PROCURA

Description:

The PROCURA project looks at the role of power-to-X in multi-energy systems and will deliver a road map to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, with intermediate steps by 2030. Power-to-X and Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) are crucial technologies in achieving decarbonisation of our energy system and increasing security of supply. This project is funded by the Belgian Federal Public Service Economy through the Belgian Energy Transition Fund.

At ULiège, our main task is to build a Decision Support Tool to assess the potential of carbon capture technologies through weighted evaluation of performance indicators. Indeed, there exist many CO₂ capture technologies to remove CO₂ from industrial point-source emissions or directly from the air (Direct Air Capture, DAC). Deciding which technology to use may not be an easy task.  

This screening is based on engineering, economics, and environmental criteria, further detailed into Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), CO₂ avoidance cost, spatial footprints, ability to deal with contaminants present in the fumes, etc. Based on user preferences on specific criteria/KPIs as well as on local constraints (flue gas conditions, cost of utilities…) the aim is to rank the different technologies using a well-validated analytical hierarchy process. This will provide an easy-to-read to identify the most relevant CO₂ capture technology for each application.

This project is running from March 2020 to February 2025 thanks to the funding of the Belgian Federal Public Service Economy through the Belgian Energy Transition Fund. Two PhD students are working at ULiège in the framework of the PROCURA project, namely So-mang Kim and Alejandro Morales.This project is conducted in collaboration with VITO (Energyville), IMEC, KULeuven, Waterstofnet, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

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