{"id":15036,"date":"2019-12-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=15036"},"modified":"2019-12-11T12:01:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T12:01:56","slug":"new-material-can-capture-carbon-from-industrial-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/new-material-can-capture-carbon-from-industrial-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"New material can capture carbon from industrial emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chemical engineers from Heriot-Watt University have helped design new materials that can capture carbon dioxide from industrial emissions better than current commercial materials, as reported in the journal Nature today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Heriot-Watt engineers collaborated with a team of international researchers to design the materials , which will help the UK achieve its net zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Susana Garcia, associate director of <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/rccs.hw.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Heriot-Watt\u2019s Research Centre for Carbon Solutions (RCCS)<\/a><\/strong>, said: \u201cThe anthropogenic emission of the greenhouse gas CO2 into the atmosphere is the single most important factor contributing to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLarge CO2 emitters include power plants and industrial processes, so it\u2019s critical that we develop new materials that can capture this greenhouse gas in an economically viable way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team was inspired by drug design tools used by the pharmaceutical industry and meant the researchers could synthesise new metal-organic framework materials (MOFs) that can capture CO2 successfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MOFs are porous crystals that are made from combining metal nodes with organic linkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RCCS team conducted experiments that mimicked real industrial operations and compared the performance of their new materials with those that are currently commercially available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Garcia said: \u201cThe exciting part of this work is that it completely changes the way we do research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInstead of the conventional trial and error, we computer-generated 325,000 MOFs and identified the features of the best performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe impact of this work is transformative. We now have the tools to tailor-make a material that will separate carbon dioxide in the most economical way for a given source, like industrial emissions, and make it available for other purposes like carbon storage or as a resource for the chemical industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese tools will become increasingly important as decarbonising industry in the UK has become an important focus of the government, and the progress we make can be exported internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Enrique Garc\u00eda-D\u00edez, postdoctoral researcher at RCCS, adds: \u201cWhen we experimentally verified that our materials outperformed current commercial ones, I realised we had achieved something truly remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer, associate principal of global sustainability at Heriot-Watt University and director of RCCS, said: \u201cReducing CO2 emissions is one of the most important responsibilities of our generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRCCS is a pioneering research centre for advancing the wider deployment of carbon solutions required to meet our global challenges. This research is an example of radical innovation and of Heriot-Watt\u2019s commitment to a sustainable future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research was reported today in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/s41586-019-1798-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Nature<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P. Boyd, A. Chidambaram, E. Garc\u00eda-D\u00edez, C. P. Ireland, T. Daff, R. Bounds,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. G\u0142adysiak, P. Schouwink, S. M. Moosavi, M. M. Maroto-Valer, J. Reimer,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J. Navarro, T. Woo, S. Garcia, K. Stylianou, and B. Smit, \u201cData-driven design of metal-organic frameworks for wet flue gas CO2 capture\u201d. Nature (2019) http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/s41586-019-1798-7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heriot-Watt University, \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne, University of Ottawa, University of California, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chemical engineers from Heriot-Watt University have helped design new materials that can capture carbon dioxide from industrial emissions better than current commercial materials, as reported in the journal Nature today. 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