Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas

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AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS is a major player in the development of the European research area and therefore a significant contributor to the European integration process.

The Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono (INCAR), that belongs to the CSIC,  is the partner in the BIOCO2 project. CSIC-INCAR has focused its scientific and technical activities on two main research lines: the development of high-performance carbon materials for energy and the decarbonisation of industrial sectors, with particular emphasis on CO2 capture. CSIC-INCAR will contribute to the project from the Energy Processes and Emission Reduction (PrEM) Group. Over the last fifteen years, their team members have consolidated a strong background in the research of technologies of CO2 capture and H2 production by the reforming process of biomass-based materials. The group has also a broad experience in the fields of combustion and gasification of biomass and coal/biomass mixtures in different types of reactors (fixed, fluidized and entrained flow), on the post and pre-combustion CO2 capture by adsorption processes (PSA, VSA and TSA) and oxy-fuel combustion.

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WP2 - BIO-ADSORBENTS ENGINEERING

A bio-adsorbent with suitable properties for application to CO2 capture as well as other industrial gas separations will be engineered. The envisioned material will be produced by activation of biochar from waste biomass under optimized conditions that guarantee proper bio-adsorbent structure (activated carbon). This will proceed through environmentally-benign and low-cost methodology developed within                the team of Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono, equipped with the appropriate devices and installations for this purpose. The study also includes the determination of the basic properties of the activated carbon (e.g., chemical composition, textural characteristics, equilibrium capacity, etc.).