ECO2FUEL (DIT.AD017.141)

Area tematica

Ingegneria, ICT e tecnologie per l'energia e i trasporti

Area progettuale

Struttura responsabile del progetto di ricerca

Istituto di tecnologie avanzate per l'energia "Nicola Giordano" (ITAE)

Responsabile di progetto

ANTONINOSALVATORE ARICO
Telefono: 090624224
E-mail: arico@itae.cnr.it

Abstract

ECO2Fuel aims to design, manufacture, operate, and validate the worldwide first low-temperature 1MW direct,
electrochemical CO2 conversion system to produce economic and sustainable liquid e-fuels (C1-C4 alcohols) under
industrially relevant conditions (TRL7). This will be achieved by the direct electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 using
water and renewable electricity without hydrogen at temperatures and pressures below 80°C and 15 bar, respectively.
Due to its compatibility to dynamic loads, the ECO2Fuel system allows the efficient and direct coupling to renewable
energy sources (RES) or facilitating grid-balancing service. The ECO2Fuel system is based on a genuinely unique
CO2 co-electrolysis technology developed under the Horizon 2020 project LOTER.CO2M. This system will be
optimized to produce efficiently and selectively C1-C4 alcohols and upscaled from 5kW with an unpretentious
approach to a size of 1MW within the ECO2Fuel project. The produced e-fuels will be evaluated as green alternative
feedstock in two of Europe?s CO2 emission heavy sectors, transport and energy.

Obiettivi

ECO2Fuel aims to design, manufacture, operate, and validate the worldwide first low-temperature 1MW direct,
electrochemical CO2 conversion system to produce economic and sustainable liquid e-fuels (C1-C4 alcohols) under
industrially relevant conditions (TRL7). This will be achieved by the direct electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 using
water and renewable electricity without hydrogen at temperatures and pressures below 80°C and 15 bar, respectively.
Due to its compatibility to dynamic loads, the ECO2Fuel system allows the efficient and direct coupling to renewable
energy sources (RES) or facilitating grid-balancing service. The ECO2Fuel system is based on a genuinely unique
CO2 co-electrolysis technology developed under the Horizon 2020 project LOTER.CO2M. This system will be
optimized to produce efficiently and selectively C1-C4 alcohols and upscaled from 5kW with an unpretentious
approach to a size of 1MW within the ECO2Fuel project. The produced e-fuels will be evaluated as green alternative
feedstock in two of Europe?s CO2 emission heavy sectors, transport and energy.

Data inizio attività

01/10/2021

Parole chiave

CO2 electrolysis, Power2X, e-fuels

Ultimo aggiornamento: 03/05/2024