium, contributing specialised equipment for the use of the consortium members.
These industrial partners have subscribed to become a member of the ARIC consortium for an annual membership fee of £20,000 per year. For this fee, the benefits available to each member are significant.
The University will provide access to its in-house software simulation suite for adsorption processes to carry out evaluation and trials, along with regular updates to the software and training courses on the simulation software. There will also be training secondments for up to four months per year for both laboratory-based and or simulation projects at the University, as well as the option to
attend the University’s Adsorption and Molecular Thermodynamics courses. In addition, there will be an opportunity for consultation and training from the equipment manufacturer, Quantachrome, with regard to the validation of equipment protocols.
Professor Brandani said: “The ARIC consortium is the ideal route to engage with industry to facilitate knowledge exchange of adsorption research coming from the University and its partners. It will allow us to cultivate existing collaborations with particular companies in order to develop larger research partnerships in the future.”
GET IN TOUCH For more details on how
to participate as an industrial partner in the Adsorption Research Industrial Consortium at the University of Edinburgh, please get in touch with…
John Jeffrey Business Development Executive
john.jeffrey@
ed.ac.uk
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