Catalytic Valorization of Industrial Carbon – CatVIC
CatVIC : Hydrogen production by Steam Electrolysis and CATalytic Valorization of Idustrial Carbon
A common aim of CEA and MPI-CEA is to strengthen the European leadership in clean energy technologies, and to support the emerging European hydrogen industry. Both organizations see Power-to-X as a very promising solution to convert large amount of intermittent renewable energy into hydrocarbon molecules, and to close the carbon loop of greenhouse gas industrial emitters in the context of a circular economy.
Main goal of the CatVIC project is to propose an efficient scheme for the large-scale storage and conversion of intermittent renewable energy
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 1: All downstream chemical valorization steps of captured CO2 are dependent on the reduction of CO2 using H2. Therefore, an indispensable pillar for achieving an overall greenhouse gas mitigation is the ability to produce hydrogen on site from renewable energy sources in a cost-effective way. The high-temperature water electrolysis technology developed by CEA offers a particularly attractive option due to the avoidance of precious metal catalysts and the very high energy efficiency. <br />SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 2: Captured CO2 will be valorized through efficient catalytic transformation into products with a market value over roughly 350 €/ton. Methanol will be targeted since it constitutes an ideal platform molecule, which opens up the outlets of CCU production to a wide variety of markets such as mobility (synthetic fuels) and a broad range of chemical products.<br />SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 3: The direct conversion of CO2 into light olefins such as propylene has recently come into focus as a promising alternative to other two-stage processes (CO2 to methanol and methanol to olefins). The consortium will therefore investigate the feasibility of this direct route, based on a model system developed at MPI-CEC/FHI, using the advantages of an innovative milli-structured heat-exchanger reactor technology developed at CEA.<br />SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 4: The overall Power-to-X unit should ensure an optimum between economic viability, carbon-mitigation potential, and societal impact and acceptance. The objective n°4 of the CatVIC project is to evaluate the feasibility and positive impact of the overall Power-to-X process with respect to multi-factorial considerations (economic, environmental and societal), and to provide a first layout of the Power-to-X unit at the pilot and industrial scales.
WP1 : High Temperature Steam Electrolysis for Green Hydrogen production
WP2 : Carbon Capture, purification and Utilization for Methanol synthesis
WP3 : Light olefin synthesis and process as a high-Added value CCU-option
WP4 : Environmental, techno-economic and socio-economic assessments of the overall Power-to-X process
WP5 : Management, dissemination and exploitation of results
On-going project
On-going project
The strategic ambitions of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI-CEC) and the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) are aligned with respect to research and innovation for the sustainable energy transition. A common aim is to strengthen the European leadership in clean energy technologies, and to support the emerging European hydrogen industry. Both organizations see Power-to-X as a very promising solution to convert large amount of intermittent renewable energy into hydrocarbon molecules, and to close the carbon loop of greenhouse gas industrial emitters in the context of a circular economy.
The CatVIC project (Catalytic Valorization of Industrial Carbon) addresses the topic “Conversion and storage of energy from renewable sources” of the French-German joint call for proposal on sustainable energy. The project targets the development of a highly innovative Power-to-X system, based on green hydrogen production using high-temperature electrolysis technology, and on advanced catalytic options for the valorization of inevitable CO2 emissions from energy-intensive industries.
The CatVIC project (Catalytic Valorization of Industrial Carbon) addresses the topic “Conversion and storage of energy from renewable sources” of the French-German joint call for proposal on sustainable energy. The project targets the development of a highly innovative Power-to-X system, based on green hydrogen production using high-temperature electrolysis technology, and on advanced catalytic options for the valorization of inevitable CO2 emissions from energy-intensive industries.
The CatVIC project will be devoted to scientific investigations and technological developments at laboratory scale (TRL 3-5). Techno-economic, socio-economic and environmental assessments will be performed in order to validate the feasibility and positive impact of the overall Power-to-X process with respect to multi-factorial considerations. The CatVIC project will be followed by the construction of a pilot plant (TRL 5-7) in a chemical industrial park integrating more than 15 different companies (Roches-Roussillon Chemical Platform, Péage-de-Roussillon, France) in order to demonstrate the cost-effective and carbon-mitigating operation of the innovative Power-to-X unit and to answer the Roches-Roussillon Chemical Platform needs in terms of commodity chemicals (methanol, olefins, hydrogen, …).
Project coordination
Elise LE GOFF (Laboratoire d'Innovation pour les Technologies des Energies nouvelles et les Nanomatériaux)
The author of this summary is the project coordinator, who is responsible for the content of this summary. The ANR declines any responsibility as for its contents.
Partnership
MPI-CEC Max-Planck Institute
OSIRIS OSIRIS
ENTREPOSE GROUP
CEA LITEN Laboratoire d'Innovation pour les Technologies des Energies nouvelles et les Nanomatériaux
Help of the ANR 715,698 euros
Beginning and duration of the scientific project:
September 2019
- 36 Months
