High Temperature, Ni/YSZ/Molten Carbonate Membrane for CO2 Capture

High Temperature, Ni/YSZ/Molten Carbonate Membrane for CO2 Capture

PROJECT NUMBER: 19 | AUTHOR: Hope Wikoff​, Chemical and Biological Engineering

MENTOR: J. Douglas Way, Chemical and Biological Engineering

ABSTRACT

CO2 is thought to be responsible for 80% of total greenhouse gas emissions from 1970 to 2010. These emissions are largely from factories using combustion to drive their processes. One of the fastest routes to reducing these emissions is the implementation of carbon capture technologies in current factories. Our proposed solution is the implementation of membrane technology to separate our CO2 from these factory emissions. This has been done in the past with membranes using palladium-gold alloys, but these are expensive materials. This poster outlines the experimental development of a similar membrane, using nickel, and the extremely comparable results of a completed membrane synthesis to the more expensive palladium-gold alternative.

PRESENTATION

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Hope Wikoff is a senior in the Chemical Engineering department. She has done research on membrane technologies for the past two years on campus under the guidance of Dr. Colin Wolden and Dr. J. D. Way of the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, as well as their respective graduate students. She has been involved in the production of membranes to capture pure hydrogen for use in fuel cells, membranes to capture carbon dioxide to reduce GHG emissions, and currently membranes for ammonia separation. This experience has driven her to pursue a career in green energy, and she hopes to support this industry in a laboratory-based role.