Opening Event: SDR Pilot for CO2 Recycling

Background of the Moonshot LSI Project SDR (HBC.2019.0140)

The aim of this project is to upscale the process concept of super-dry reforming (SDR) for CO₂ conversion into CO, a chemical looping process. Super-dry reforming of (bio)methane is an intensified process for converting up to three CO₂ molecules into CO per molecule of CH₄.

One of the main challenges in the application and commercialisation of chemical looping processes such as SDR are the robustness and economic readiness of the oxygen carriers, critical for a profitable long-term operation under industrial conditions. There is a substantial uncertainty about the gap between lab-scale materials which exhibit excellent properties, and their industrially produced counterparts. This project therefore focuses on both the construction and operation of a demo-unit at pilot scale, based on a configuration with multiple reactors, and the production and evaluation of oxygen carriers at kg scale.

Program

15:00 – 16:00 Lecture: Upscaling the SDR Process for CO2 Recycling

Speakers: 

• Dr. Tine Schaerlaekens (Catalisti)
• Prof. Vladimir Galvita (LCT, UGent)
• Prof. Kevin Van Geem (LCT, UGent)

16:00 – 18:30 Plant Visit and Reception

• Inauguration of the SDR Pilot Plant
• Visit of the SDR Pilot Plant and Vortex Reactor
• Networking Reception

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